Join the Backyard Natives Nursery Network at McAteer Campus Community Farm and help us grow native plants from seeds, transplants, and cuttings. If you’d like to help care for other parts of the farm, there is much to do! We welcome volunteers of all ages and backgrounds.

Please sign our participant intake form and volunteer waiver before you arrive!

About Our Native Plant Nursery:

Nature in the City started the Backyard Nursery Network to grow native plants like coast buckwheat, seaside daisy, and deer weed, which provide habitat for local species. Starting these plants from resilient native seed genetics ensures the survival of endangered plants and our local butterflies, bees, birds, and other wildlife. Most of these plants go to the Green Hairstreak Corridor planting projects in the Inner Sunset.

What to bring:

• Long pants and layers (clothes that might get dirty!)

• Closed-toe shoes

• Water bottle

• Snacks

• Sun protection

Getting to the nursery:

• There is a parking lot located off O'Shaunessey Boulevard near Portola

• MUNI lines 44, 48, 52, and 36 all have closeby stops

• From the O'Shaughnessy Blvd. gate:

  • Walk along the road

  • Enter the lower parking lot and find a staircase on the far left side of the parking lot that leads to the track

  • The nursery is on the far side of the track behind the bleachers.See map pin for exact meeting location.