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A community biodiversity project in El Monte
El Monte BLOOMS
Building biodiversity and life outdoors through ongoing mutual stewardship.
A community-led project in El Monte to learn about, protect, and grow the variety of life around us. Open to neighbors of all ages. Educational events, walking tours, and workshops at Peck Road Water Conservation Park.
What is biodiversity?
What do you see when you go outside?
Biodiversity is the variety of plants, animals, insects, and other living things sharing a place. In the San Gabriel Valley, biodiversity is everywhere if you slow down and look.
- Wildlife like the monarch butterfly pass through on their migration.
- Plants and flowers like California poppies attract bees when they bloom.
- Whole ecosystems, like the San Gabriel Mountains, are home to red-tailed hawks, California Sycamore, Coastal Prickly Pear, and California Buckwheat.
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Join us at the park
Our events are free, family friendly, and open to everyone.
Family Scavenger Hunt at the Park
Peck Road Water Conservation Park, 5401 Peck Rd, Arcadia, CA 91006
Bring the whole family and explore the wild in El Monte. Look for birds, bugs, and plants on a scavenger hunt at the park. All ages welcome. No RSVP needed.
Community survey
Tell us what you want to see grow in El Monte
El Monte BLOOMS belongs to neighbors. Tell us which trees, plants, and green spaces you want to see more of in El Monte. Your answers shape what this project plants and protects.
Take the surveyA few neighbors at Peck Road Park
From the trees that shade the trails to the birds that pass through, biodiversity at Peck Road Water Conservation Park looks like this.
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California Buckwheat
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Western Fence Lizard
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American White Pelican
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Mule Fat
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White Sage
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Canary Red Admiral
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Dragonfly
PollinatorWhat's ahead
Project timeline
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Phase 1: Listening
Community outreach begins. Listening, learning, and inviting neighbors in.
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Phase 2: Walking and learning
Free, family-friendly walking tours at Peck Road Park and around El Monte.
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Phase 3: Community proposals
Community concepts and proposals, shaped by neighbors, ready to move forward.
Working together for biodiversity in El Monte
Two organizations bringing different strengths to the same goal.
ActiveSGV
ActiveSGV is a local nonprofit working to create a more livable, equitable, and sustainable San Gabriel Valley. Based in El Monte since 2010, they host workshops, walking tours, and bike rides across the SGV.
Natural History Museum of LA County
The Natural History Museum is one of L.A.'s oldest cultural institutions, anchoring a cultural and educational hub in Exposition Park. They protect and share more than 35 million specimens — the largest natural and cultural history collection in the western United States — and explore the relationship between nature and people in L.A. and beyond.
Have an idea? Want to help?
El Monte BLOOMS belongs to neighbors. Send us a note or come to a walking tour or bike ride. Your voice shapes what comes next.
Email the team