In 2021 the City of San Francisco published a comprehensive climate action plan that emphasized the impact of green infrastructure and biodiversity integration in tackling the climate crises. Included is strategy HE.6, which outlines a series of actions and describes what a successful implementation would look like, where: “city and community greening in the built environment with local native plants has become routine.” All landscape designers and architects have an ethical and social responsibility to work towards this future.

Two separate San Francisco biodiversity initiatives come together for this TCLF Garden Dialogue to share their varied experiences in developing native gardens within the public realm.