Blog Posts about Bayview Hill
Here are blogged musings from our volunteers. Depending on how you access this collection, it will include posts about a specific site or about general issues. Click on the title bar of a post in order to open it up.
July 11, 2009
15 July 2009 - 21:37, Alane said:
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A summer day on a sunny hill in San Francisco…
The grasses on Bayview Hill are golden this time of year and ripple with every passing breeze. The hill is a beautiful setting for collecting seeds from native plants, which is how we spent our morning.
Learning to identify the plants after most of their leaves and flowers have dried was challenging but fascinating. We were lucky to find almost all of the seeds the Natural Areas Program was looking for, including Bee plant (Scrophularia californica), Ithuriel’s Spear (Triteleia laxa), Coast onion (Allium dichlamydeum), Coast buckwheat (Eriogonum latifolium), Deerweed (Lotus scoparius), and Blue-eyed grass (Sisyrinchium bellum), among several others. We’re hoping if we do this long enough, we’ll be able to identify our San Francisco native plants from seedlings through leaves and flowers and back to seeds.
There is something in every season to inspire a sense of wonder on Bayview Hill. Come on up to see for yourself.
Comments
2009-08-30 10:44:45 -0700, Chuck said:
Can anybody here tell me how to get a hold of a natural areas representative concerning a project in Mclaren Park???
2009-08-30 15:17:59 -0700, Alane said:
Hi Chuck,
Click McLaren Park link under Sites in the upper righthand box on this page. Leave a message there and someone who can help will get back to you. Or you can call NAP at 753-7268.
2009-09-15 15:19:20 -0700, Suzanna said:
I just wanted to let everyone know about our Natural Areas and Volunteer Program Open House BBQ on 10/17 from 1-4 pm at 811 Stanyan Street. All are welcome. To RSVP or see additional information go to:
http://www.parks.sfgov.org/wcm_recpark/Volunteer/101709.pdf
Thanks!
Suzanna
Seeding, weeding, and ...
11 November 2008 - 18:09, Alane said:
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On Saturday, November 8th, three Natural Areas gardeners and eight volunteers spent a beautiful morning on the Hill. We spread an eclectic mix of seeds collected on the Hill over the summer on bare spots on the mesa and nearby hillside, which should produce even more native plants this spring.
There is a lot of new damage on the hillsides due to illegal dirt-biking, which is fun for the perpetrators but extremely destructive to the park’s plants and, consequently, to the animals who depend on those plants for food and shelter. To discourage this activity, we piled eucalyptus saplings across the illicit trails.
We ended by pulling French broom, mostly before it went to seed. The ground was soft from the rains the week before, so we got a lot done in a short time.
It was another beautiful day on the Hill; the air was very fresh and clean. As we walked down to Key Avenue, a light rain began to fall. Perfect.
Comments
2009-02-11 19:03:57 -0800, rcbakewell said:
Thanks for your work on Bayview Hill – i have yet to visit and later this spring I will !
Rob Bakewell