SF Children & Nature
San Francisco Children & Nature
Learn about composting food scraps with worms, how worms help build healthy soil and meet the library's composting worms. For children and their caregivers. Note: This event is cross-posted from the SF Public Library website. Please check the original posting for full details and any cancellations: https://sfpl.org/events/2025/10/04/workshop-all-about-worms
Color as Creation is an exploration and introduction to the world of Natural Dyes. Learn about local plants in the SF Bay Area that yield beautiful colors and ways in which you can access the natural world around you in an urban environment. Program includes a presentation on ethical foraging practices with hands on examples […]
Join Bob Siegel, the primary visionary behind the Crosstown Trail, other volunteer members of the Crosstown Trail Coalition and library staff as we help you navigate a section of the Crosstown Trail from Visitacion Valley Library to Glen Park Library. Meet in front of Visitacion Valley Library at 11:00 a.m. for a short introduction to the trail and […]
Explore, observe and create with natural building materials from SF Children & Nature. Make new discoveries and tap into your creativity. For children ages 6 and older. Note: This event is cross-posted from the SF Public Library website. Please check the original posting for full details and any cancellations: https://tinyurl.com/SummerStride-Nature
Explore, observe and create with natural building materials from SF Children & Nature. Make new discoveries and tap into your creativity. For children ages 6 and older. Note: This event is cross-posted from the SF Public Library website. Please check the original posting for full details and any cancellations: https://tinyurl.com/SummerStride-Nature
Explore the fantastic lives of beetles, millipedes, hissing cockroaches, walking sticks, whip scorpions and more. Learn about the diverse world of insects and other arthropods and their key role in the web of life. Space limited. Reservations required beginning July 1: (415) 355-2848. Program by: SaveNature.org Note: This event is cross-posted from the SF Public […]
Learn about sustaining our bee pollinators while making seed balls, with local garden and farming advocates, Blas Craig Herrera and Jamie Chan. For children ages 5 and older and their caregivers. Space limited. Groups larger than 5, reservations required: Email vvamgr@sfpl.org or call (415) 355-2848. Program by: Fog City Gardener Note: This event is cross-posted […]
Create a terrarium out of recycled materials and watch seeds grow. For children and their caregivers. Groups larger than 5, email vvamgr@sfpl.org for reservations. Note: This event is cross-posted from the SF Public Library website. Please check the original posting for full details and any cancellations: https://tinyurl.com/SummerStride-Nature
Join the Rec & Park Community Garden Team on a hike from the Visitacion Valley Library to the Visitacion Valley Agriculture Land Lot where you will get you'll learn all about planting and preparing the soil for healthy crops. Space limited. Reservations required: (415) 355-2848.
Discover your love of nature with this open-ended natural loose parts play event designed to inspire curiosity, creativity, and connection to the natural world and to each other. This is a special drop-in program at the Visitation Library Branch. No need to pre-register. Come ready to play and create.
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