SF Children & Nature
San Francisco Children & Nature
Join the SF Port, SF Rec & Park and the EcoCenter team for this volunteer event with activities, games, workshops & more The EcoCenter at Heron's Head Park is celebrating its 14th Anniversary along with Earth Month. Come out for a day of volunteering, activities, games workshops and more. Click here to sign up!
Tasha’s Voice by author Carmen Bogan, a recipient of the New Voices Award from Lee & Low Books is coming to Candlestick Point State Recreation Area. Come out for storytime, an urban walk, and a scavenger hunt. Reserve your spot here > This event is FREE
The 2024 City Nature Challenge will run from April 26 – 29. Started in 2016 as a competition between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the City Nature Challenge (CNC) has grown into an international event, motivating people around the world to find and document wildlife in and around their cities, using biodiversity recording apps and […]
Bring your family and friends to the annual festival celebrating children, books, and literacy in the Mission. Enjoy stories, music, create-with-nature, performances and crafts led by our dedicated community partners. This is a free event on 23rd Street and Folsom. Learn more here >
The 2024 City Nature Challenge will run from April 26 – 29. Started in 2016 as a competition between San Francisco and Los Angeles, the City Nature Challenge (CNC) has grown into an international event, motivating people around the world to find and document wildlife in and around their cities, using biodiversity recording apps and […]
Explore and Learn is a program for preschoolers and their caregivers to connect with nature through stories and outdoor activities. The event is FREE and Bayview Pre-K youth, daycares and families are highly encouraged to attend from 10AM - noon. Older siblings are welcome too. Please register here > For more information contact EcoCenter staff at ecocenterhhp@sfgov.org […]
The Library’s YouthMobile is coming to the park!
The Library's YouthMobile is coming to the park! Movement and play are essential building blocks in fostering literacy and a love of reading. In partnership with the SF Rec & Park, we bring stories and song to our City’s beloved parks. Join us for a high-energy storytime in our beautiful outdoors! The YouthMobile offers a […]
Join Rec and Park, ASL Love, the Presidio of San Francisco, and the San Francisco Parks Alliance for our American Sign Language (ASL) Celebration Day on Saturday, May 25 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. It will take place at the Crissy Field Center (603 Mason Street) in the Presidio and will feature ASL games […]
The San Francisco Recreation and Park Department's Urban Agriculture Program provides free materials for the backyard gardener, community gardener, or urban farmer through regularly scheduled Garden Resource Days. These events offer compost as well as mulch, seeds, plant starts and composting worms when available. They are a “bring-your-own-bucket” event and amounts are limited. Learn more […]
The Library’s YouthMobile is coming to the park!
The Library's YouthMobile is coming to the park! Movement and play are essential building blocks in fostering literacy and a love of reading. In partnership with the SF Rec & Park, we bring stories and song to our City’s beloved parks. Join us for a high-energy storytime in our beautiful outdoors! The YouthMobile offers a […]
SF Children & Nature is part of the national Cities Connecting Children to Nature (CCCN) initiative and is working to address the disparities in nature access along socioeconomic and racial lines to ensure all children have the opportunity to play, learn and grow in the outdoors.
We're building a network of nature and play advocates.
(415) 298-7532
info@sfchildrennature.org