The SF Public Works contract with Bauman Inc was scheduled to end March 30, but due to rain, street light replacement issues, the project it tasking longer.

The latest schedule, which is APPROXIMATE was emailed to me by Alex Murillo, DPW.

I spoke to the irrigation subcontractor on site March 28 who told me he was checking out the plans.

Open Garden this Saturday
June 17 from 2pm to 4pm
400 BLock vermotn Street

FLYER

Join the Eco-Patch team and see how the CA Native Plants are dong these last dry months. They has a good watering in the winter. Come see how they are doing. What will we have for you to do?

• If you download iNaturalist to your mobile phone, we’ll show you how to use it in the hillside.
• We encourage you to look at the plants that have survived a drought and then a rainfall and we’ll tell you all about them.  Some will work well in  your backyard.
• We will have some possibly home-made refreshments for you to share.
• .We will provide paper bags for weeds that you are able to pull out  if you are so inclined.
• Depending on who comes to help, we may have other tasks for you!
• We have four rescued  Douglas Iris, that need a home

Flyer for the November 19th event: FLYER

Sunday November 19th from 10am-12pm

IIdiko Polony, Executive Director of Sutro Stewards will be our featured speaker. Learn about Sutro Stewards work and their nursery, a source for Eco- Patch plants and about the Plants for Birds program. Come to see the autumn beauty and seed bounty of local native plants that have had minimal water.

We will be handing out one of the four recommended plants.

Checlk out the four recommended plants using the QR code below:

Reduced in number by COVID caution, volunteer Eco-Patch members spend a beautiful Sunday morning carrying in mulch and weeding the patch. The December heavy rains were appreciated by the SF Native plants, responding by looking green and healthy. Of course the oxalis responded as well. The GBD mowed ssown some of the surrounding weeds. Adding a mulch pathway around the entiree patch will keep the weeds away as well as maing it easier for folks to walk around and see how the plants are doing. The photos below tell the story too.

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The Eco-Patch is growing! It’s time for the pink flags identifying the plant scientific name to be removed. The Admiral butterfly will not find much nutrition in the flags. Our advice to the butterfly is stick to the plants!
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Photos by Alex Harker