BOBCAT LEARNING GROVE

Phase 1 - Completed Spring 2026

April 10, 2026 - Bobcat Learning Grove Grand Opening

• Grand opening of the Braddock Bobcat Learning Grove  (stage and native garden) with free raffle, light refreshments, student performances, and special guests: 

• This has been years in the making and is now a dream come true.  Come join us for a free raffle, light refreshments, student performances, and special visitors.  Program here.

March 21, 2026 - Community Planting Day!

• Braddock Volunteer Planting Day with Verdant Venice Group (VVG) and LA Ballona Creek Renaissance.

• Thank you to Ballona Creek Renaissance for sponsoring our plants.

• The event was fun and a huge success; we had all the plants in the ground in record time.  Thank you to all our volunteers.  See photos here.

As of February 2026 - Status Update

• Benches added

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

November 13, 2025 - Status Update

• Asphalt removed. Cement poured.

• Young trees planted

• Mulch added. 

October 16, 2025  - Status Update

• 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 - Huge Grant Awarded

• 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 small trees at the corners with shrubs surrounding the stage. 

• Duvivier Architects provides a key element of the forest design to include a swale that promotes water infiltration towards Ballona Creek and strengthens the water resiliance of our water system in Los Angeles.