Most of LA’s trees are in wealthy, white neighborhoods. This school is smashing concrete to plant their own

Amigos de los Rios is helping campuses once paved and treeless now blooming with shade, gardens and play spacesOn a recent Saturday morning at Washington Elementary Stem magnet school in Pasadena, California, a group of volunteers and staffers from Amigos de los Rios hauled soil for a new pollinator garden of native plants that support local habitats such as those for butterflies, hummingbirds and bees. They also filled up 37 planter beds that will grow fresh veggies such as carrots and sweet po