Friends of the Urban Forest: 25th Anniversary Celebration
FUF's 25th Anniversary Celebration - SOLD OUT
FUF For The Community...
Have you thought about how trees have a positive impact on our neighborhoods? Find out six ways trees enhance communities. Contact FUF to organize a tree planting in your neighborhood.
FUF Improves Property Values
Did you know that planting a tree in front of your house will increase the value of your property? And that planting more trees creates a multiplier effect? Get the facts!
Join FUF
FUF memberships help finance tree plantings and care that brings so much to the City, its residents, and its visitors. Memberships start at $30.

Tree Tribute
This is dedicated... Dedicate a tree, only $50 per dedication. To learn more.

Together we've planted 40,000 trees (that's more than all the trees in Golden Gate Park), while working with over 40,000 San Francisco residents in every neighborhood in the City.

FUF's Gallery Of Urban Trees
Check out our list of trees best suited to the San Francisco urban environment. From the Flowering Pear to the Washington Thorn, from the Ginkgo to the Brisbane Box -- they're all there.
Planting a tree
Volunteer With FUF!
The success of Friends of the Urban Forest depends on the participation of volunteers and we would be happy to have you join in whatever capacity you wish. We offer many volunteer opportunities to enhance the urban forest and care for San Francisco trees. Through volunteering you will learn hands-on skills such as tree I.D., proper planting and pruning techniques, plus form connections with community members and their trees. Learn more about volunteering for FUF.
FUF For The Environment
Street trees create positive changes in the environment. Here are seven ways trees improve our quality of life.
FUF Tree Care!
Tree care is your chance to help ensure that your young tree becomes a large tree and a healthy one. It is essential, and includes watering, adjusting the support hardware, mulching, weeding and pruning. Find out how to take care.
FUF Youth Tree Care Program
For more than a decade, FUF has provided a special job program for underserved youth. This highly successful program has helped us meet our twin goals of community building and urban greening. The Youth Tree Care Program has offered employment to teenagers from neighborhoods like the Excelsior, Bayview-Hunters Point and the Mission, teaching them the fundamentals of tree care and planting, as well as the protocols and responsibilities of earning a paycheck. Find out more about this important program [pdf 1.7MB].
Read "The Trees Of San Francisco"
Sponsor A Tree Buddy
Our Tree Buddy program helps subsidize the cost of planting a tree, ensuring that all communities benefit from our work and enjoy a more livable urban environment. To become a Tree Buddy just make a donation and write "Tree Buddy" on your payment. No strings attached. Become a Tree Buddy now.
FUF Planting Calendar
Which neighborhood is next on FUF's planting calendar? Where can you find the next Tree Care training? Check the FUF Calendar for the latest.

And remember to sign up for FUF's email bulletin. You'll get all the latest news from the Urban Forest.

Friends of the Urban
Forest San Franciscans rely on Friends of the Urban Forest to help them plant and maintain trees for a more beautiful and healthy city. Since 1981, FUF's community-based tree plantings have literally transformed the cityscape, adding 40,000 trees to the streets of San Francisco - more than 40 percent of the city's street trees. We encourage all San Franciscans to become stewards of their trees and their neighborhoods, and to become advocates for a larger, healthier urban forest. Along with beauty and oxygen, trees make an important and positive impact upon our city's ecology, helping to mitigate traffic noise, offering wind protection and removing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. FUF sponsors a year-round tree care program for low-income youth, offers a popular series of free walks, and conducts regular educational programming in addition to tree planting and care. Visit www.fuf.net to learn more.

And check out this Public Service Announcement. You'll need to have the Quicktime Plugin installed to view the video.

— Presenting Sponsor —
eSurance

— Host Committee —

Host Committee Members

— Avenue Advocates —

Alice Russell-Shapiro

Deutsche Bank

Zephyr Real Estate

— Lane Leaders —

Charles Schwab & Co.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

Levi Strauss & Co.

Mike Sullivan & Paul Loeffler

Pacific Union Real Estate Community Fund

Union Bank of California

Wells Fargo

Wells Fargo
Private Client Services

— Street Supporters —

Boulettes Larder
Eliza Brown & Hal Candee
Devine Properties
Mark Dwight Foundation
Eric Ethington & Doug Okun
Joie de Vivre Hospitality
McGuire Real Estate
The Mechanics Bank
San Francisco Wine Exchange
John Scharffenberger
Pat Skala
David, Elizabeth, Michael
& Stephen Strain
The Urban Farmer
Liz & Jim Westover

— Additional Sponsors —

Parkway Partners,
Greening Guardians &
Realty Partners

— Media Sponsor —

7x7 Magazine

— Beverage Sponsors —

Grey Goose vodka

San Francisco Wine Exchange

Drink Hint