Helen Chan led another fantastic
Salesforce Volunteer Event on December 17 in
St. Mary's Park planting California Native Understory Plants in the
Oak Allee, adding beauty and health to the
Bernal Heights Living Library & Think Park Nature Walk.
This planting was accomplished in conjunction with
Bonnie Ora Sherk, Founder & Director
, Life Frames, Inc. and
A Living Library Nature Walk, and
John Miller, Park Supervisor,
SF Recreation & Park Department. This
Living Library Nature Walk is linking multiple parks, schools, public housing, and streets, leading to currently hidden
Islais Creek at the south side of
St. Mary's Park, near
Highway 280 in San Francisco. The
Nature Walk is a prototype for what can be occurring throughout the whole
Islais Creek Watershed, the largest in SF that interlinks eleven communities in southeast and southwest SF, through creating a new, narrative native landscape interconnecting diverse community assets and resources, framed by the
Watershed.
Also, proposed is development of
Northern & Southern Gateways to the Watershed, that would incorporate the currently derelict 101 Freeway Interchanges at
Chavez/Potrero/Bayshore (to become Northern Gateway) and
Alemany/Industrial Way/Bayshore (to become Southern Gateway). More about this exciting opportunity later. Stay tuned.......