Swing into Stories @ Garfield Playground
2025-02-04 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-04 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-01 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-05-06 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Garfield Playground, 3100 26th St, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
The Library’s YouthMobile is coming to the park! Movement and play are essential building blocks in fostering literacy and a love of reading. Join us for a high-energy storytime in our beautiful outdoors!
The YouthMobile offers a diverse selection of children’s library materials available for check-out with an SFPL library card. From the City’s only kid-focused bookmobile, we circulate materials, create library cards and provide the public with information about library services and programs. Come aboard and see what we have!
Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m.–12 noon.
Storytime at 10:30 a.m.
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1st Tuesday of the month
Garfield Playground (Treat & 26th Streets)
2nd Tuesday of the month
Koret Playground (Golden Gate Park, by the carousel)
3rd Tuesday of the month
Helen Wills Playground (1401 Broadway at Larkin)

4th Tuesday of the month
Redwood Grove Playground (McLaren Park, 200 John F. Shelley Dr.)
More info >

Fungi Walk in the Presidio
2025-02-08 10:00 - 13:00 | Presidio Visitor Center, Lincoln Boulevard 210, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Join the Parks Conservancy for an easy and adventurous walk in the Presidio to learn about and find local fungi!
The walk will start at the Presidio Visitor Center (near the Presidio Transit Center) then head out to walk an easy route of less than 2 miles roundtrip, stopping along the way to learn and explore, and returning to where we started the day. This event is grounded in curiosity, a sense of wonder, and the joy of tuning into nature with all our senses. Local naturalists will join the walk and will provide short and interactive talks about the incredible world of fungi, like how to identify fungi, how the mycelium network works, indigenous and medicinal uses, and a short history of foraging. And we’ll search for fungi specimens throughout the walk, too!
People of all ages and all skill levels (especially beginners!) are welcome. We’ll show you how to use tools to inspect our fungi findings, like macro and hand lenses (which will be provided). You are more than welcome to bring your lunch to have with us after the event. Click here to learn more!

Swing into Stories @ Koret Playground (Golden Gate Park)
2025-02-11 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-11 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-04-08 09:30 - 12:00 | Koret Playground @ Golden Gate Park, Koret Children's Quarter Playground, Martin Luther King Jr Dr & Bowling Green Dr,, San Francisco, CA, 94117, United States
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 diverse selection of children’s library materials available for check-out with an SFPL library card. From the City’s only kid-focused bookmobile, we circulate materials, create library cards and provide the public with information about library services and programs. Come aboard and see what we have!
Tuesdays from 9:30 a.m.–12 noon.
Storytime at 10:30 a.m.
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1st Tuesday of the month
Garfield Playground (Treat & 26th Streets)
2nd Tuesday of the month
Koret Playground (Golden Gate Park, by the carousel)
3rd Tuesday of the month
Helen Wills Playground (1401 Broadway at Larkin)

4th Tuesday of the month
Redwood Grove Playground (McLaren Park, 200 John F. Shelley Dr.)

More info >

Family Nature Club @ SF Botanical Gardens
2025-02-22 11:00 - 13:00 | Presidio Officer’s Club, 50 Moraga Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Come out for the California Academy of Science’s Family Nature Club. Take a guided walk with a National Park Ranger through the Presidio’s spectacular Ecology Trail!

Discover the rich natural and cultural history of this unique urban landscape!
Learn about the plant and animal life in the Presidio’s forests and the stories they hold within the trees.
Meeting place: Presidio Officers’ Club at 11am: 50 Moraga Avenue, SF, 94129

Learn more and register >

Beginning Birding @ Candlestick Point
2025-02-22 12:00 - 13:30 | Candlestick Point State Recreation Area, 500 Hunters Point Expressway, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
Come out to Candlestick Point State Recreation Area for a free, fun, and educational birdwatching activity. Learn about local bird species, their habitats, and how to identify them. Guides will lead you on a leisurely walk through the park, pointing out various bird species. Bring your binoculars and camera to capture these beautiful creatures in their natural habitat. (small binoculars provided)
This is a great opportunity to connect with nature, meet fellow birding enthusiasts, and enjoy a relaxing day outdoors.
More info and registration >>

Garden Resource Day | Free Garden Materials
2025-03-08 10:00 - 13:00, 2025-04-05 10:00 - 13:00 | NOW Hunters Point, 155 Jennings St., San Francisco, 94124, United States
The Urban Agriculture Program offers free supplies to backyard gardeners, community gardeners, and urban farmers through Garden Resource Days. Happening every six weeks (during the non-winter months), these gatherings provide compost at every event, plus mulch, seeds, plant starts, and composting worms whenever available.
Where:Garden Resource Days are hosted at 155 Jennings Street.
How to Join:

Pre-registration is required.

