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As our name might suggest, trees are the
primary focus of Tree Musketeers’ environmental programs.
Our work is with city trees, and that is called urban forestry.
We mobilize community volunteers tall and small for youth
led events to plant and care for trees in a variety of projects.
However, we have ongoing responsibility for two large areas
of trees–Memory Row and Millennium Row.
Memory
Row
Marcie the Marvelous
Tree was planted in a desolate strip of land between El Segundo
and Los Angeles International Airport in 1987 as the beginning
of a green pollution barrier. The area is now populated with
295 Memory Trees and has come to be known as Memory Row which
is a beautiful, passive park.
While standing as living
tributes to special people or events, these trees are on the
front line in the war against air, noise, and smell pollution.
Memory Trees bring joy to the people who plant and care for
them, and the community forest grows at no expense to the
city.
Here’s how it works.
Memory Tree plantings are held three times per year in November,
January and March on the grassy strip between Imperial Hwy.
in Los Angeles and Imperial Ave. in El Segundo. Orphan trees
on Memory Row that are available for adoption during an event
in July. Citizens submit a reservation
form which requires that someone commits to becoming the
tree’s guardian, make a tax deductible contribution to
Tree Musketeers that covers the expenses, and all the arrangements
are made for them. An experienced youth supervisor oversees
the planting of each tree and a customized dedication ceremony.
Though Memory Trees
are often planted as memorials to people who are no longer
with us, many are for pets, a way to say thank you, or are
gifts to celebrate births and weddings. Check for planting
dates and reservation deadlines on the volunteer
calendar.
Call or email questions
to trees@treemusketeers.org
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