Get outside, meet new people, and green our city! 🌳 Be a tree planting volunteer in Mission Terrace on Sat. 12/13. No experience is necessary, just a willingness to get your hands in the dirt! 💚 Sign up today! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/events/missi... #sanfrancisco #volunteer #urbanforestry

Because of YOU, we reached our goal of $15,000! Your generosity unlocked a full match from our Board, doubling your impact to $30,000 for San Francisco’s urban forest. 🌳 Thank you for planting hope, equity and resilience. 🌿 #sanfrancisco #urbanforestry

Today is GivingTuesday, or as we call it, GreeningTuesday! When you give today, your gift will plant more than a tree. 💚 It plants hope. 💚 It plants equity. 💚 It plants a greener future for all San Franciscans. All gifts up to $15K will be matched! give.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/campaign/741...

The Crocker-Amazon is 52 trees greener! We’ll be back in 2026 to plant more trees 🎉 Join us for our last community tree plantings 🌳 and tree care ✂️ events of 2025! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op... #sanfranciso #volunteering #urbanforestry

Every tree planted begins with someone who cares. Someone like YOU 💚. Next Tuesday, 12/2, your gift will be doubled ✨✨ through our GreeningTuesday match for up to $15,000, turning your generosity into even more trees & greater resilience for our city! give.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/campaign/741...

Thank you, Excelsior! 35 trees were planted! We're excited to get back into the neighborhood soon to plant more! 🌳💚🌳 #sanfranciso #volunteering #urbanforestry

Save the Date: GreeningTuesday is 12/2! We are reimagining GivingTuesday as GreeningTuesday — a day to help green our city! 🌳 This GreeningTuesday your gift will be matched by our generous board up to $15,000—doubling your impact! 💚 give.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/campaign/741... #givingtuesday

Happy volunteers after a morning of tree care in the Outer Sunset! Big thanks to @colliers.com for their energy & support! 🌿 You can be a tree care volunteer, too! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op... #sanfranciso #volunteering #urbanforestry

A lovely group of volunteers planted over 30 trees in the Excelsior! Big thanks to them, to our wonderful Planting Leaders (Anthony, Bob, Edward, Frank, Joshua, Michael, Nelson, and Stephanie), to our Planting Leader-in-training Jacki, and to Albourne for their energy and support! #sanfrancisco

Calling all tree care volunteers! You’re needed this Friday (11/14) in Potrero Hill-Mission and through the end of 2025 in Potrero Hill-Mission, Portola, Outer Mission, and Oceanview. 🌿 Sign up today! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op... #sanfranciso #volunteering #urbanforestry

In honor of #cop30 starting today, we’re sharing 4 reasons why street trees matter! Street trees are powerful tools to combat the effects of climate change. You can help grow our urban forest by raising awareness around the importance of street trees 💚 www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/post/4-reaso...

Yesterday was a beautiful day for our New Roots & Green Crew (workforce development programs) to plant California native plants beneath a coast live oak at the @sfpublicworks.bsky.social Street Tree Nursery! 🌼🌱🌿 They planted California bee plant, yarrow & bush anemone. #sanfrancisco #urbanforestry

Did you know that since 1981, Friends of the Urban Forest has planted 60,000 trees in San Francisco? That’s almost half of the city’s tree canopy! 🌳 Help us grow our urban forest! 💚 Be a tree planting volunteer: www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op... #sanfranciso #volunteering

You can make a difference one tree at a time! Join us for our last community tree plantings of 2025. Get outdoors, meet new people, and learn about trees. Be a tree planting volunteer! 🌿 www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op... #sanfrancisco #volunteering

As part of our new initiative, Trees of Faith for San Francisco, we planted 39 trees in the Bayview in collaboration with The Providence Foundation of San Francisco (founded by the Providence Baptist Church). 🌿 Join us at a community tree planting! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op...

After trees are planted, they need lots of love! 💚 These wonderful folks from Temasek came out on a Friday to mulch 🍂, prune ✂️, and nurture 🌱 newly planted trees in the Outer Sunset. 🌿 You can be a tree care or tree planting volunteer, too! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op...

The ground beneath concrete has often been covered for 100+ years! Adding compost & planting mix rejuvenates the soil & makes it a healthy home for a new street tree.🌳 When possible, we always try to auger to aerate the soil & make tree planting easier for our beloved volunteers! 💚 #urbanforestry

Tree planting volunteers needed November 1st in the Excelsior! Join us for a morning of planting followed by a delicious lunch to celebrate. 🎉 No experience is needed, just a willingness to get your hands in the dirt! 🌳 💚 #sanfrancisco #volunteering www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/events/excel...

