Friends of the Urban Forest Church Street Sidewalk Landscapes

1. Upper Noe Sidewalk
Landscapes
Madalyn Farquhar,
Sidewalk Landscape Planting Manager

2. Spin City Laundry & Coffee
Installed in 2012
FUF Sidewalk Gardens
in Noe Valley
26th Street & Noe
Installed in April 2016

3. FUF Sidewalk Gardens
in Noe Valley

4. FUF Sidewalk Gardens
in Noe Valley

5. FUF Sidewalk Gardens
in Noe Valley

6. • Acts as a liaison to DPW and
ensures that all sidewalk
landscape permits are approved
• Completes the permit drawing and
submits the Sidewalk Landscape
Permit
• Coordinates the concrete removal
and courtesy strip installation
• Manages the sidewalk garden
installation, materials &
volunteers
What does FUF do?

7. Sidewalk Landscape Permit
• All sidewalk on both sides of the Ped. Path
of Travel, within the property is eligible
• Sidewalk Landscape Permit required
• Courtesy strip & walk-through required
Sidewalk Landscape vs
Basin Expansion
Approved Basin Expansion
• Expands the basin around large, mature
trees only
• Dimension is determined by DPW
• No permit required
• No courtesy strip required or installed

8. • California native & drought tolerant plants - with
an equal mix of succulents, grasses and
flowering perennials
• High quality bark mulch
• Decorative boulders
• Permeable paving at courtesy strip
• FUF educational and funder signage
Sidewalk Landscape Materials

9. ❖ Cost per Property
➢ Sidewalk Landscape Permit ( $205.00) & FUF Fee ($300-$500 sliding scale) =
$505 per property
➢ Basin Expansion: $100.00
➢ New Tree: $135.00
➢ Possible additional cost if total project
exceeds 1,000 SF
❖ FUF has funding to cover over $1,500
worth of materials and labor per property!
➢ FUF project supervision & management
➢ Sidewalk Landscape Permit approval
➢ Sidewalk garden installation
➢ Concrete removal
➢ Pavers & courtesy strip installation
➢ Compost and mulch
➢ CA native and drought tolerant plants
Sidewalk Landscape Costs

10. Maintaining Your
Sidewalk Garden
• Maintenance is the responsibility of
property owner
• Gardens must be maintained as it
shown on SWL Permit
• Water at least twice/week until
plants are established
• Water once/week during dry periods
• Weed, removal trash & prune plants
regularly

11. Contact Us!
Karla Nagy
Assistant Program Director
415-268-0778
karla@fuf.net
Madalyn Farquhar
Sidewalk Landscape Planting
Manager
415-268-0783
madalyn@fuf.net
Friends of the Urban Forest
Presidio of San Francisco
1007 General Kennedy Ave Suite 1
San Francisco, CA 94129-1405
http://fuf.net/otherProjects/sidewalkgreening.html