Tree planting event. Get involved with your Woodland Hills/Tarzana community!

Councilman Zine’s Community Coalition 

Woodland Hills Tree Planting Committee 

Contact: Diana Williams, Project Chair  

818-347-4737 -- email: diana@woodlandhillscc.net 

RE: SATURDAY, MARCH 19th  EVENT  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 

WOODLAND HILLS  TREE  PLANTING  EVENT SET  FOR  SAT.,  MARCH 19, 2011 

 Phase 2 of Woodland Hills tree planting project is set for Saturday, March 19th. Top 

Los Angeles officials -- along with members of the city’s Million Trees LA (MTLA) project, 

Counilman Zine’s Community Coalition, Woodland Hills-Tarzana Chamber of Commerce 

--will team up with scores of community residents on Saturday, March 19th to plant 37 

healthy, young trees along Ventura Boulevard between Canoga  and Topanga Avenues. 

  

 The event, in which both adults and children volunteers are invited to participate, 

begins at 7:30 a.m. with participant registration, a free breakfast and a DJ in the outdoor 

area which is to be announced. The morning will include a welcome from L.A. City 

Councilmember Dennis Zine (3rd District) and other dignitaries, and a brief tree-planting 

demonstration conducted by MTLA arborists. Digging tools will be provided. 

 Then 37 planting teams, each comprised of three to four children supervised by an 

equal number of adults and an MTLA conservation expert, will head out onto Boulevard 

sidewalks to plant trees already positioned at the designated locations. Besides supervising 

the young, the adults will also provide muscle for the digging process. The youth involved 

include members of local organizations, including Boy- and Girl Scouts, among others.   

 “Increasing the desirability of our community will directly impact our businesses” 

states Diana Williams, project chair for the tree planting. “These are small steps toward 

the vision of the pedestrian friendly neighborhood that we have planned.  We hope to 

relaunch the sense of pride in ownership to get us even closer to that vision.” 

 Councilman Zine, Octaviano Rios, Million Trees LA and the Woodland Hills- 

Tarzana Chamber of Commerce are to be commended along with the  numerous 

Boulevard merchants and organizations for their participation in the tree planting project.