Nurturing Nature on the Crosstown Trail

Join us on a nursery-to-nursery jaunt to see native plant propagation in action, while exploring wild and restored nature in between. This walk starts near Twin Peaks and ends near Bernal--from the Nature in the City Nursery at McAteer Farm to the new CNPS Yerba Buena Nursery at Alemany Farm. Note that this is a one-way walk with different starting and ending locations. Walk Leaders: Amber Mahlberg and Helen Doyle Amber Mahlberg is Executive Director of Nature in the City and has helped launch innovative, creative projects and partnerships to connect people to local nature. She leads a team of passionate nature lovers working to restore habitat, create native plant gardens, and build green schoolyards in San Francisco. Helen Doyle , nature lover and educator, serves on Nature in the City’s advisory council and on the steering committee for Reimagining San Francisco. She also represents Nature in the City on the Crosstown Trails Coalition and is a docent at the SF Botanical Garden, Año Nuevo State Park, and Alcatraz Historic Gardens She loves to explore nature in the City with like-minded people. Details: We’ll start at the McAteer Campus Community Farm, home to Nature in the City’s native plant nursery, where a volunteer workday begins at 10 a.m. We’ll hear from nursery staff and thank volunteers. Then we’ll exit the back gates and walk the Crosstown Trail through Glen Canyon & Glen Park, along the Glen Park Greenway. Then we’ll walk through the Bernal Cut and down to Alemany Farm to help celebrate the opening of the brand new CNPS Yerba Buena native plant nursery and be part of Alemany Farm’s Harvest Fest, ~11 a.m. to 3 p.m.