Micro-forest Monitoring Workshop

Help us monitor our Micro-forest at the South Pasadena Nature Park, 100 Pasadena Ave, South Pasadena. Everyone is welcome!

About this Event

We planted our micro-forest on February 21, 2026, and it has thrived through this hot, hot summer. Now it’s time to find out just how well it is growing!

Join our workshop and help us attach QR-coded tags to the plants so we can quickly and accurately measure and track their growth. You’ll also learn how to use a plant-monitoring app.

Quick habitat. Less Weeding. Micro-forests work. Learn more about Micro-forest at LA Micro Forests.

If you prefer to skip the workshop, you are welcome to work in the park as usual – prune, clean up trash, clear paths, etc.

Volunteers should:

• Please arrive on time for monitoring instructions
• Wear sunscreen, hat, sunglasses
• Bring water
• For those not participating in the workshop:
• Bring gardening gloves and tools (weeders, trowels, whatever you use in your own garden), there are extra tools and gloves for those who need them
• Wear comfortable work clothes, including work shoes (sneakers or boots) and long pants
• Bring binoculars for birdwatching (optional)

Children must be under adult supervision at all times. There is poison oak in the park that we will point out before starting. If you are planning to bring more than five in a group, please email me so we can be sure to have enough tools ([email protected]).

For more information on the workshop and future park events, check out the Nature Park Newsletter, or sign up for the newsletter here.

See you on September 19th, 9 - noon at:

100 block of Pasadena Avenue in South Pasadena, east of York Blvd Bridge.

The upper entrance, marked by a small plaque on an attractive river rock wall, is in the 100 block of Pasadena Avenue in South Pasadena, east of the York Street Bridge. There is on-street parking on Pasadena Avenue.

The lower entrance is just past the Arroyo Seco Golf Course driving range. Parking is available at the Golf Course Clubhouse at 1055 Lohman Ln with additional parking on Lohman Ln west of the tennis courts. Walk westward to the park from the pedestrian path located at the west end of Lohman Ln.

Google Maps: South Pasadena Nature Park

Apple Maps: South Pasadena – Arroyo Seco Woodland & Wildlife Park

Program is brought to you by Friends of South Pasadena Nature Park, Seed to Landscape, and South Pasadena Beautiful.