Little Green Fingers - Children’s Gardens
Our team executed an organize-design-build process to make five new useful and meaningful gardens for their host neighborhoods, and help families with preschool children achieve better health outcomes. The garden design process asked the gardeners to choose how to talk about certain topics such as garden name, garden location and garden features. Care for the health of our environment is shown through plantings attracting pollinators and developing new appreciations for whole fruits and vegetables.
Project Collaborators
Los Angeles Conservation Corps
First 5 LA
Los Angeles Neighborhood Land Trust
The Better World Group, Inc.
Loma Linda University
Little Green Fingers
Southern California Gas Company
Location: Los Angeles, California
Client: Los Angeles Conservation Corps
Type: Community Garden
Location: Westmont - Los Angeles, CA
Completion Date: 2013
West Athens Victory Garden
An critical greenspace on one of the most expansive neighborhoods of concrete jungle, this community garden was built 40 garden beds, children’s learning gardens, trail, a 25 tree orchard and several shade trees.
Location: East Los Angeles, CA
Completion Date: 2014
Eastmont Community Garden
Located within a residential lot, this community garden provides not only a green space desperately needed in a neighborhood with a lack of parks but also an opportunity for an existing community to come together and create a dynamic outdoor space.
Location: Sylmar, CA
Completion Date: 2014
El Cariso Mountain Community Garden
Built within the El Cariso Regional Park, this community garden was brought to life with a child coral shaded by existing trees, picnic tables, benches, compost bins, propagation tables, fruit trees, storage shed, digging toys, child scaled tunnels covered in vines, automated irrigation and 40 growing beds. This garden was distinctively designed with children at heart.
Location: Korea Town - Los Angeles, CA
Completion Date: 2012
Mariposa-Nabi Community Garden
This community is at the heart of a very diverse neighborhood within the city of LA. It has been featured in many news outlets as a health forward place. It is adjacent to St. Mary's Episcopal Church who contributed in bringing it to life.
Location: Landscaster, CA
Completion Date: 2014
Cedar Ridge Community Garden
Built on an underutilized landscape, this garden adds features to better serve preschool aged kids and their families with age appropriate play areas and outdoor spaces. Public design workshops were held where it was agreed that there is a need for improving play and seasonal planting space.
The Improvements designed include a new fence, new shade area with trees and overhead structures, and garden beds.
