The Common Ground Garden Program Contact: Rachel Mabie, Program Manager Address: 2615 South Grand Avenue, Ste. 400, Los Angeles, CA 90007 Phone: 213-744-4341 Fax: 213-748-6471 The Common Ground Garden Program is a federally-funded project promoting urban vegetable gardening. We offer workshops, Master classes and training in gardening, composting and food preservation. We establish community gardens and organize children's gardening projects in the schools. Projects: Three-acre flagship community demonstration garden, "The Growing Experience Garden," at Carmelitos Housing Development in Long Beach Resources: Newsletter, garden hot-line for gardening questions; horticulture job training for low-income residents in public housing projects; referrals on community gardens in Los Angeles County Volunteer Opportunities: Four programs offered: Master Gardener Volunteers; Master Composter Volunteers; Master Food Preserver Volunteers; Gardening Angel Volunteers (help start gardens at school)

People for Parks Contact: Murray Rosenthal, Executive Director Address: 10951 West Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064 Phone: 310-474-4248 Fax: 310-474-8251 We work to enhance recreational opportunities and to preserve and expand the public park system, natural areas, and open spaces in Los Angeles County. Projects: Sponsor of Proposition A, the LA County Safe Neighborhood Parks Act of 1996, which will provide $319 million for parks in LA County; sponsored the Safe Neighborhood Parks Act of 1992 which passed and provided $560 million for parks; Park ReNew: designed to take back local parks from drug dealers and gangs Resources: Newsletter; answer questions and provide technical support Volunteer Opportunities: Office work; research; interface with government agencies (such as park and recreation commissions) on behalf of People for Parks

Tree Musketeers Contact: Gail Church, Exec. Director Address: 136 Main Street, El Segundo, CA 90245 Phone: 310-322-0263 Fax: 310-322-4482 Web Sites: >Grassroots: www.envirolink.org/products/grassroots Partners for the Planet: www.interverse.com/interverse/partners Online Resource: EarthSpirit Bulletin Board Tree Musketeers empowers young people to lead environmental improvement in Earth's communities through innovative action and education programs that motivate others to become partners in a united youth movement. Do Something/Brick Award winner for community building work; Chevron Times-Mirror Magazine National Conservation Award winner. Projects: Home Town Program is urban forestry focused; Partners for the Planet Network is a vehicle for kids around the world to communicate and function as a movement; Grassroots Youth Magazine (collaborative effort of youth around the earth) Resources: Speakers' Bureau (youth speakers); Grassroots Youth Magazine; regional youth summits (Minnesota, Arizona, Utah in 1966) and national youth summits (1995 - next summit in 1998) Volunteer Opportunities: Volunteer driven (15,000 volunteer hours in 1995); volunteer opportunities begin at age to 10 to age 110; managing the programs; digging in the dirt; magazine contributions; speakers

TreePeople Address: 12601 Mulholland Drive, Beverly Hills, CA 90210 General Information: 818-753-4600 Volunteer Hotline: 818-753-4629 Mountain Forestry Hotline: 818-753-4605 Tree Dedications: 818-753-TREE (8733) Fax: 818-753-4635 In 1973, Andy Lipkis and his teenage friends became known as "the tree people" when they began planting trees to restore a dying forest. Best known for organizing the planting of over a million trees, TreePeople has established itself as a valuable community resource and environmental problem-solver in Los Angeles. TreePeople was built on dreams, and on the eve of the next millennium, has dedicated itself to turning Los Angeles into an urban forest where people join together planting and caring for trees to create a healthy environment for everyone. Projects: T.R.E.E.S. Project - to help restore the natural cycles of waste and water which have been broken in the urban environment, demonstration sites involving landscaping and innovative water retention technologies, an instructional Planbook, and an interactive cost-benefit model will be implemented; Mountain Forestry Program - trees are planted in local mountain areas damaged by fire, pollution, or drought; Campus Forestry Program - free, half-day Campus Forestry Workshops are offered at city schools; Elementary Environmental Education - school children are introduced to the concept of the urban forest through field trips, school assemblies, themed birthday parties and presentations in classrooms and day camps; Canopy - an interactive school assembly at which children learn how the storm drain system works; Magical City Forest - a presentation that engages children in an imaginative journey as they discover that a forest really does exist within our city; Secondary Environmental Education - a program that will reach nearly 300,000 high school students in L.A. County in 1996-1998 Resources: Coldwater Canyon Park - a 44-acre park with picnic areas, hiking trails, organic garden, fruit orchard and tree nursery that is the home of TreePeople; Eco Tours - educators teach children about the cycles of nature as they explore Coldwater Canyon Park's trails, recycling display, organic garden, rain drain and "dirt factory;" Tree Dedication Program - people are given the opportunity to have TreePeople volunteers plant a tree in the local mountains to commemorate the passing of a love one or to celebrate a birth, wedding or other special day; Urban Forestry Program - guidance and support are provided for tree planting projects organized by TreePeople-trained "Citizen Foresters", community groups and individuals; Fruit Trees Program - free fruit trees are distributed to community groups in Los Angeles area; The Simple Act of Planting a Tree , a book by Andy Lipkis, President of TreePeople, is available;< membership is renewed each Earth Day in April Volunteer Opportunities: TreePeople's volunteer program links people with projects that suit their needs and talents. Volunteers can: plant trees, help in the offices or tree nursery; take photos, use professional skills on special projects and provide program support. Resources: Newsletter; volunteer guidebook; (to order, call TreePeople) Volunteer Opportunities: Call hotline -- work in Coldwater Canyon Park; tree planting

Tree Society of Orange County Contact: Gloria Schlaepfer Phone: 714-441-4073 Fax: 714-879-5010 (Phone first) Email: gschlaep@aol.com The mission of the Tree Society of Orange County is to increase the number of trees in Orange County; educate leaders and citizens on the importance and value of trees; encourage leaders and citizens to take an active part in caring for and improving the environment; preserve and protect Orange County's native trees and landscapes; provide educational and informational programs on tree planting and maintenance; and collect and exchange information on trees and their care. Resources: Grants from $300 to $1,000 each year to scouts, PTAs, church groups and other non-profit organizations to plant trees on public property