Please help restore Bernal Hill to its native splendor!

We’re a group of friends, native plant lovers, and longtime residents of the Bernal neighborhood. Our project started in 2021 when we noticed a coast live oak surrounded by Scotch broom, a highly invasive shrub that had taken over a hillside next to Bernal Hill. What began as simply removing a broom and freeing the oak on a neglected land patch has become a much bigger habitat restoration project. This year, we’ve cleared over 400 square feet of broom.

We’ve planted Silver lupines, a larval food for the rare Mission blue butterfly (found only in the Bay Area). We’ve also added Coast buckwheat, which supports 42 species of butterflies and moths. Clarkia, monkey flower, grasses, toyon, yarrow, phacelia (and more) are all in their second year of growth and thriving. These are all supporting insects and provide seeds to feed birds. White-crowned Sparrows, Bewick’s Wrens, California Towhees, and Phoebes are showing up at our site.

We aim to raise $1000, which we will use to buy many more plants, such as the ones listed below. We hope you will support our project. Thank you for your consideration.

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First-year plants and third-year plants

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Before with Scotch Broom and after with an oak and native plants

Species	Lifeform	Size	Quantity	Price	Total

Sticky monkeyflower	Sub-shrub	D-16	5	$7.70	$38.50
Blue wildrye	Grass	SCS	20	$0.69	$13.80
Creeping wild rye	Grass	StubS	20	$1.58	$51.60
Coast buckwheat	Perennial	D-16	12	$6.60	$79.20
Toyon	Shrub	D-40	5	$9.90	$49.50
Silver bush lupine	Sub-shrub	D-40	15	$9.90	$148.50
California phacelia	Perennial	D-16	5	$6.60	$33.00
California rose	Shrub	D-40	4	$9.90	$39.60
California blackberry	Sub-shrub	RP	4	$3.90	$39.60
Johnny-jump-up	Perennial	D-16	10	$6.60	$66.00
Common aster	Perennial	D-16S	10	$4.95	$49.50
Blue elderberry	Shrub	D-40	4	$9.90	$39.60
Blue-eyed grass	Perennial	D-16S	10	$4.95	$49.50
Purple needlegrass	Grass	StubS	20	$1.05	$21.00
Red flowering currant	Shrub	D-40	5	$9.90	$49.50
Coast live oak	Tree	D-40	3	$38.50	$115.50
Black twinberry	Shrub	D-40	4	$9.90	$39.60
California melic	Grass	Stub-n	20	$2.30	$46.00
Douglas iris	Perennial	D-16	2	$6.60	$13.20
California honeysuckle	Perennial	D-16	4	$6.60	$26.40
California coffeeberry	Shrub	D-40	4	$9.90	$39.60
California oatgrass	Grass	Stub	20	$2.10	$42.00
Yarrow	Perennial	D-16	4	$6.60	$26.40

Grand total $1,117.10 – 10% discount $111.71 = $1,005.39

Help restore Bernal Hill to its native splendor!

Our goal is to raise $1,000 for native plants

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