20 coast live oaks (trees native to the Bay Area) were planted at the McLaren Park Native Plant Garden & along the Crosstown Trail’s new Roundabout route! 🌳 Thank you to all of the volunteers, to Arcadis for their generous support & to Fran Martin of the Visitacion Valley Greenway Project. 🌿

Such a wonderful time at the Autumn Moon Excelsior Night Market with Excelsior Action Group 🌿 We loved connecting with residents, sharing our upcoming 11/1 planting & feeling the energy of this incredible community. Excited to keep growing together 🌳 www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/events/excel...

The sidewalks of Duboce Triangle got a little greener last month! Huge thanks to everyone who made these sidewalk gardens possible: all the wonderful volunteers, Supervisor Mandelman, Super Duper Burgers, and Castro Community Benefit District! 🌺 #urbanforestry #urbanforest #sanfrancisco

We’re hiring a Watering Crew Technician - Driving! Watering Crew Technicians are responsible for watering Friends of the Urban Forest trees the day they are planted and assigned trees once a week for at least three years until they are fully established. 💚 www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/careers

Join us for a special tree care survey & pruning event Sat., 10/11 in the Bayview! You’ll help assess the trees’ health, ensure everything is installed properly, and prune as needed ✂️. 💚 www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/events/bayvi... #sanfrancisco #urbanforest #urbanforestry #bayviewsf #volunteer

We’re hiring 2 New Roots Participants! 🌱 In collaboration with @sfpublicworks.bsky.social, New Roots provides young adults (18-26 yrs old) from the SoMa, Tenderloin, Mission, Excelsior & Bayview communities of SF with training & work experience Apply today! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/careers

We’re hiring a New Roots Coordinator who will be responsible for managing & supervising our young adult New Roots workforce development program which trains SF residents w/ minimal employment history in arboriculture, particularly in tree nursery management🌳 www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/careers

Thanks to this fabulous group of volunteers from Canva, the Richmond district’s urban forest got some tree care love! ✂️💚 Tree care volunteers help newly planted trees thrive! 🌿 Volunteer with your group 🌿 www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/corporate-pa... #sanfrancisco #urbanforestry #volunteering

🌱✨ Help us give a huge welcome to our brand new cohort of 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀: Adriana, Benjamin, Ivan, Jacki, Jill, Tess, Vanessa & Zack! 🎉💚 These amazing folks are specially trained volunteers ready to lead the way in growing San Francisco’s urban forest.🌳 #sanfrancisco #urbanforestry #volunteering

We’re hiring a Workforce Development Coordinator! Our workforce development program is an essential part of our urban greening model including tree planting, tree care, sidewalk landscaping & community engagement. 🌳 www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/careers #urbanforestry #sanfrancisco #greenjobs

🌱 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗠𝗰𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 – 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗲𝘀! 🌿 We need 𝘠𝘖𝘜 to help us grow San Francisco’s green legacy. Join us at the 𝗠𝗰𝗟𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗸 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 | 𝟴:𝟰𝟱 𝗔𝗠 – 𝟭:𝟬𝟬 𝗣𝗠! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/events/mclar... #sanfrancisco #urbanforest

Lots of smiles at our recent NOPA planting! Big thanks to the 39 volunteers & 10 Planting Leaders (Anthony, Bob, Edward, Emily, Erica, Frank, Josh, Lauren, Matt, Peter) who planted 38 trees & 11 species. Congrats to our Planting Leader trainees on their 1st field day! #sanfrancisco #urbanforestry

What a fun planting at the Vermont Greenway and Eco-Patch in Potrero Hill! 21 volunteers planted 17 coast live oak—trees native to the Bay Area. A big thank you to GIC for bringing fantastic energy and for their generous support of this planting. #sanfrancisco #urbanforest #urbanforestry

63 volunteers planted 46 🌳 last week in the Excelsior! We're doing a series of plantings w/ the SF Interfaith Council & a range of faith communities. This planting's faith community was the SF Campus for Jewish Living. Supported by a grant from @americanforests.bsky.social, we hope to plant 600+ 🌳!

