• View of the Golden Gate Bridge, taken from the Marin Headlands, looking across the bay back towards San Francisco, seen in the distance.

    Golden Gate

    National Recreation Area California

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Petal Pushers

 
 
 
Nursery educator and student at native plant nursery

This program is full for the 2011 - 2012 school year.

Bring your knee-high naturalists to the Presidio Native Plant Nursery for an A-Z indigenous plant adventure. Students will gain a stronger understanding of plant adaptation and life cycle while growing their own healthy stewardship ethic. A fun and effective interdisciplinary approach to connect your class to nature and ecology!

The program is linked to San Francisco Unified School District Performance Standards.

 
Students handling plant seeds
  

Did You Know?

Gen. Funston and other leaders meeting on a lawn at Fort Mason

Immediately after the San Francisco earthquake, on April 18, 1906, General Frederick Funston coordinated much of the emergency rescue and relief efforts directly out of his residence at Fort Mason.