Las Flores Garden Group Pushes Back on Pickleball
The nonprofit says its work supports organic gardening, open space and native habitat in the Conejo Valley.
Las Flores Community Garden says pickleball development could displace its gardens at Conejo Creek West Park (CCWP), its home for more than two decades. The nonprofit objects to the courts, parking pavement, lighting, traffic and noise, warning that added hard surfaces would worsen the heat island effect.
The garden describes the park as a restorative setting shared with an equestrian center, Thousand Oaks High School’s cross-country runners, a canine recreation area and important habitat. Its work includes organic gardening education, food-bank produce donations and habitat established for endangered species. The organization says the peaceful, accessible grounds serve both children and adults.
Garden supporters consider high-intensity pickleball incompatible with the site’s therapeutic character and surrounding open land. They want to keep working with neighboring groups and CRPD, expand educational programs, and develop community art reflecting CCWP’s equestrian legacy, farming history and natural environment. One upcoming collaboration is the Day of the Horse on Oct. 17. The group is asking the CRPD Board to reject pickleball at CCWP.
- The garden has occupied CCWP for over two decades.
- Its produce donations benefit local food banks.
- Day of the Horse is scheduled for Oct. 17.
- The group wants the CRPD Board to reject pickleball at CCWP.
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