Calling all tree planting volunteers! Join us Saturday, October 4th at the McLaren Park Native Plant Garden in Visitacion Valley. We’ll be planting 20 coast live oaks, trees native to California 🌳. 💚 Sign up today! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/events/mclar... #sanfrancisco #urbanforestry

Prep & plant pollinator-friendly, drought-resistant sidewalk gardens with us in Duboce Triangle 9/25-27 🌺🐝. 🌱Join us! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op... #sanfrancisco #dubocetriangle #urbanforest #urbanforestry

Do you love California native trees & Potrero Hill 🌳💚? Help us plant 17 coast live oak trees in the Vermont Greenway Eco-Patch this Thursday, September 11th (8:45 AM-1 PM). 🪏🪴Sign up to volunteer! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/events/vermo... #sanfrancisco #urbanforest #urbanforestry

Thanks Canopy for inviting Friends of the Urban Forest to attend and speak at the Planting Hope Symposium at Stanford! We had lots of awesome conversations with urban forestry experts from around the Bay. A great time was had by all! #urbanforest #urbanforestry #arboriculture

During our recent planting in Midtown Terrace, 30 volunteers planted 24 native trees 🌳🌳! Huge thanks to our partners: the San Francisco Interfaith Council, St. John Armenian Apostolic Church of San Francisco, and @mysfpuc.bsky.social. #sanfrancisco #urbanforest #urbanforestry

This week our newest Green Crew and New Roots (our workforce development programs) learned how to plant trees! They transformed a block in the outer Richmond with zero trees into one with 4 new sweet bays 🌳🌳🌳🌳. #sanfrancisco #urbanforest #urbanforestry

Behind the scenes 🎬! Friends of the Urban Forest staff loading trees (like the majestic beauty fruitless olive) before the Alamo Square community planting 🌳 #sanfrancisco #urbanforest #urbanforestry

Last Saturday, 48 volunteers planted 47 trees in Alamo Square 🌳! We were thrilled to have some extra special canine assistance near Key Food Market from Major (@handsomemajor on IG) 🐕! 💚 Huge thanks to our Planting Leaders and to our partners at Amazon for their generous support! #urbanforestry

Volunteering with us July 2024-June 2025 = 1,846 individuals volunteering their time 💚, 6,806 hours of volunteer energy 🕰️, 37 volunteer Planting Leaders guiding tree planting teams 🌟, 99% volunteer enjoyment rate based on survey results 😁! Join us! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op...

🌳💚 Saturdays with us = fresh air, muddy hands, and so many smiles! From 1st time diggers to seasoned pros, our volunteers show up big time & make neighborhoods greener and brighter. Wanna join the crew & plant some joy? 🌿 Sign up today! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op... #urbanforest

Calling all Tree Planting Volunteers! You’re needed 8/23 in Midtown Terrace. We'll be planting in the green space surrounding Sutro Reservoir 🌳. Come explore a part of San Francisco many have never visited! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/events/midto... #sanfrancisco #urbanforestry #volunteer

Have you heard about MyTree 🌳 💻? It’s free online software that provides tree benefit science from the USDA Forest Service. Our Green Crew delivered a great presentation yesterday about how to use it to communicate the economic 💰 & environmental 🫁 benefits of our trees. Thanks, Green Crew 💚!

What are some of your favorite street trees in San Francisco 🌳💚? We’re always on the look out for fun ways you're connecting with our urban forest. Let us know where your favorite street trees are in SF! #sanfrancisco #urbanforest #urbanforestry

50 volunteers came out last Saturday to plant 50 trees in NOPA! The great folks at NOPNA (Panhandle Neighborhood Association) helped us to identify the site. We'll be back to plant more trees on 9/20. Join us! Sign up to volunteer: www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op... #sanfrancisco #nopa

Have you ever wondered how trees survive hot summers ☀️? You may have heard us talk about planting drought-adapted trees, and wondered, “What does that mean exactly?” Well, here’s how: www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/post/how-tre... #sanfrancisco #urbanforestry #urbanforest

We have good news to share! With your help, over the last 12 months we grew and cared for San Francisco's urban forest in a big way: 🌳 1,502 trees planted 💚 2,598 tree care visits to young trees 💧1,200 trees watered weekly ⭐ And much more⭐ www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/post/celebra...

Huge thank you to the 46 volunteers who planted 36 trees in Potrero Hill 🌳! Special thanks to our Planting Leaders Anthony, Bob, Edward, Erika, Josh, Joshua, Peter, Rob, Sid, Stephanie N., Nelson & Ray 💚. 🌿 Come plant with us! www.friendsoftheurbanforest.org/volunteer-op... #urbanforestry