Sunday, May 10, 2020, 10 AM - 1 PM
The Garden Tour Was a Success!
Mother Earth's rich biodiversity was celebrated in the San Francisco area through the creativity native plant enthusiasts brought to their backyards and public spaces.
Many tuned in to our live broadcast that showcased beautiful natural heritage being restored and recreated by inspired nature lovers and community scientists in our very special part of the world.
If you missed our live show or would like to relive the experience, we now have video posted of our fabulous panelists in order of appearance:
Amber Hasselbring, Nature in the City on Backyard Biodiversity - time = 49:15
Matt Ritter - Iconic Flora of California - time = 33:22
Mike and Terri Belcher - Pupae Power - time = 21:48
Matt and JoAnn Zlatunich - SF Natural Heritage Garden - time = 21:01
Bob Hall - Adding the West into the Western Addition - time = 16:32
Millie Calzado = Sutro Stewards Nursery, a source of inspiration for Mt. Sutro - time = 11:08
Scan down to see garden tour photos
Those who tuned in saw:
- Backyard Nursery for Biodiversity by Amber Hasselbring, Executive Director of Nature in the City
- Author and professor of botany Matt Ritter shared stories and insights from his latest book: California Plants: A Guide to Our Iconic Flora
- Mike Belcher with Pupae Power: How to Raise Pipevine Swallowtails in Your Home Garden
- "How they done it" series with real live gardeners (not actors)
- Donations not required but gladly accepted
- Ready to dig in? Check out local native plant nurseries and native gardening resources
- Curious about San Francisco area's natural heritage? Check out these biodiversity resources
If you have interest in being involved in a future CNPS Yerba Buena garden tour, please email our team
“People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy the whole time to have the things about us” Iris Murdoch
All in with SF Biodiversity: Greg Gaar’s garden on Mt. Davidson
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Sutro Stewards all SF native nursery
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 […]
Garden transformation in Cole Valley
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Chris’s Sunnyside Habitat Garden
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 […]
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 […]
Louis Webb’s Forest Hill garden
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 […]
Claudia’s Garden: wild in the inner sunset
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North Beach ethnobotany garden
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Woodland inspiration in Noe Valley
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On a mountain with SF specialties
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Westwood Highlands garden
Roger & Phyllis Erickson began planting natives in 2012 in their Westwood Highlands garden including a clever reuse of a driveway median When started: 2012 […]
An unapologetic Fauna-centric Garden
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 […]
Artist’s garden, Potrero Hill east slope
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 […]
A young Central Sunset Native Garden
Rowena Forest and Peter Pyle’s 2020 native coastal dune, prairie, scrub garden When we were house hunting in western SF two years ago, we were […]
Natural Heritage in the Inner Richmond
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 […]
Late Bloomer, Potrero Hill
This small urban garden on the north slope of Potrero Hill was transformed from tropical exotics (including banana) and weeds to San Francisco native plants […]