BARNSDALL OLIVE GROVE INITIATIVE

CLIENT: BARNSDALL ART PARK FOUNDATION

ROLES: CREATIVE DIRECTOR . GRAPHIC DESIGNER . PROJECT MANAGER

PROJECT PARTNERS: BARNSDALL ART PARK FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS . LOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION . CITY OF LOS ANGELES DEPARTMENT OF RECREATION AND PARKS . CITY OF LOS ANGELES 13TH DISTRICT OFFICE . LUIS DE JESUS LOS ANGELES . EMMA HABER . BRADY WALTERS . TANYA ANUINIGA . KELLY AKASHI . JAMIE BUSH . JANNA IRELAND . MATT JOHNSON . JPW3 . KILLSPENCER . GALIA LINN . NANCY MONK . KORI NEWKIRK . SEV’S WOOD CRAFTS: SEV PAKRADOUNI & KATHERINE PAKRADOUNI . BRENDAN RAVENHILL . AILI SCHMELTZ . AZADEH SHLADOVSKY . EMILY SUDD . TERREMOTO: KASEY TOOMEY . SARAH WATLINGTON . WRK-SHP & JOHN PARK . ROSHA YAGHMAI

SUMMARY: THE BARNSDALL ART PARK FOUNDATION (BAPF) PARTNERED WITH THE LOS ANGELES PARKS FOUNDATION AND THE CITY OF LOS ANGELES TO REVITALIZE BARNSDALL ART PARK’S HISTORIC OLIVE GROVE, WHICH WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE 1890S. THE BAPF’S $25,000 GRANT FUNDED THE HORTICULTURAL SURVEY AND FORENSIC ANALYSIS OF THE OLIVE GROVE, REPAIR AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE IRRIGATION SYSTEM, DEVELOPMENT OF A COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY FOR PLANTING ADDITIONAL OLIVE TREES AT THE PARK, REMOVAL OF 20 OLIVE TREE STUMPS, AND THE PRUNING OF 400 OLIVE TREES.

INSTEAD OF GRINDING ALL OF THE PRUNED TREE BRANCHES INTO WOOD CHIPS, EVERY PIECE LARGER THAN 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER WAS SAVED. THE BARNSDALL OLIVE WOOD WORKSHOP WAS ESTABLISHED BY THE BAPF TO TRANSFORM THOSE OLIVE WOOD LOGS INTO ORIGINAL OBJECTS CREATED BY A GROUP OF RENOWNED LOS ANGELES ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, ARCHITECTS, AND LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS. THOSE UNIQUE ITEMS WERE DISPLAYED IN A GROUP EXHIBITION AND SOLD VIA A SUCCESSFUL ONLINE FUNDRAISING AUCTION. THE PROFIT FROM EACH ACQUIRED PIECE WAS DIVIDED BETWEEN THE CREATOR OF THAT ITEM AND THE BARNSDALL OLIVE GROVE FUND.

PROJECT LINKS: BARNSDALL OLIVE GROVE INITIATIVE . BARNSDALL OLIVE WOOD WORKSHOP