Students visit the Park and record their observations, building scientific skills. Please contact Lisa Fimiani for times when the next virtual tour will take place. You can enjoy the Park on your computer from the comfort of your own home. CURes staff members will take you through a presentation about the Park online with time for questions and comments. While it’s not the same as being there, you may be surprised at what you can learn. If COVID-19 restrictions are in place, preventing gatherings of 8 or more people in public settings, we are offering a “virtual” tour of Ballona Discovery Park. No admission is charged for entry into the Park. We provide informal science learning activities including interpretive stations, a walkable model watershed ecosystem, and a re-creation of a native Tongva Gabrielino gathering house, known as a kiiy or mah-mah-har-ke(ch), with audio recordings of Native American Tongva Gabrielino stories. The Park is also open at night for special occasions. Hours & Servicesīallona Discovery Park is open from dawn until dusk and serves the local community with Ballona Wetlands history, native plant gardens and wildlife viewing opportunities. The nearby 7-mile Ballona Creek Bike Path links bicyclists to the Pacific Ocean Bike Path that goes from the Pacific Palisades to Palos Verdes. Seniors, young children, and individuals with physical disabilities and/or limited mobility have access to transit, are able to park in well-marked parking areas, and can easily move about the American with Disabilities Act (ADA) compliant wheelchair-accessible Park. The Park is conveniently located near bus stops, a bicycle path, and major transit corridors. Want to learn more about Ballona Discovery Park? Please visit the Ballona Discovery Park Resource Center for more information and resource lists! Accessing the Park It is also a venue for visual artists, meditative retreats and other organized gatherings. In addition to students, a range of community groups, spiritual organizations, religious groups, urban planners, and nature enthusiasts take tours of the Park. These activities benefit students of LMU, neighboring Playa Vista Elementary School, and over a dozen other public and private schools in the region. Staff members from CURes and our partners (LMU, Friends of Ballona Wetlands, Heal the Bay, and The Bay Foundation), conduct tours, formal classes, teacher training workshops and research laboratories at the park on an on-going basis. Lisa Fimiani (Drollinger Environmental Fellow) leads a tour of the Park.
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