• Connect communities to nature and improve the health of all living things.

  • Residents from the North East San Fernando Valley volunteering to improve and protect our community’s landscape and increase public space for recreation.

    In 2011, the advocacy of the late Community Watchdog Al Piantanida and community advocate Yolie Anguiano led the beautification project that revitalized a blighted and underutilized sidewalk along the Pacoima Spreading Grounds into the urban trail called the Nature Parkway.

    Through continuous volunteer led beautification projects we enhance The Nature Parkway with the goal to extend it.

    1. Volunteer

      • Saturday, September 19, 2026- 9am-12pm

      • Saturday, November 7, 2026- 9am-12pm

      • Saturday, January 9, 2027- 9am-12pm, The 16th Anniversary since the First Day of Planting

      • Saturday, April 17, 2027 - 9am-12pmCelebrate Earth Day with us

    2. Donate

      Venmo.com/u/natureparkway

    3. Advocate

      Sign the petition at ipetitions.com/petition/vitalize-the-nature-parkway

    • Along Devonshire St. between Arleta Ave and Woodman Ave. 

    • Meet up location is Devonwood Park along Devonshire at 114716 Devonshire St, Mission Hills, CA 91345

“We can’t wait for our community to become a healthy place to live, we have to make it happen together.”

— Yolie Anguiano, care taker of the Nature Parkway

 

a Los Angeles City sidewalk vitalized into an Urban Trail along the Pacoima Spreading Grounds

 

Advocate to Sustain the Nature Parkway

Here are some action steps you can take to extend and enhance the Nature Parkway

Community Beautification Days

Volunteer your time to maintain the Nature Parkway, create art, take an informative plant walk and stay healthy