
URL: Million Trees L.A. Planting
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We volunteered to plant trees at Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park in San Pedro with the Tree People over this weekend. We got there around 8:45am and followed the signs for the Tree People event. We parked, signed in, and checked out the area. Ken Malloy Harbor Regional Park is pretty cool park/campground, and they have a pretty big lake called "Lake Machado" in the middle of the park. I guess this lake is where the alligator Reggie is living at. (We didn't see Reggie today though.)
There were bagels, muffins, bananas and other fruits, coffee, water...etc... for breakfast. There were some booths to learn about Trees and also local Marine Life. There were many people there. Mostly families (great event for kids for sure), teenagers, young adults, and older adults as well. It was our first time attending, so we didn't know what to expect. But, it was really cool to see such a variety of people that care about environment and being green!
Before we began planting trees, the Tree People gave us a demo on how to plant trees properly. It was very educational and also cool to see all the kids getting excited :) They supply all the tools and everything, so all we had to prepare was to wear something that we didn't mind getting dirty!

It was hard work digging the soil deep and planting the trees! Between the 2 of us, we planted 2 trees in 2 hours, and I think there were 150 or more trees to plant for that day. It felt wonderful to be there sweating and working hard! We not only got some good exercise but we also did something wonderful for the earth! We named 2 of our trees after "Sammy Davis Jr." and "Tura Satana", and now we have our special trees to visit when we go visit the park!!
After planting, Tree People supplied us lunch (Pizza, Enchilada, Chips, Salsa, Brownie, Drinks...) which was really cool :) And we also made some cool new friends... Edith & Jolly.










COMMENTS (2)
Yay! We love trees! Thanks for taking the time to plant them! I have a pine tree sappling I received after finishing the Portland Marathon. I need to plant it soon. I hope I don't kill it!
Posted by kodapup | October 16, 2006 12:09 PM
It was awesome :) We'll be planting more trees with TreePeople for sure.
Posted by 302 | October 16, 2006 3:07 PM