Join your cross-cut neighbors Saturday, February 22, from 10 a.m. to noon, to clean up the Arlington Path! Where: Meet on the 300 block of Mateo at the Arlington Path for a weeding, planting and pruning work day on the heavily traveled Cross Town Trail. When: Saturday, February 22, 10 a.m. Tools, gloves, coffee and […]
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Arlington Path/Bernal Cut Newsletter
Join the California Native Plant Society on its tour of our fabulous Arlington Path Sunday, April 28, from 1 to 3 p.m. More details in the newsletter. Click the image to read.
Glen Park gets spiffied up on District 8 cleanup day
“Weeding, digging, hauling, shoveling, planting–so awesome!” That’s how Carolyn White of Arlington Street described her experience in the February 10 D8 cleanup day. It was a spectacular day in the midst of soaking rainstorms. TLC was doled out at the Bosworth Street median by a crew from the Geo Re-entry program, a nonprofit that helps […]
District 8 cleanup: Two great opportunities to beautify our neighborhoods
In a program called “Love Our City,” every month San Francisco Public Works sponsors neighborhood cleanups in one supervisorial district. Volunteers help keep San Francisco beautiful through landscaping and gardening projects, graffiti removal and litter cleanup. And Saturday, February 10 is our turn! There are two great projects to choose from. What to Expect The […]
Bernal Cut/Arlington Path Newsletter
D8-wide cleanup with SFMTA July 15! See newsletter for QR code to sign up
Greenway – Bernal Cut Native Plant Tour Sunday, 4/30
Join the California Native Plant Society’s walking tour of Glen Park/Bernal Glen on Sunday, April 30, from 1 to 3 p.m. and explore the hidden treasure trove of urban open spaces filled with California native plants and see the ever evolving super bloom. We will travel along the Glen Park Greenway and tour the native grass […]
Glen Park Gets Greener
Glen Park is about to get greener, thanks to a grant that will buy 30 California native trees, 50 drought-resistant shrubs and numerous native grasses to beautify a stretch of land running between Arlington Street and San Jose Avenue. The pedestrian portion of the land is known as the Arlington Path, which runs parallel to […]
Bernal Cut/Arlington Path Newsletter
IT’S A DISTRICT 8 WIDE WORK DAY-Saturday, June 4
Calling all stewards! Join your neighbors on Saturday June 4th, 9am at the corner of Roanoke and Arlington. Public Works, Bureau of Urban Forestry and our Clean Up crew will be there, showing our civic pride. Refreshments, tools and a lot of #loveourcity will welcome you and your neighbors. Please sign up at the mobilize […]
Arlington Path Workday 1/15
Join your cross-cut neighbors Saturday, January 15, from 10 a.m. for the first monthly work party of 2022! Where: Roanoke and Arlington by the bike station, with a focus on the green areas on the block between Roanoke and Natick When: Saturday, January 15, 10 a.m. What: garbage pick up, graffiti removal, weeding and pruning especially adjacent to […]
FUF coming to our neighborhoods for sidewalk gardens + expended tree basins
SIDEWALK GARDENS¡JARDINES EN SU VECINDAD! Interested in adding a sidewalk garden? Sign up here or email your information.¡Friends of the Forest(FUF) y sus vecinos están organizando un proyecto de jardines en la acera en su vecindario y queremos incluirlo! There are several opportunties to remove concrete and improve our environment both ecologically and aesthetically. Sidewalk garden: remove concrete […]
Arlington Path Cleanup June 26 / Bernal Cut Newsletter
Join your neighbors Saturday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to noon for the monthly work party to clean and weed along the east and west sides of the Bernal Cut. DPW’s Covid workday policy asks volunteers to sign waivers: fill out the Event Waiver here. Stay abreast of work days by subscribing to the Bernal Cut Newsletter […]
Bernal Cut Cleanup May 15
SATURDAY May 15 WORKDAY May 15th 10am-12pm Bernal Cut Workday West Side Meetup at Natick and Arlington East Side Meetup at Mission and Park with Ross leading the clean up DPW has a new Covid workday policy asking volunteers to sign waivers: At least 1 volunteer per household must fill out the Event Waiver here. THE […]
Bernal Cut Cleanup April 17
CLEAN UP | GREEN UP DAY: SATURDAY APRIL 17, 2021 Get an early start celebrating Earth Day by joining the Bernal Cut Restoration Project’s monthly Saturday cleanup, 10 a.m. to noon! Materials and enthusiasm supplied by Sophie C. at Richland and the east side of the path. Remember that the Richland Bridge is closed, so […]
Clean the Cut 3/20
THIRD SATURDAY: CLEAN UP | GREEN UP DAY: MARCH 20, 2021 Grab your gloves (or get some from Public Works) and join your neighbors for our monthly Bernal Cut cleanup! Organized by the College Hill Neighborhood Association, the Bernal Cut Cleanup spans both paths above San Jose Avenue. They organize the bags, the gloves, the pickers, […]
Two (2) golden opportunities for beautification!
Let’s get the Greenway ready for Spring! Join us to set up our trees and shrubs for a successful spring and summer by pulling up and cutting back the plants that would otherwise overwhelm them and compete for the sunlight and water that they need to thrive. The Work Party will have two sessions: 9:00am […]
Resilient Bernal Cut Forming
The newsletter looks a whole lot better here LAUNCHING RESILIENT BERNAL CUT Welcome to the new subscribers! This newsletter serves to connect neighbors of the Bernal Cut on both the Bernal and Glen Park sides of San Jose Ave. Coming together to improve the conditions around our homes, streets and open spaces. Great news! We […]
Bernal Cut Newsletter
GP blog editor’s note: some day we will figure out how to post this newsletter so it looks as lovely as it does when it arrives in an email inbox. Until then just note that the wonky formatting is from the transfer of information and not by design. ACTIVITIES FOR AUGUST 2020 RESUME THE SUNDAY […]
Bernal Cut Bretheren
The most recent Bernal Cut newsletter is here! This month’s work party on the east side is June 20. Work party planned soon for the west side.
Bernal Cut Survey
The Bernal Cut is a unique dividing line between Bernal Heights and Glen Park. Once a single-track railway line, today’s Cut is San Jose Avenue, a large crevasse both real and figurative. In an effort to connect the two sides of the Cut, the Bernal Cut Restoration Project is bringing art, safety measures and neighbors […]