Barnsdall Art Park Community Clean Up Day

Join the Barnsdall Art Park Foundation at monthly community clean up days on the first Sunday of each month, 9-11am!

Why: Beyond beautification, these community clean up events are also a fire safety mission! Barnsdall boasts a beautiful pine grove - but we need our neighbors' help to rake up dried pine needles and keep the park safe. We hope these monthly volunteer events will increase engagement, support, and love for this local gem of a park!

Who: The Barnsdall Art Park Foundation, established in 2003 as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization in support of the City of Los Angeles’s comprehensive landscape, infrastructure, and program initiatives in Barnsdall Art Park. The mission is to ensure that Barnsdall Art Park is a vibrant, inclusive space for creativity, cultural expression, civic conversation, and social empowerment.

What to Expect: Community members volunteer to help clean up and sustain the park through trash pick up and light yard work. Work will occur in the park's greenspaces that surround the City cultural institutions within the park including Hollyhock House, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and LA's only UNESCO World Heritage site; the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; the Barnsdall Arts Center and Barnsdall Junior Arts Center; and the Barnsdall Gallery Theatre, as well as the historic pine grove and olive grove. 

Volunteer Tasks:

• Raking leaves and pine needles and putting them into bags for removal.
• Mulching around the olive trees 
• Mulching in flower beds surrounding east side of Hollyhock House
• Trash pick up in and around the park
• Weeding

Tools we will provide:

• Neon safey vest [to be returned to event organizer at end of morning]
• Gloves [though you are welcome to bring your own]
• Masks [through you are welcome to bring your own]
• Rakes and other gardening tools

We will also provide:

• Water 
• Coffee
• Donuts

What's Required: 
Attire Requirements

• Closed toes shoes required.
• Long sleeves, sun hat, sunscreen, and comfortable clothes strongly recommended.

Physical Requirements

• This is an outdoor only highly physical opportunity! An interest in and physical capacity for gardening work is strongly recommended.
• Knowledge of gardening skills such as mulching and weeding would be very welcome!

Participation Requirments

• We require onsite signature of participation waiver.
• Children over the age of 9 are welcome to participate with the help of a parent - and their signed permission. We do not recommend participation of children under 9.

Have Questions or Need Accommodation? Email the Opportunity Coordinator below.  

This opportunity is managed by an L.A. Works partner, The Barnsdall Art Park Foundation. 

All volunteers participating in this volunteer opportunity are expected to adhere to the health and safety guidelines outlined here: /www.laworks.com/health-and-safety  

_____________________________________________________________________  

By clicking "Sign Up" I certify I have read and agree to the Volunteer Terms and Conditions.