Parks for People Projects
Explore some of our parks projects. Choose a state to get started.
Camp Salmen
In St. Tammany Parish north of New Orleans, alumni of Camp Salmen, a former regional Boy Scout camp, donated funding to help create a nature park on the site after TPL helped purchase the land. read more »Canal Community Garden
The Canal neighborhood in San Rafael provides a significant portion of low-income housing in one of the most affluent counties in the United States. Though the neighborhood is diverse, many residents share a common tie to a strong food culture. read more »Canco Woods
This 13 acres of woodland in Portland's Back Cove neighborhood has been used for decades by the public. The Trust for Public Land helped protect the land as a new park for Portland. read more »
Caponi Art Park
Artists Anthony and Cheryl Caponi created a unique "art park" on their 60 acres of rolling meadows and woodlands in the Twin Cities suburb of Eagan, Minnesota. read more »
Caribbean Gardens
We helped protect this historic zoo and botanical gardens in Naples, Florida. In addition to the 50 acres housing the zoo and gardens, the county protected 80 acres that will eventually be used as a "Central Park" for fast-growing Naples. read more »Carlton Way Pocket Park
In an underserved Los Angeles neighborhood where no green or public spaces exist within a half-mile radius, we're creating a .2-acre park on an abandoned lot that has been vacant since the mid-1990s. read more »Cedar Grove
Cedar Grove has long been regarded by architectural historians as one of the finest examples of antebellum Greek Revival architecture in the state. TPL protected the land around the house and across the road along McDowell Creek as part of the Mountain Island Lake Initiative. read more »
