SF Children & Nature

Access to Adventure 2024
2024-09-28 11:00 - 15:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Crissy Field Center, 603 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Join Support for Families of Children with Disabilities for a family fun day at Presidio Tunnel Tops! Learn about inclusive recreation, after-school, and summer programs available in San Francisco, while exploring the park. Connect with other families and staff from Support for Families and SF Recreation and Park’s Therapeutic Recreation and Inclusion Services.
To request accommodation, please call 415-831-6834 or email rpdaccess@sfgov.org. Making your request at least 72 hours before the event will help ensure availability.
Access to Adventure Day is presented by Support for Families of Children with Disabilities, SF Recreation and Parks Department, and Partnership for the Presidio, and sponsored in part by Waymo.
Interested to volunteer at this event? Click here >>
To attend with your family, register here >>

Swing into Stories @ Garfield Playground
2024-10-01 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-11-05 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-12-03 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-01-07 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-04 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-04 09:30 - 12:00 | 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 >

Bay Nature Bioblitz: Find Your Biobliss
2024-10-05 10:00 - 13:00 | Crissy Field Marsh, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Join Bay Nature Magazine and the Golden Gate National Parks Conservancy to find your biobliss! Come learn about coastal wildlife and plants through your own discoveries with guidance from enthusiastic naturalist experts.
Learn more and register >

Swing into Stories @ Koret Playground (Golden Gate Park)
2024-10-08 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-11-12 09:30 - 12:00, 2024-12-10 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-01-14 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-02-11 09:30 - 12:00, 2025-03-11 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 >

Preschool Day at the Cal Academy of Sciences
2024-10-16 09:30 - 12:30 | California Academy of Sciences, 75 Nancy Pelosi Dr., San Francisco, CA, 94118, United States
Join Cal Academy of Sciences on this special day for preschools, daycare centers, Family Resource Centers, and Preschool for All providers. The Academy will host a variety of indoor and outdoor play-based activities for early learners ages 3–4. Registration is free and easy!
To register, click here.
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Randall Museum Third Friday Bird Hike
2024-10-18 08:00 - 09:00 | Randall Museum, Museum Way, San Francisco, CA, 94114, United States
Join Randall Museum staff ornithologist Dominik Mosur as we explore Corona Hill in search of birds as well as plants, insects and other wildlife. We will log our sightings into the ebird.org database and discuss the importance of citizen science contributions to our knowledge of the natural world, habitat restoration, and bird population dynamics in urban areas.
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India Basin Waterfront Park Opening
2024-10-19 11:00 - 16:00 | India Basin Waterfront Park, 900 Innes Avenue, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
Join the Trust for Public Land, SF Parks Alliance, A. Phillip Randolph Institute, SF Rec and Parks Department, and the Bayview-Hunters Point community, as well as the SF Foundation for the opening of India Basin Waterfront Park.
Event will feature live music, cultural performances, free food, historical tours, resources connecting people to programs in the project’s Equitable Development Plan, and more!
India Basin Waterfront Park >>

Kite By The Bay
2024-10-27 12:00 - 16:00
Kite By The Bay is the second annual kite festival at Candlestick Park hosted by California State Parks, Parks California, and SF Parks Alliance.
Kite By The Bay is a free, family-friendly event and attendees are invited to bring kites or assemble and decorate kites that will be provided. The festival will also feature a free pumpkin patch, pumpkin painting, face painting, music by local DJ BeatsMe, and free food on a first come first serve basis.
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Garden Resource Day
2024-11-02 10:00 - 13:00 | Gleneagles Golf Course Overflow Parking Lot, 2100 Sunnydale Ave, San Francisco, CA 94134, San Francisco, CA, 94134, United States
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.
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Planting as Remembrance
2024-11-02 10:00 - 13:00 | Quartermaster Reach in the Presidio, San Francisco, California, 94123, United States
Inspired by the book and title, What Kind Of An Ancestor Do You Want To Be, park staff invite you to a community program to explore this bold and reflective question and find ways to deepen our connection with nature, culture, and each other. Please join us at Quartermaster Reach Marsh in the Presidio for a morning of planting native plants, an observation of Diwali and Día De Los Muertos, and a sharing of special traditional treats. Everyone is welcome to join!
Where: Quartermaster Reach Marsh –specific meeting location will be listed in the registration confirmation email. Registration is required.
More info and registration >

Presidio Dia de los Muertos & Diwali Art Fiesta
2024-11-02 11:00 - 15:00 | Presidio Visitor Center, Lincoln Boulevard 210, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Families are invited to the Presidio Visitor Center to explore the traditions and cultural connections between two ancestral celebrations, Dia de los Muertos and Diwali. Come learn about the traditional foods, art activities, and participate in a fire ceremony. Enjoy paper flower making, henna artwork, facepainting, and remember loved ones by sharing a special message to add to the altar and fire ceremony. Interact with park staff through engaging activities shared through the Roving Ranger.

Holiday Tree Lighting Ceremony @ Yerba Buena Gardens Conservancy
2024-11-30 18:00 - 19:30 | Yerba Buena Gardens, 750 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA, 94103
Come out to Yerba Buena Gardens for a festive evening filled with holiday cheer. Watch as the magnificent holiday tree, a living coastal redwood on our Great Lawn, lights up the night sky, bringing joy and warmth to all who attend. This in-person event is perfect for families, friends, and anyone looking to get into the holiday spirit. Don’t miss out on this magical experience!
Please RSVP for this FREE event >

Family Holiday Crafts Day @ the Randall Museum
2024-12-14 10:00 - 14:00 | Randall Museum, Museum Way, San Francisco, CA, 94114, United States
The Randall Museum is hosting a special day of creative crafting activities for the whole family. Every corner of the museum will be bustling with fun seasonal projects to make for keepsakes or gift-giving. Imagine and sculpt a gnome family together, learn about native birds while decorating laser cut ornaments, create beautiful test tube propagation vases, design holiday handmade cards, and more! This event can be enjoyed by all and is best suited for kids 0 – 12.
Admission is FREE with low-cost activities.
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Paint Pots & Plants! @ Candlestick Community Garden
2024-12-14 12:00 - 14:00 | Candlstick Community Garden, Carroll Avenue 1150, San Francisco, CA, 94124, United States
Come out for a fun day at the Candlesticks Community Garden for a fun and creative event while surrounded by beautiful greenery. Let your imagination run wild as you paint a terracotta pot and plant herbs or flowers to take home with you. All supplies will be provided. This FREE event is the perfect opportunity to relax, get your hands dirty, and connect with nature.
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MLK Day at Crissy Field
2025-01-20 09:30 - 12:30 | Crissy Field Center, 603 Mason Street, San Francisco, CA, 94129, United States
Come out and enjoy beautiful views of the Golden Gate Bridge and the City of San Francisco as you help preserve and protect your national park! You can help protect and beautify the historic landscapes and cultural resources throughout National Park Service-managed lands in San Francisco county. This project with focus on weeding Crissy Field’s West Bluff. For more information and to register, click here!

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!

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

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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 | 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!
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