Palisades Beautiful Plans Chautauqua, Bowdoin Cleanup

By SARAH SHMERLING | Editor-in-Chief

Locally founded nonprofit Palisades Beautiful will host its fourth cleanup event on Saturday, July 5, at 11 a.m.

“Help clean up trash and trim back plants on Chautauqua near Sunset [Boulevard],” read an event description.

This time, the group will conduct trash pickup on Chautauqua, heading south from Sunset Boulevard. They will then break for lunch, before pulling weeds on Bowdoin Street.

“It will be a bit different from our past events that focused mainly on the trash pickup, hopefully we’ll get to use our green thumbs a bit this time,” organizers continued.

Gloves, grabbers and trash bags will be provided by Palisades Beautiful. Volunteers are encouraged to wear closed-toe shoes and bring water. Long pants and sleeves are also recommended.

“We had a busy June, with our third trash cleanup and a booth at ‘Venice Welcomes the Palisades,’” organizers said. “Volunteers removed over 15 bags of trash around Marquez, and native poppy seeds were sown. [Councilmember] Traci Park stopped by our booth and even played our new game.”

Noah Martin is the president of Palisades Beautiful—a 501(c)(3) nonprofit that he launched in February “dedicated to restoring natural spaces” in the community.

“We’re dedicated to revitalizing our neighborhood through native landscaping,” read the Palisades Beautiful website. “Our mission is to make the Palisades more beautiful and sustainable one plant at a time.”

The group has created a proposal to replace trees that were cut down on Swarthmore Avenue in front of CVS. The project is in discussion with the city’s public works department, according to Palisades Beautiful, which would need to approve it.

“We have been planting many new native plants around the Palisades, and still have more to donate,” the organization continued. “If you know an area that could use some greenery—or even if you need a few plants for your own property—don’t hesitate to reach out.”