braddock greening project

Braddock Received a Huge Grant for Greening!

April 10, 2026 - Garden Grand Opening 8:30AM

• Join us on campus for the grand opening of our new stage and garden!  This has been years in the making but is now a dream come true.

March 21, 2026 - Volunteer Planting Day!

• Braddock Volunteer Planting Day with Verdant Venice Group (VVG)

• VVG secured a $5000 grant from LA Ballona Creek Renaissance to green our stage with more plants!

• RSVP HERE

As of February 2026

• Benches added

• Patch work needed before fences can come down.  Pending date for grand opening

November 13, 2025

• Cement poured

• Young trees planted

• Mulch added

October 16, 2025

• Concrete Walkway in middle of project area is complete

• Irrigation on Southside of project area is complete

• Irrigation on Northside of project projected to be completed by 10/22/25

• Job Start Meeting with Contractor executing the DG, Planting of Trees, and concrete border on Southside of project area is set for 10/17/25

• Bids were received on 10/13/25 for the concrete curbing around the project area. 

• Bid walk scheduled for 10/20/25 for the final contract for the Northside of the project.  Bids due on 10/24/25.

2023

• Congrats Braddock Bobcats! We applied for and were awarded $250,000 in 2023 for an exciting campus greening project! The award is comprised of a $150,000 SEEDS grant from LAUSD, plus an additional $100,000 from LAUSD Board Member Nick Melvoin’s discretionary fund.  Read more about the Braddock Greening Project here.

• The approved design will be a small raised concrete stage with a walkway around it, and 4 small trees at the corners with shrubs surrounding the stage.