Palisades Beautiful will soon begin planting 45 trees in two neighborhoods, the Alphabet streets and west of El Medio below Sunset, plus a few other streets. ‘Although water conditions may foil our efforts temporarily, we expect to begin planting trees on Friday (February 25) and continue through Monday,’ said Ann Fogel, the organization’s chairman. The trees will include purple orchid, coral gum, purple plum, tulip, evergreen pear and liquidambar. Each street in the Palisades has a specific tree designation approved by the City of L.A. Some of the streets gaining new trees are Sunset, Fiske, Galloway, Iliff, Kagawa, Drummond, Chautauqua, Albright, Radcliffe, Miami Way, Arbramar, Almar and Bollinger. ‘Under a program of the DWP, Trees for a Green L.A. has donated many of the trees used in this planting, and they are typically very fine specimen trees,’ Fogel said. ‘We feel fortunate indeed to have their help; this allows us to plant more trees over time.’ The road to a Palisades Beautiful parkway tree planting event is long and strewn with obstacles, Fogel explained. It includes obtaining permission slips from homeowners, determining and perhaps striving to change a city tree designation, obtaining final permits, marking exact tree location, obtaining Dig Alert inspection along with city inspection, locating a variety of trees and having city inspection and tagging of trees, obtaining a qualified planter, notifying tree recipients of impending planting and their responsibilities, overseeing of planting by Palisades Beautiful members and finally providing care instructions to homeowners. ‘Thanks to Trees for a Green L.A., we hope to complete another planting in the near future,’ Fogel said. Homeowners can request a free parkway tree or determine the city-designated tree for their block by e-mail (palisadesbeautiful@earthlink.net) or by calling 459-3432 or 459-7145.
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