Belonging in Nature: December 2025

Rancho Corral de Tierra in San Mateo County includes views of the Pacific Ocean and off-the-beaten-path discoveries.

Courtesy Design Workshop

When: Friday, December 19th, 2025, 1pm – 4pm

Where: Lands End, San Francisco; specific meeting location will be in the confirmation email after registering. Registration is required.

December is the beginning of our planting season, and we'll be gently guiding thirteen species of plants native to the sand dunes into their new home at this month's Queer and Trans Community Day. Lots of gratitude to our friends at the nursery for growing these plants for us from precious seeds collected right here in the park. Planting will be our primary work at this event; time- and weather-permitting, we'll also take a nature walk together and have some optional discussion/writing prompts about the solstice gifts of stillness, darkness, and transition. We'll also have hot tea and snacks. If it's a clear day, sunset is beautiful at Lands End, so consider bundling up and planning to stay 51 minutes after program ends for sunset at 4:51pm! 

Please contact community@parksconservancy.org with any accessibility needs or questions. All community members are welcome at this event.

Accessibility details: This event is fully outdoors, so masks will be optional, but please tune into the others around you and mask up when approaching anyone else wearing a mask. 

COVID-specific Guidelines

• Face coverings and social distancing are encouraged, but not required.
• Stay home and DO NOT attend if you:
  • Have any illness symptoms
  • Have tested positive for COVID-19
  • Suspect you have had contact with a COVID-19 positive case

The Golden Gate National Parks Volunteer Program is a cooperative parkwide effort of the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy, the National Park Service, and the Presidio Trust.