Project Grow

Project Grow People and Nature Growing Together! The work has a way of turning itself inward. We restore ourselves, our sense of purpose, by restoring the place around us.

We are a group of ordinary people—professionals, homemakers, students, and retirees—joined by a common concern for our environment. Participating in restoration work in Upper Newport Bay provides volunteers with the opportunity for respite and renewal, away from the stresses of southern California’s highly urbanized environment.

It’s been a while since we posted but WE.ARE.BACK!!! 😃🙂😮🥳🥹😎😎🌳🌿🌱What have we been up to in the meantime? We’ve been conti...
05/22/2026

It’s been a while since we posted but WE.ARE.BACK!!! 😃🙂😮🥳🥹😎😎🌳🌿🌱

What have we been up to in the meantime? We’ve been continuing removing invasive plants and supporting native ones!!! Regardless if we have a small and big group, overcast or warm weather, we keep making room for native plants to grow!!! 🪏 🪴 🧤

Interested in joining us??? Register online! No experience needed!

04/22/2026

HAPPY EARTH DAY!!! 🌎🌳🌱

Feeling inspired to care for the planet and nature around you today??? 😊 🫶 🌏 Want to get involved??? 😃 Here’s a glimpse of how we care for our planet during our events.

We would love to see you come out in joining our efforts to protect native plants and provide habitat for them! 🧤 🪏 🌱

Ever seen a plant at Project Grow that looked unfamiliar??? No one else arounds you knows how to ID it? 🌱 🤔 🕵️ Well, her...
04/02/2026

Ever seen a plant at Project Grow that looked unfamiliar??? No one else arounds you knows how to ID it? 🌱 🤔 🕵️ Well, here’s an app to help with that! 🌼 😀

Swipe to learn how to use Seek by Inaturalist, an app that identifies and shares info about all types of plants, insects, and organisms! 🌲🐜🦆

Come join us to learn how to ID plants while restoring native habitat!

You may not always see them but you can hear them calling!!! 🐦 🦢 🦆🐦‍⬛🪺We have many birds in our restoration sites but ar...
03/26/2026

You may not always see them but you can hear them calling!!! 🐦 🦢 🦆🐦‍⬛🪺

We have many birds in our restoration sites but around this time is also when they are nesting! It’s important then to be mindful of this when bird-watching! Here are some tips to safely observe our winged feathered friends!!! 📷🪹

Thank you to our volunteer Isaac for the photos!

Very late shoutout but we also want to give a shoutout to (Fish Club as they’re known) for joining us! They were with u...
03/19/2026

Very late shoutout but we also want to give a shoutout to (Fish Club as they’re known) for joining us! They were with us when we observed the Western Nettle! Thank you for removing plants with us! 🌱 🧤 We unfortunately didn’t see any jumping mullets 🐟 but we did see a young turkey vulture fly overhead! (Last 2 photos)

Thank you also to all our volunteers who have been joining us despite the heatwave! We appreciate your willingness to help out a lot! 😀

Want your organization to join us at event? Reach out to schedule an outing!!! 👍 😃 🪏

📢 NEW NATIVE SPECIES OBSERVED!!! 📢 🌱 😮 Introducing the Western Nettle, a plant a couple of our volunteers a few weeks ag...
03/09/2026

📢 NEW NATIVE SPECIES OBSERVED!!! 📢 🌱 😮

Introducing the Western Nettle, a plant a couple of our volunteers a few weeks ago found that stood out from anything else we’ve seen before! Swipe to learn more about this native species! 🎉🧤☘️

Want to see some Western Nettle for yourself! Join us at one of our events!!!

Some photos from our recent events the past couple months!😊 🪴 😃 From our large groups of AROUND 4️⃣0️⃣ to our dedicated ...
02/13/2026

Some photos from our recent events the past couple months!
😊 🪴 😃
From our large groups of AROUND 4️⃣0️⃣ to our dedicated volunteers who get dirty week in and week out, we appreciate all your efforts!!! Also swipe to see some photos of our restoration site (swipe until the end for a funny photo from our bag of pulled plants 👀 😀)

Want to join in??! 🪏 🧤 🌱 Register for our events using the link in our bio!

We see and remove a lot of plants during our event but how well do you know if they are invasive or native??? 🙋 🤔 🌱 Swip...
01/23/2026

We see and remove a lot of plants during our event but how well do you know if they are invasive or native??? 🙋 🤔 🌱

Swipe through and see how many plants you can identify!

Comment how many you got correct! 😀

01/15/2026

We realized we have never formally introduced ourselves so allow us to do so now!!! 😀 🌱 🪴 🧤 🪏

Hear from our program coordinator David about Project Grow’s mission and how you can get involved! We hope you will come grow with us!!! 👍 🌳🌿

Still need a new year resolution idea? 💡 How about going out and volunteering!!! 😀 😃 🙂Join us in our efforts to restore ...
01/07/2026

Still need a new year resolution idea? 💡 How about going out and volunteering!!! 😀 😃 🙂

Join us in our efforts to restore the Newport Back Bay ecosystem! No experience is necessary and equipment will be provided! We have an event this Saturday 1/10 from 8:30-11:30 so you can start acting on your new year resolution immediately!!! 🪴 🌱 👍 🪏 🧤

All info can be found on our website! 🖥️ RSVP there and we’ll see you out in the field! We hope you will come Grow with Us! 🌿🌳

Address

600 Shellmaker Road
Newport Beach, CA
92660

Website

http://www.projectgrowca.org/

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