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Create your own plaster casting of amazing botanicals through this fun, easy and rewarding process! The class will begin with a walking tour of the gardens to learn about Alcatraz’s garden history and the work to restore the historic gardens. 

Enjoy a free, family-friendly, celebratory event with music, food, and much more. Attendees will also have an opportunity to learn more about the next chapter of the national parksite, contribute your own creative ideas, and just have some fun.

Join the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5 hour workshop to help you learn some tips and tricks for drawing grasses up close and in a field setting. This workshop will be great preparation for the upcoming Nature Journal Club trip to the coastal prairie!

In this class Doc Miles covers all the features of both Apple Photos on your iPhone or desktop and on the Lightroom CC Mobile App. This class will also help the learner understand the basic concepts of Tone, Sharpening, Color Correction, Cropping, and much more. After this class your viewers will say “You shot that on your phone?”

Led by one of our talented park volunteer photographers, this class is for those who have an interest in getting better photographs with their cameras. It is designed to take beginners who are using the “Auto” mode most of the time and want to use the other features to improve their results.

We invite you to join us for a quiet, peaceful and meditative walk through the forests in the Presidio. Let’s experience the beauty and magic of nature in this part of the city, and find ways for calm and balance within and around us.

Led by one of our talented park volunteer photographers, this class will help you get the most out of your phone camera (specifically iPhone camera).

Join the Nature Journal Club for a 1.5 hour workshop on an important fundamental skill in building your field sketching skills! August's workshop is taught by guest instructor and nature enthusiast, Deb Brady—she will teach you how to incorporate creative lettering into your nature journals!

Join us at our first Trail Mixer of the year at the Presidio Native Plant Nursery!

Stroll through an old-growth redwood forest at sunrise, hear tall tales, soar in the sounds and smells, and hear the historical and ecological story of Muir Woods.