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El Segundo poet laureate and Blue Butterfly Conservancy lead inaugural nature-themed program
Summary
Poet Laureate Kaweku Ambimbola collaborated with the El Segundo Blue Butterfly Conservancy for an inaugural program combining a guided walk, journaling and native-planting; the two-year laureate term is funded by the city’s cultural development fund through 2026.
El Segundo’s newly appointed poet laureate, Kaweku Ambimbola, collaborated with the El Segundo Blue Butterfly Conservancy on an inaugural program titled "The Land Remembers," the city’s media segment said.
Ambimbola and master gardener Barbara Boland led participants on a walk through “memory tree row,” where attendees wrote journal entries and poetry inspired by nature and planted native plants along a hillside. “For today's event, I was really excited to have people come through and challenge themselves to view the world through the lens of poetry,” Ambimbola said on the broadcast.
The segment said Ambimbola’s two-year term runs through the end of 2026 and that the poet laureate program is funded by El Segundo's cultural development fund to promote diverse voices in literary arts, culture and creative expression. The broadcast credited the arts and culture committee and the library for supporting the program.
No City Council action or funding vote was reported in the segment; the program description was presented as a community arts event and programmatic support funded through the city’s cultural development fund.
