Sustainability
Sustainability is integral to the LA Phil and impacts nearly everything we do. To ensure our audiences, neighbors, and partners can enjoy our venues and surrounding environments for generations to come, we are fully committed to reducing harmful impact, implementing and maintaining eco-friendly practices and technologies, and being a model for other cultural organizations.
Our Green Initiatives
Each year, the LA Phil presents nearly 300 concerts at its three renowned venues: Walt Disney Concert Hall, the Hollywood Bowl, and The Ford. To learn more about how we tailor our sustainability work to each venue’s specific needs and opportunities, explore the pages below:
Natural lighting, sustainable materials, and clean air make the Hall a great place to visit. Learn about how The Music Center became the first-ever performing arts organization to earn the UL Verified Healthy Buildings Mark for Indoor Air Quality.
Our commitment to sustainability at the Bowl goes all the way back to 1924, when the Hollywood Bowl Association deeded the property to LA County. From traffic management to water conservation, explore all the ways we’re “keeping it green” at the Bowl.
For over a century, The Ford has been considered one of the region’s coziest natural amphitheaters. Discover how we keep it that way through our ongoing irrigation, lighting, and landscaping efforts.
Did You Know?
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Walt Disney Concert Hall’s Blue Ribbon Garden is a public rooftop park with more than 45 flowering trees and 30 shrubs and perennials, sourced directly from the yards of LA homeowners.
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The Hollywood Bowl, built within Bolton Canyon (also known as Daisy Dell), sits on 88 acres of biodiverse land, making it one of the world’s great natural amphitheaters.
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The LA Phil and Los Angeles County are partners in the management of the Hollywood Bowl and The Ford. Over one million people per year visit the two venues, and we invite them to share in the responsibility of keeping these natural treasures beautiful.
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Through The Ford’s partnership with the Kawenga Pass Project, participants helped restore Edison Plaza with more than 700 native plants.
Explore our green spaces
From Downtown Los Angeles’ bustling, urban landscape to the biodiversity hotspot that is the Hollywood Hills, our performance spaces are unique, in part, because of the beautiful environments they’re located in.
The Blue Ribbon Garden at the Walt Disney Concert Hall offers a tranquil oasis in the middle of the city.
The Hollywood Bowl is a public park with 14 picnic areas and over 800 trees.
Up to 165 shuttles bring patrons to the Bowl from throughout the county, keeping thousands of cars off the streets on concert nights.
In 2024, volunteers with the Kawenga Pass Project planted over 700 native plants throughout The Ford’s Edison Plaza.
- 3.5 million gallons of water saved per year at the Hollywood Bowl
- 36% of Bowl attendees arrived via Bowl Shuttle or Park & Ride in 2024
- 700+ native plants at The Ford’s Edison Plaza were planted through the Kawenga Pass Project
Land Acknowledgment
The County of Los Angeles recognizes that we occupy land originally and still inhabited and cared for by the Tongva, Tataviam, Serrano, Kizh, and Chumash Peoples.
