Adding western beauties to the Western Addition
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 […]
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Newsletter Mailing Team
Help spread the news. The Newsletter team plays is an important touchpoint with our membership. We are looking for someone to help pick up the […]
Rockaway Bluffs, Pacifica
Access point: Surfers’ parking lot off Rockaway Beach Avenue Details: California coastal prairie meets northern coastal scrub habitat atop these majestic headlands. Hikers can enjoy […]
Corona Heights
Access point: Museum Way & Roosevelt Way, San Francisco Details: San Francisco Rec and Park says, “This park has some of the best views in San […]
Bayview Hill
Access point: Key Avenue Details: Foundsf.org says, the park “offers dramatic views of the bay and city. It is also a refuge for some of […]
Corwin Street Community Garden
Corwin Street Community Garden at Corwin near Douglas is not easy to find but worth the effort. If you take 21st Street west towards Twin […]
Visitacion Valley Greenway
Visitacion Valley Greenway (Campbell @ Rutland) This magical block of the new Visitacion Valley Greenway features red fescue, California buckeye, ceanothus, Douglas iris and other […]
Golden Gate Park CommUNITY Gardens
This community garden has 67 raised beds, some individual and some shared among groups of two or three. The gardens also have a shared gardening […]
400 Hazelwood Avenue
440 Hazelwood Avenue at Los Palmos Dr., private home in the Mt. Davidson – Miraloma area – an inspiration for native plant gardeners. The front […]
Lobos Creek Valley
Lobos Creek Valley – is located off Lincoln Ave. at Brooks Street in the SW corner of the Presidio near the 25th Av. gate. It […]
Rainbow Grocery
Rainbow Grocery , at 1745 Folsom and 13th Streets in the Mission district, has a charming native plant garden with a variety of fully labeled […]
Arthur L. Menzies Garden
Arthur L. Menzies Garden of California Native Plants, San Francisco’s premier native plant garden, located in the San Francisco Botanical Garden (sfbotanicalgarden.org), Golden Gate Park […]
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San Bruno Mountain
Access point: Multiple points Details: The mountain provides habitat for several species of rare and endangered plants and butterflies. The endangered San Bruno Elfin Butterfly inhabits this mountain and a […]
Montara Mountain
Access point: San Pedro Valley County Park, Pacifica Details: Due in part to its biologically isolated location near the end of a peninsula, the mountain has […]
Tank Hill
Access Point: Clarendon or Belgrave Ave. The hill’s rich native plant community contains larval food plants for endangered butterflies (Mission Blue and Callippe Silverspot) as […]