This very large garden includes an adjacent public walkway (Globe Alley) that is also landscaped with native plants. Greg Gaar converted this yard from lawn […]

JP Murphy North Path and 8th Ave entrance Adjacent to 1934 9th Avenue and adjacent to 1935 8th Avenue In 2015 the slope adjacent to […]

The Sutro Stewards native plant nursery and garden were established in 2013. We are located on Mt. Sutro Open Space Preserve, in the shadow of […]

When Katherine Roberts 1st bought her house on a quiet little street in Cole Valley in May 2003, both the house and gardens had been […]

Christine Okon got help from two landscape artists as she designed her steep yard into a wildlife friendly and beautiful place When Started: Started in November […]

Bob Hall’s Western Addition Garden, adding to western biodiversity since 2008   When started: 2008 Neighborhood: Western Addition Notable features: The birdbath. One of the neighbors was slicing […]

Louis Webb’s Forest Hill garden has been popping with poppies for 15 years When started: about 15 yrs since I hired a garden designer Neighborhood: Forest Hill […]

Noe Valley neighbors turn two weed infested public stairways into a beautiful botanical tapestry beginning in 2012 Location: Noe Valley, San Francisco, CA Maintenance: Neighborhood […]

Claudia’s Garden features dune and Greenstreak Butterfly host plants When started: 2013 Neighborhood: Inner Sunset Notable features: Dune, shade, slope and fog belt tolerant Favorite plants in your […]

This North Beach garden is designed by homeowner with a special focus on ethnobotanical specimens and pollinator habitat especially for butterflies When started: 2006 Neighborhood: […]

Ina Coolbrith Park is a on a clay soil east facing hillside with beautiful views of Coit Tower, the San Francisco bay and the Oakland Bay […]

Kate Levis woodland-inspired part-native garden in beautiful Noe Valley When started: The first plantings were in the fall of 2007, but I just planted a […]

This garden features a steep chert slope and several locally rare plants lovingly cared for by local biodiversity advocate Denise Louie Neighborhood: Mira Glen Design:  […]

Roger & Phyllis Erickson began planting natives in 2012 in their Westwood Highlands garden including a clever reuse of a driveway median When started:  2012 […]

After reading a small New York Times piece about the plight of native bees, Mary Beth Thibodeaux “decided to create one of the recommended “islands” providing […]

This wonderful San Francisco artist’s native plant garden on the eastern slope of Potrero Hill began with a few native plants in the 1980’s and […]

This backyard garden features a community of plants native to the western San Francisco Peninsula.  A nature trail winds through the low-medium profile dune-scrub habitat […]