Cultivating Trees and a Juster Future in San Francisco

A new nursery in San Francisco’s South of Market neighborhood will provide street trees for city tree-planting projects and support historically underserved communities.

The new nursery will be established in the South of Market neighborhood and support historically underserved communities. It’s part of a larger commitment to environmental justice and a plan to improve the city’s urban forest, which Brian Wiedenmeier, executive director at Friends of the Urban Forest, says is desperately needed. “San Francisco has one of the lowest urban forest canopies of any major city in the United States,” he says.

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