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Nursery volunteers
The Power of Community: How Our Volunteers Left One Intern in Awe

To commemorate Volunteer Appreciation Day at Golden Gate, multimedia intern Lauren Gee made a video about why volunteers choose to donate their time in the parks. Lauren noticed one thing in common with everyone she interviewed: Undeniable joy as they opened up to her about their volunteer experiences.

A group collects seed in a grassland. A volunteer holds a tray of seeds.
(CANCELED) Marin Headlands Nursery

Learn to grow and care for native plants while helping to preserve and restore your national park.

A large group smiles and holds up dirty hand while working in the nursery.
(CANCELED) Marin Headlands Nursery

Learn to grow and care for native plants while helping to preserve and restore your national park.

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A group transplants coyote brush.
(CANCELED) Marin Headlands Nursery

Learn to grow and care for native plants while helping to preserve and restore your national park.

Presidio Native Plant Nursery staff
Call it a Comeback: Nursery Staff, Techs Return Endangered Plants to the Presidio

A new year brings a new start for an extraordinary plant once thought to be extinct. Learn how our Presidio Native Plant Nursery is helping to re-establish the Franciscan manzanita—and its close relative the Raven’s manzanita—in your national park.

Osoberry (Oemleria cerasiformis, Rosaceae family) leaf detail, Presidio Native Plant Nursery.
"Green" Seed and Plant Lab Blossoms at the Presidio

The Seed and Plant Lab features high-efficiency heating and refrigeration systems and provides an ideal space for processing, storing, and treating over 300 batches of seeds used to grow plants for park restoration projects.

A group inside the shadehouse at the Marin Headlands Nursery
Marin Headlands Nursery

When: 3rd Wednesdays, 1-4 pm; one Saturday per month, 10:00am-1:00pm 

Where: Marin Headlands Nursery |

Learn to grow and care for native plants from seed, while helping to preserve and restore your national park.

Nursery program at Oceana High School in Pacifica
Growing Up: Oceana Nursery Upgrades Elevate Youth Programs

Learn how the Parks Conservancy’s nursery and restoration program has powerfully connected young people with the national parks in their backyard.

people weeding
Growing Gains: Reflections from Two Nursery Youth Interns

The school year’s just begun, but for students it’s not too early to think about summer internship opportunities! Read about two young people who enjoyed their LINC internship so much last summer that they came back to the park this past summer—as Presidio nursery interns.

Volunteers Caring for Native Plants
Listen to the Spin of the Parks’ Restoration Cycle

In a new podcast, hear from some of the amazing staff and interns working to preserve and restore the Presidio and the Golden Gate National Parks. Then find out how you can add your voice—and volunteer energy—to this chorus of care.

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