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Events in the Parks

Events in the Parks

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Volunteer on Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Historic Gardens
Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 8:00am - 12:00pm

Help restore and maintain gardens once tended by the island’s military and penitentiary residents—add life, color, and vibrancy to the Rock.

Volunteer at work in Lands End
(CANCELED) San Francisco Habitat Stewards
Wed, Oct 8, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm

Become a Habitat Steward and help restore unique San Francisco coastal habitat.

Volunteer on Alcatraz Island
Alcatraz Historic Gardens
Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 8:00am - 12:00pm

Help restore and maintain gardens once tended by the island’s military and penitentiary residents—add life, color, and vibrancy to the Rock.

Volunteers removing litter at Ocean Beach
(CANCELED) Golden Gate Historic Landscaping and Maintenance
Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 10:00am - 1:00pm

Help restore and maintain historic landscapes and cultural resources along the shoreline of San Francisco.

Volunteer at work in Lands End
(CANCELED) San Francisco Habitat Stewards
Thu, Oct 9, 2025, 1:00 - 4:00pm

Become a Habitat Steward and help restore unique San Francisco coastal habitat.

Presidio Volunteer
Presidio Forest Stewards
Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 9:00am - 12:00pm

Help tend to the health of the Presidio’s historic forests.

British artist Yinka Shonibare’s large-scale sculptural installation Man Moving Up
Black Gold: Stories Untold
Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 10:00am - 5:00pm

This summer, FOR-SITE Foundation presents its highly anticipated new project Black Gold: Stories Untold. This innovative exhibition invites more than fifteen contemporary artists to reflect on the resilience, struggles, and triumphs of African Americans who lived in California from the Gold Rush to the Reconstruction period following the Civil War (c. 1849–1877). 

Sunlight shines through canopy at Muir Woods
Muir Woods Night Tour
Fri, Oct 10, 2025, 7:00 - 9:00pm

Join us on our free evening tour to explore what keeps the redwood forest awake when we go to sleep. Step outside your comfort zone and into the ancient, nocturnal setting of Muir Woods for this two-hour, two-mile walk.