Planting

A black and yellow Anise Swallotwail butterfly sits on a plant with its wings open
The Bay Area’s smallest and cutest park volunteer

The San Francisco Bay Area is a biodiversity hotspot for flora and fauna—there are around 144 species of butterflies that call the region home! But factors such as urbanization, invasive plants, and climate change have made the lives of our four-winged friends in the Bay Area quite difficult.

Volunteer at work in Lands End
Park Stewardship San Francisco - Lands End
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Become a Park Steward and help restore unique San Francisco coastal habitat.

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Black and white photo of people posing on Fieldbrook Stump, one of the largest trees in the world.
Redwood tree clones form Presidio ‘supergrove’

We can’t go back in time and stop giant redwoods from being cut down. But we can take material from old stumps, grow it in a special medium, and plant a grove of coast redwood saplings with super DNA, right here in the Presidio of San Francisco.

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Park Stewardship San Francisco - Lobos Creek

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