Each adult can sign up for one time slot: 10 a.m., 11 a.m., or noon.

Please bring your own buckets—supplies are limited, so registration is needed.

Registration opens two weeks before each event.

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SF Climate Action Youth Summit
2025-03-28 08:00 - 17:00 | Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103
Celebrate youth-led climate action in San Francisco in honor of Earth Month! Join the San Francisco Environment (SFE) Department for a dynamic Youth Summit ahead of Climate Week. See how young leaders are tackling climate change, driving real solutions, and making a difference in our city.
The summit will showcase:
🧪 Youth presentations to foster peer learning
💡 Inspiring stories from young changemakers
🌱 Recognition of the passion, creativity, and innovation behind climate solutions.
This year’s theme, Climate Action Across Careers, empowers youth to explore their passions– art, fashion, technology, and more– through an environmental lens. No matter their interest, they’ll connect, share, and discover pathways to a sustainable future!
Learn more and register >>

Family Nature Club @ SF Botanical Garden
2025-04-09 14:00 - 16:00 | Children’s Garden at the SF Botanical Garden, 1199 9th Ave San Francisco, San Francisco, 94122, United States
Join the Cal Academy of Sciences Family Nature Club for a fantastic family-friendly program at the SF Botanical Garden. Embark on a guided flower walk, dissect beautiful blooms to discover flower anatomy, and express your creativity through floral art.
Family Nature Club offers free, family-friendly fun outdoor science, and nature activities to grow connections to the natural world. Attendance must be confirmed the week of the event.
Don’t miss out on this exciting outdoor adventure.
Learn more and register >

Bug Day 2025
2025-04-12 10:00 - 14:00 | Randall Museum, Museum Way, San Francisco, CA, 94114, United States
Join in the creepy-crawly fun and learn how important these little creatures are to the earth and to our survival here. Kids and their families can make their own fabulous bug-related crafts to take home, see and touch live insects and arachnids, take a scientific look at insects through microscopes, compete in the pollinator relay, and perhaps even EAT a bug or two. The ever-fabulous Luke Schwartz Trio will provide live music. Bug costumes are encouraged. You may even win a special prize!
Free Admission & Free Activities from 10 am-2 pm at the Randall Museum

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Opening of Ocean Beach Park
2025-04-12 11:30 - 16:00 | Ocean Beach, 48th & Noriega, San Francisco, CA, 94117, United States
Join the Friends of Ocean Beach Park on Saturday April from 11:30am to 4pm to celebrate the Opening Day of SF’s newest coastal park.
Help cut the ribbon and enjoy live music and community performances. Learn about the history of the Sunset and speak up about where we go from here! There will also be a guided nature walk and you can check out a free community class like Tai-chi or chair yoga. They’ll also have plenty of kid activities like solar powered bounce houses and big bubbles on the beach! Learn More >>

Climate Action Youth Summit
2025-04-18 10:00 - 14:00 | Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103
Celebrate youth-led climate action in San Francisco in honor of Earth Month! Join the San Francisco Environment (SFE) Department for a dynamic Youth Summit ahead of Climate Week. See how young leaders are tackling climate change, driving real solutions, and making a difference in our city.
Learn more and RSVP >>

Yerba Buena Gardens Earth Day Festival
2025-04-19 10:00 - 15:00 | Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103
Yerba Buena Gardens celebrates Earth Day! This event is a day-long, family-friendly celebration to learn more about the environment and the importance of sustainability. Featuring live performances at the Stage on the Great Lawn. Festivities include a Green Business Expo, tree planting, chalk art, ice art at the Yerba Buena Ice Skating and Bowling Center, carousel rides with Children’s Creativity Museum, giveaways and more! Learn More and RSVP >>

