TreePeople

TreePeople Launches Leadership Endowment Fund with Transformational Multi-Year $4 Million Gift from Karin and Jonathan Fielding

Today, TreePeople announced the launch of its Leadership Endowment Fund, a new initiative designed to strengthen and sustain the organization’s leadership for generations to come, made possible through a transformational, multi-year $4 million gift from philanthropists K...

14 May 2026

5th Annual Follow Your Heart Earth Month Festival Returns with Free Trees by TreePeople

San Fernando Valley, CA – Every April, something heartwarming happens in the San Fernando Valley: TreePeople and Follow Your Heart Market & Café collaborate on a special Earth Month festival and free fruit tree distribution! 2026 marks the fifth year of this much-ant...

16 April 2026

TreePeople’s Pollinator Palooza: Planting Hundreds of Milkweed & Celebrating Earth Month April 25th!

7 April 2026

History in Bloom: TreePeople Archival Exhibition & Naming Ceremony Kicks off March 20, 2026

Los Angeles, CA—March 12, 2016—On March 20, 2026, TreePeople will mark a defining moment in its 53-year history with History in Bloom, an exclusive first look at the new exhibition honoring TreePeople’s origins and impact in Southern California. The event will also celeb...

12 March 2026

TreePeople Hosts “Milkweed Monarch Mash” to Plant Hundreds of Milkweed, Celebrate Monarchs & Spooky Fun!

14 October 2025

Casandra “Cassie” Rauser Joins TreePeople as Chief Executive Officer

LOS ANGELES, CA — TreePeople, the Los Angeles-based nonprofit that has been bringing people together to grow a more sustainable Southern California for more than fifty years, is excited to announce the appointment of Casandra “Cassie” Rauser as its new Chief Executive Of...

30 September 2025

The Plants of Tovaangar: Tongva Native Plant Names Take Root in Coldwater Canyon Park

Los Angeles, CA – TreePeople is excited to launch a new, interactive audio tour that explores the pre-colonial history of our headquarters at Coldwater Canyon Park by highlighting the indigenous names of native plants. Angelenos are invited to embrace the deeper stories ...

9 September 2025

TreePeople Presents: "Smoke on the Water" – A New Solo Exhibition by Merissa Mann

Los Angeles, CA – TreePeople is proud to present Smoke on the Water, a new exhibition of gouache paintings by artist Merissa Mann, on view June 18–21 and June 25–28 at TreePeople’s Schuman Family Foundation Conference Center.Drawing inspiration from the devastating Los A...

7 June 2025

Fruit Trees and Legacy: Follow Your Heart’s Earth Month Festival Honors Co-Founder Paul Lewin with Free Trees for the Community

San Fernando Valley, CA – In a charming corner of the San Fernando Valley, something beautiful takes root every April with TreePeople and Follow Your Heart Market & Café. Now in its fourth year, the Follow Your Heart Earth Month Festival and Fruit Tree Distribution i...

10 April 2025

TreePeople Awarded 8 Million to Plant & Distribute Thousands of Trees Across SoCal

TreePeople Expands Urban Tree Canopy in Underserved Communities to Combat Climate Change and Build Resilience with First Event This Saturday

22 October 2024