Frederick & Arguello Native Plant Street Park

The Frederick and Arguello Native Plant Street Park is a quiet stretch of urban land that functions as a small, living museum of San Francisco's original environment. While much of the city is defined by introduced species, this traffic median is dedicated entirely to plants that were thriving in these hills long before the streets were laid out. Local plant advocate Greg Gaar has spent years carefully cultivating this space to restore a piece of the region's natural history right in the middle of a busy intersection.