Spring Fling
2025-04-19 11:00 - 16:00 | Crocker Amazon Club House, Moscow St. & Italy Ave., San Francisco, 94112
Join San Francisco Recreation & Parks for the annual Spring Fling event, featuring carnival rides, games, egg hunt, live entertainment, arts and crafts, and carnival food for sale.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation will be provided at this event. For other accommodations, email rpdaccess@sfgov.org or call (415) 831-6841 with at least five days’ notice to help ensure availability.
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Meet the Animal Keepers @ Randall Museum
2025-04-26 08:00 - 17:00, 2025-04-26 11:30 - 12:30, 2025-05-03 11:30 - 12:30 | Randall Museum, Museum Way, San Francisco, CA, 94114, United States
Venture into the Randall Museum’s live animal exhibit, Wild in California, and join one of the animal keepers in an open discussion about the museum’s wildlife residents. Learn how the keepers care for the animals and how and where these creatures live in the wild. Kids and families will meet some of the animals up-close and can ask the keeper questions to find out more about their favorites. Visitors can meet a snake, check out a barn owl, or maybe even touch a tortoise.
This is a FREE drop-in event on Saturdays at 11:30am.
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City Nature Challenge at Lands End
2025-04-26 10:00 - 13:00 | Lands End, 680 Point Lobos Ave, San Francisco, 94121, United States
Be part of a special bioblitz adventure, where you’ll team up with others to explore Lands End and document the incredible local flora and fauna. It’s a fun and interactive way to connect with nature and contribute to community science!
The City Nature Challenge is a four-day international event, that motivates people around the world to find and document everything in the natural world in their own cities.
Learn more and sign up >>

EcoCenter 15th Anniversary
2025-04-26 10:00 - 13:00 | The EcoCenter at Heron’s Head Park, 32 Jennings Street, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
Join SF Recreation & Parks at Heron’s Head Park for the EcoCenter’s 15th Anniversary & Earth Month Celebration on Saturday, April 26th from 10am- 1pm. Enjoy free games, activities, workshops, refreshments and so much more. RSVP HERE to participate in the event.
In addition, if you would like to get your hands dirty in a volunteer planting project on this day, click HERE to sign up.

Family Nature Club @ Lobos Creek
2025-04-26 11:00 - 13:00
Join the California Academy of Sciences Family Nature Club at the Lobos Creek in the Presidio. Engage in community science with an Academy scientist working to regenerate a critical pollinator, as part of the ecological restoration of the Presidio’s native sand dune habitat.
Family Nature Club offers free, family-friendly fun outdoor science, and nature activities to grow connections to the natural world. Attendance must be confirmed the week of the event.
Don’t miss out on this exciting outdoor adventure.
Learn more and register >

Earth Day at Alemany Farm
2025-04-26 11:00 - 15:00 | Alemany Farm, 700 Alemany Blvd, San Francisco, CA, 94110, United States
Join Alemany Farm for Earth Day!
The FREE event will include:
Potato planting, Farm tours, Face painting, Family-friendly activities, DJ, Live music by Duo Pizzicato, Pig roast, BBQ, farm salad, Community groups and more!
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Día de los Niños/Día de los Libros
2025-04-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Parque Niños Unidos, 3090 23rd St., San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Meet your neighbors, learn about free community resources, get a book to keep, and enjoy a free festival with entertainment, joy, and literacy for the whole family.
Come out to Parque Niños Unidos for a day of fun presented by the SF Public Library in collaboration with Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, Jumpstart, KQED, San Francisco Department of Early Childhood and Wu Yee Children’s Services.
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Dia De Los Ninos | Dia De Los Libros
2025-04-27 11:00 - 15:00 | Parque Niños Unidos, 3090 23rd St., San Francisco, California, 94110, United States
Meet your neighbors, learn about free community resources, get a book to keep and enjoy a free festival with entertainment, joy and literacy for the whole family.
Come out to Parque Ninos Unidos for a day of fun presented by the SF Public Library in collaboration with Good Samaritan Family Resource Center, Jumpstart, KQED, San Francisco Department of Early Childhood and Wu Yee Children’s Services.
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Explore and Learn @ MLK Park
2025-04-29 10:00 - 11:30 | K.C. Jones Playground, 3rd St & Armstrong Ave, San Francisco, 94124, United States
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 – 11:30AM. Older siblings are welcome too.
The April 29th Explore and Learn will be held at MLK Park / K.C. Jones Playground.
Please register here >
For more information contact EcoCenter staff at ecocenterhhp@sfgov.org or (415) 676-1394.

Alebrijes & Nahuales at Yerba Buena Gardens
2025-05-10 08:00 - 17:00 | Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103
Come out to experience Colossal Creatures in Bloom at Yerba Buena Gardens. Inspired by the captivating world of Mexican magical realism, this extraordinary exhibition showcases seven monumental original works from Mexico, each towering 20 feet tall. The exhibition which runs from May 10 – June 22, pays tribute to the exceptional craftsmanship of Mexican artisans and celebrates Mexico’s rich cultural heritage.
Fantastic Animals from Mexico: Alebrijes and Nahuales is a nationwide tour, engaging thousands in public spaces across the United States. In partnership with local communities and institutions, the exhibition will foster arts accessibility, highlight local diversity, and promote cultural exchange.
FREE activity. Learn more >>
