About us
The California Native Plant Society is a statewide non-profit organization of amateurs and professionals. Our goals are to increase understanding of California’s native flora and to preserve this rich natural heritage for future generations. The Yerba Buena Chapter encompasses San Francisco and northern San Mateo Counties and is named for the tiny fragrant mint Satureja douglasii found in this area.
Chapter Activities are as diverse as our membership and range from conservation and habitat restoration to native plant gardening, hiking and photography.
Upcoming events
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Lend a hand at Sharp Park!
Fairway Drive Pacifica, Fairway Drive & Seaside Drive, Pacifica, CA, USJoin us along with SF Rec & Parks for our weekly Wednesday habitat restoration project. Sharp Park Natural Area, near Pacifica, is habitat for the magnificent and endangered San Francisco garter snake, as well as its preferred prey, the California red-legged frog. Sharp Park is part of an
expansive coastal natural area, right next to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.Everyone 14 years old and older is invited; anyone under 14 yo must be accompanied by a guardian. Please wear closed-toed shoes and dress in appropriate clothing for physical work. Tools and gloves will be provided, with snacks after the work session. Please be punctual as it is some distance from the meeting place to the work area.
For more information and to register with SF Rec & Park, please visit this website2 attendees
Native plant habitat restoration at Grandview Park
Grandview Park, 14th Ave, San Francisco, CA, USPlease join us this week as we continue work at the amazing, scenic, (and windy) Grandview Park! We've made great progress with restoring swaths of the hillside for native plants and we look forward to reclaiming even more territory.
**Here **is a fascinating local San Francisco history article about this week's location: Grandview Park. Enjoy breathtaking views of the Pacific while helping preserve this dune plant community.
Meet at the stairs on Noriega Street near 748 Noriega St.
Please register with SF Rec and Park here if you are not yet a regular Wednesday CNPS volunteer.SF Rec & Park will provide gloves and tools (or bring your own if you prefer). Wear long pants and closed toed shoes. Bring water, a hat, sunscreen.
Questions? Contact Cathy Lewis at cathyyerbabuena@gmail.com
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Invasive Limonium: what is it and what is being done about it?
·OnlineOnline## Speaker: Drew Kerr from Cal-IPC
This program is ONLY ON-LINE, (Zoom): Register here
First discovered in 2006 near the San Francisco Airport, invasive Limonium or Algerian Sea Lavender has been a problem around San Francisco Bay. There is a native Limonium, California Sea Lavender. The invasive species can dominate wetland areas. Learn about both the native and non-native sea lavenders, the research, and on the ground work that has been done here in San Francisco Bay.
Drew Kerr began his career as a wetland ecologist in Seattle, working with Pacific Northwest amphibian conservation and research and as the Aquatic Noxious Weed Specialist for King County DNR. Since 2005 he has been focused on the invasive plants of the tidal marshes and mudflats of the San Francisco Estuary.8 attendees
Sunset Blvd Biodiversity Corridor Sunset & Taraval
Sunset & Taraval, San Francisco, CA, USJoin us in weeding and mulching and more at the Sunset Boulevard Biodiversity Corridor. See or hear the birds that depend on the local native plants we have been planting. Watch this area be transformed to a wildlife corridor.
Wear sturdy shoes and clothes you don't mind getting a bit dirty.
Bring a water bottle and if you have favorite gardening gloves. Tools and instruction provided.Please let us know you are coming https://www.mobilize.us/sanfrancisco/event/554627/
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