Friends of the Urban Forest

16 Nov 2023

A Tree-rific Nursery Beautifies an SF Underpass

The Friends of The Urban Forest have been planting and taking care of community trees and gardens in San Francisco since 1981. In fact, these are the green thumbs who grew nearly half of San Francisco’s tree canopy, some 60,000 trees over the last 40 years. This fall, a new

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05 Jul 2023

Safeguarding San Francisco’s Trees: The Urgent Need for City-Wide Reforms

by Josh Klipp A walk down 17th Street between Potrero and Byrant sums up how San Francisco protects and grows its tree canopy. Seven new saplings, planted in December by volunteers with Friends of the Urban Forest (but without screens to protect them) dangle from arbor ties, hacked to pieces.

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02 Dec 2024

The 90s Are Back! We Have Color Changing Shirts!

As 2024 winds down, we’re reflecting on another incredible year of sharing the stories, art, culture, and nightlife that make the Bay Area so unique. BrokeAssStuart.com wouldn’t be what it is without you—our community of readers, supporters, and believers in independent media. This year, instead of asking you to join Patreon

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14 Sep 2011

FREE Three Twins Ice Cream

So, you may think I’m lame, but (for now) I refuse to get a super-duper cool smartphone. People are always left with huge cartoon question-mark-eyes when I tell them that. I really just want to remain some sane human interaction with people– you know, an actual human relationship, rather than

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24 Jul 2009

FREE Ice Cream at Three Twins

A few weeks ago my girlfriend sent me a text about this event and my lazy ass just got to posting it today.  The first thing I thought when I saw her text was, “My readers will love FREE ice cream.  I can already tell they’re twisted alcoholics by the

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