In honor of Tu Bishvat, the holiday celebrating trees and nature, young adults of the Jewish Community Federation worked diligently with Life Frames, Inc. and SF Recreation & Park Department on Sunday, January 12th to plant California native plants on the hillside next to the Oak Allee in St. Mary's Park, as part of the Bernal Heights Living Library Nature Walk.  About 200 natives were planted amongst the beautiful Coast Live Oaks (Quercus agrifolia).  The Nature Walk is growing !

Volunteers planted all California Natives:  Ceanothus (Ceanothus griseus horizontalis 'Yankee Point' and Ceanothus 'Ray Hartman'), Coast Live Oak (Quercus agrifolia), Fremontodendron (Fremontodendron californicum), and Matilija Poppy (Romneya coulteri).

The Bernal Heights Living Library Nature Walk links schools, parks, public housing, streets, and other open spaces leading to the currently hidden Islais Creek at the south side of St. Mary's Park.  The Nature Walk is creating a new, expressive,  narrative landscape that is a prototype for what could be occurring throughout the whole Islais Creek Watershed, the largest in San Francisco, that interlinks eleven neighborhoods:  Noe Valley, Mission, Bernal Heights, Potrero Hill, Bayview, Portola, Crocker-Amazon, Excelsior, OMI, Sunnyside, Glen Park.

More volunteer events are coming up on January 17th and 28th at St. Mary's Park, and January 18th at Holly Park. If  you would like to participate, or for more information about volunteer planting days, please contact us:  info@alivinglibrary.org

Students and Staff from Odyssey Middle School in San Mateo worked diligently with Life Frames, Inc. and SF Recreation & Park Department on Tuesday, December 17th to plant 292 California native plants on the hillside adjacent to St. Mary's Recreation Center, as part of the Bernal Heights Living Library Nature Walk.  So much was accomplished and the Nature Walk is growing !

Volunteers planted all California Natives:  Ceanothus (Ceanothus griseus horizontalis 'Yankee Point'), California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum), Yarrow (Achillea spp.), Douglas Iris (Iris douglasiana), Sticky Monkey (Mimulus aurantiacus), Penstemon (Penstemon 'Electric Blue' & 'Margarita Bop'), and Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum).

The Bernal Heights Living Library Nature Walk links schools, parks, public housing, streets, and other open spaces leading to the currently hidden Islais Creek at the south side of St. Mary's Park.  The Nature Walk is creating a new, expressive,  narrative landscape that is a prototype for what could be occurring throughout the whole Islais Creek Watershed, the largest in San Francisco, that interlinks eleven neighborhoods:  Noe Valley, Mission, Bernal Heights, Potrero Hill, Bayview, Portola, Crocker-Amazon, Excelsior, OMI, Sunnyside, Glen Park.

More volunteer events are coming up.  If  you would like to participate, please contact us:  info@alivinglibrary.org

Wonderful Volunteer Groups have been helping to develop the Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park Nature Walk through planting events at St. Mary's Park.  

This Nature Walk is linking schools, parks, public housing, streets, and other open spaces leading to the currently hidden Islais Creek at the south side of St. Mary's Park.  The Nature Walk is a prototype for what could be connecting communities in the whole Islais Creek Watershed, the largest in San Francisco, that interlinks eleven neighborhoods:  Noe Valley, Mission, Bernal Heights, Potrero Hill, Bayview, Portola, Crocker-Amazon, Excelsior, OMI, Sunnyside, Glen Park.

One Brick worked with Life Frames, Inc. and SF Recreation & Park Department on October 19th, to plant California native understory plants along the soccer path in St. Mary's Park.  It looks fantastic now !

On November 22, City College of San Francisco Honor Society Members planted an array of California natives on the hillside adjacent to St. Mary's Recreation Center, as part of the emerging, Bernal Heights Living Library Nature Walk.  

Space by space, a new, narrative, expressive landscape is growing, and becoming a visible series of connected places !!!

More volunteer events coming up.  If  you would like to participate, please contact us:  info@alivinglibrary.org