Media Advisory
WHAT
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, TreePeople will hold a special Earth Month celebration, Pollinator Palooza, to help restore the native habitats for diverse pollinators that sustain our ecosystems. This joyful, community-centered restoration day and education fair, will bring together volunteers, families, and environmental champions as part of TreePeople’s ongoing mission to plant 6,000 native milkweeds, inform the public, and create real change for pollinators in our region.
With hands-on plantings and exciting festivities, Pollinator Palooza is designed to equip communities with the knowledge and tools to assist local restoration action. We will be planting and giving away narrowleaf milkweed to expand the habitat for western monarch butterflies and other pollinators at Castaic Lake.
On Saturday, April 25, 2026, TreePeople will hold a special Earth Month celebration, Pollinator Palooza, to help restore the native habitats for diverse pollinators that sustain our ecosystems. This joyful, community-centered restoration day and education fair, will bring together volunteers, families, and environmental champions as part of TreePeople’s ongoing mission to plant 6,000 native milkweeds, inform the public, and create real change for pollinators in our region.
With hands-on plantings and exciting festivities, Pollinator Palooza is designed to equip communities with the knowledge and tools to assist local restoration action. We will be planting and giving away narrowleaf milkweed to expand the habitat for western monarch butterflies and other pollinators at Castaic Lake.
WHY
Pollinators play a critical role in sustaining our wildlands and urban interface, yet they face growing threats from habitat loss, climate change, and the aftermath of wildfires. One of the major pollinators highlighted in ths event is the western monarch butterfly. In recent years, the number of monarchs migrating to California during the butterflies’ annual fall migration has dropped by about 95 percent. This decline is partly due to habitat loss, specifically the decrease in native milkweed plants.
Milkweed helps guide monarchs on their migratory journey, and is the only food their caterpillars can eat. One of the most important things we can do to increase monarch populations is to grow more native milkweed throughout our region. During the Pollinator Palooza, we’re asking volunteers, nature lovers, and families alike to join us in planting milkweed at Castaic Lake!
In addition to planting hundreds of milkweed plants for monarch and pollinator habitat restoration, this special event will include a pollinator costume fashion show, native plant giveaways, and other fun, free and educational activities for the whole family!
To register and participate in the group planting, please visit treepeople.org/rsvp.
Learn more about monarchs, their relationship to milkweed, and TreePeople’s restoration work here.
Pollinators play a critical role in sustaining our wildlands and urban interface, yet they face growing threats from habitat loss, climate change, and the aftermath of wildfires. One of the major pollinators highlighted in ths event is the western monarch butterfly. In recent years, the number of monarchs migrating to California during the butterflies’ annual fall migration has dropped by about 95 percent. This decline is partly due to habitat loss, specifically the decrease in native milkweed plants.
Milkweed helps guide monarchs on their migratory journey, and is the only food their caterpillars can eat. One of the most important things we can do to increase monarch populations is to grow more native milkweed throughout our region. During the Pollinator Palooza, we’re asking volunteers, nature lovers, and families alike to join us in planting milkweed at Castaic Lake!
In addition to planting hundreds of milkweed plants for monarch and pollinator habitat restoration, this special event will include a pollinator costume fashion show, native plant giveaways, and other fun, free and educational activities for the whole family!
To register and participate in the group planting, please visit treepeople.org/rsvp.
Learn more about monarchs, their relationship to milkweed, and TreePeople’s restoration work here.
WHEN
Pollinator Palooza
Saturday, April 25, 2026
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Pollinator Palooza
Saturday, April 25, 2026
9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
WHERE
Castaic Lake
*Exact location given upon rsvp or direct contact
Please RSVP at treepeople.org/rsvp
Castaic Lake
*Exact location given upon rsvp or direct contact
Please RSVP at treepeople.org/rsvp
HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE
- Hands-on wildfire and habitat restoration planting activity
- A pollinator-themed fashion show
- Narrowleaf milkweed & coast live oak sapling giveaway
- Free, family-friendly educational activitiesInteractive booths and prizes for all ages!
VISUALS / PHOTO OPPORTUNITIES
- Volunteers participating in wildfire restoration activities
- Colorful and creative Pollinator-themed costumes and fashion show
- Families receiving and planting native saplings
- Youth and community members engaging with educational booths
- Wide shots of community participation and overall Earth Month celebration
CONTACT
For media inquiries, interviews, or to confirm attendance, please contact:
Kai McDaniel
Public Relations Specialist
kmcdaniel@treepeople.org
For media inquiries, interviews, or to confirm attendance, please contact:
Kai McDaniel
Public Relations Specialist
kmcdaniel@treepeople.org
