Park Academy
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Presidio Native Plant Nursery
Join us for the start of our nursery class series and delve into how the nurseries grow the thousands of plants for the parks restoration and stewardship sites. This class will be led by Alisa Shor (Director of Park Nurseries) and Brian Hildibidle (Supervisory Natural Resources Management Specialist).
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Presidio Building 989
Join the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5 hour workshop on an important fundamental skill in building your field sketching skills! February's workshop will be taught by John Muir Laws and will delve deeper into using a waterbrush in your nature journal, focusing on how to use it with watercolor pencils!
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Langdon Court
The Park Stewardship team will lead a leisurely walk along the trails and share the folklore, medicinal uses and biology of the flowers. Spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and a new appreciation for spring wildflowers in San Francisco are guaranteed!
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Lands End Parking Lot
The Park Stewardship team will lead a leisurely walk along the trails and share the folklore, medicinal uses and biology of the flowers. Spectacular views of the Pacific Ocean and a new appreciation for spring wildflowers in San Francisco are guaranteed!
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Marin County
Join Chrissy Sullivan (Natural Resource Specialist, Tennessee Valley), for this informative and interesting class on something we should all be aware of: the threats posed to the parks by invasive plants. Class will start with a presentation, followed by a hands-on component in the field!
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Fort Funston Native Plant Nursery and Volunteer Program
Our Nursery Series continues with a discussion with our pros on how to prepare for the growing season! This class is designed for our nursery and field interns, but anyone interested in how our Park nurseries operate is welcome!
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Kick off our nursery class series and delve into the interesting and delicate techniques used to treat our native seeds to start germination and our growing season! This class will be led by Liz Ponzini (Manager, Marin Headlands Nursery) and Robin Binaoro (Associate Manager, Presidio Nursery), Martine Glaros (Seed Collector/Nursery Assistant, Marin Headlands Nursery), and Desmond Murray (Seed Collection Ecologist, Presidio Nursery).
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Presidio Building 1216
Brian Hildebidle (Presidio Trust; Supervisory Natural Resources Management Specialist) will lead this half-day field workshop on the different techniques involved in using willows for restoring riparian zones.
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Presidio Native Plant Nursery
If it's been way too long since that high school biology class, come join Annette Russell (Presidio Senior Nursery Manager) to learn the basics of plant biology!
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Crissy Field Center
Led by Doc Miles, a professional photographer and one of our talented park volunteer photographers, this class will introduce you to the fundamentals of photography. The class will discuss features of SLR and mobile phone cameras.
