Resources

Be Water Wise: residential rebate programs in Southern California, including turf replacement

California Native Plant Society

California Urban Forest Council: Save Our Shade: Growing Trees Make Great Communities

City Plants: guide to tree care

Selectree: online interactive tree selection guide

Streets LA Urban Forestry: Tree Summits 2019, 2020 and 2021

Theodore Payne Foundation: all about native plants

Trees Are Good: International Society of Arboriculture’s guide to trees:

TreePeople: non-profit dedicated to supporting and helping communities take responsibility for their urban environment, especially trees:

UCLA Mildred E. Mathias Botanical Garden: A 7.5 acre public garden, outdoor classroom, and research facility on the UCLA campus

Urban Tree Foundation: provides services and programs to benefit the urban forest.

Einhorn, Catrin, “What Technology Could Reduce Heat Deaths: Trees” New York Times, September 9, 2022

“Admiring the Trees of Paris” , New York Times, August 10, 2022

“Since When Have Trees Existed Only for Rich Americans?” New York Times, Opinion, July 6, 2021

Edmonds, Cole, “One neighborhood, 90 Trees and an 82-Year-Old Crusader,” New York Times, August 20, 2023

Farmer, Jared, “What the World Will Lose if Ancient Trees Die Out”, New York Times Guest Essay, October 20, 2022

California Relief, “The Benefits of Urban Trees, The Power of Trees: Changing Our World One Tree at a Time.”

Street Tree Seminar, Inc. “Street Trees Recommended for Southern California” Order online for $39

Ritter, Matt, ”A Californian’s Guide to the Trees Among Us,” 2011, Heyday Publishing

Wohlleben, Peter, “The Hidden Life of Trees - What They Feel, How They Communicate” 2016, Greystone Books

Powers, Richard, “The Overstory” (2019 Pulitzer Prize Fiction Winner) April 3, 2018, WW Norton & Company