The 12-acre Bothwell Ranch in Tarzana, filled with rows of orange trees, has been a center of controversy since 2019.
When Jeff Bornstein heard at a recent neighborhood council meeting in Woodland Hills that a developer was planning to remove nearly a thousand trees from the vast citrus orchard known as Bothwell Ranch, he stormed out of the room.
Brad Rosenheim, president and CEO of the consulting firm Rosenheim & Associates, Inc. who works with developer Borstein Enterprises, said that of the nearly 1,137 trees that will be removed, “the vast majority are severely distressed due to many years of severe neglect, and the fact that they are reaching the end of their useful life, having been planted over 40 years ago.”
Under the development plan, four trees will be removed to expand the width of Collier Street and the entrance to the housing development, Rosenheim said, and 15 out of 19 trees located off-site will be preserved. He said two rows of citrus trees along Oakdale Avenue will stay in place and will be managed by the homeowners association to be established in the new development.
spoke in 2019 during a meeting at a city commission hearing to consider designating the ranch an historic monument, “The MRCA wouldn’t want to take on taking care of an orange orchard and having to pay for all that water,” Edelman said, adding that the Bothwell family was willing to sell the orchard to a nonprofit or a government agency but “nobody has the money and the time to step in and do that, which is sad because the public could have bought it.”
“Orchards need to be watered,” D’Antonio said. She is concerned that the owners “didn’t do the trees needed,” noting that developers often find it hard to build housing near trees and “they want a clear-cut because it’s easier for contractors.” “Having so many mature trees and removing so many is a big deal because it’s going to decrease the tree canopy,” said Jeanne McConnell, founder of Angelenos for Trees, based in the San Fernando Valley.
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