Promoting residential sidewalk gardens is CAN!’s specialty!

Are you interested in creating a sidewalk garden in front of your property in San Francisco?

Work with CAN! today and join the movement to build community and habitat in the sidewalks.

If you live in another neighborhood beyond the Bayview and the Richmond District, you can still join the movement to green the public right of way in San Francisco.  In collaboration with residents, CAN! staff coordinates the following services for a fee:

• Garden Design, permitted dimensions, plant species selection and placement of both curb and property-side gardens.

• Secure necessary permits ($198-$266 SFDPW-BUF Sidewalk Landscape Permit Fee)(SFDPW Sidewalk Landscape Permit) 

• Execute pavement cutting, demolition, and removal

• Secure edging treatment and signage installation

• Facilitate soil placement, physical planting, cover cropping, annual seeding, mulch placement, initial deep watering

• Tree planting (SFDPW Tree Permit)

• Install pavers or permeable driveways, boulders, etc.

Costs for sidewalk gardens varies depending upon the size and scope of work of each individual sidewalk garden.

CAN! provides Sidewalk Garden installation services to all neighborhoods in San Francisco.

CAN! sidewalk garden installation costs depend on the size and scope of work of your project, the number of participants and site location.  Check out our paver installation page to learn how to beautify your home while providing permeability while maintaining hard surfaces.

Discounts can be given to participants who recruit 5 or more neighbors to participate in greening (pending size and scope of work). 

For more info about regulations, check out the SFDPW Sidewalk Landscape Permit

For detailed price breakdown and quotes, email Markos Major, CAN! Director today.

Removing pavement is great if you want to create a garden.  But what if you don’t have room for a garden, or you need room to park your car, or a place to leave your compost and recycling bins?  We can help with that by providing paver installation for all participating CAN! sidewalk gardens.  

The cost varies depending on the selection of the pavers, but in general paver installation costs between $25 – $55 per square foot.  Contact us directly to start your quote today.

Richmond District Watershed Project

This year (2017-2018) CAN! is expanding our residential sidewalk garden programming into the Bayview and Richmond Districts.  Participants will be recruited from the Islais Creek, Yosemite and Richmond watersheds to participate in the program for FREE.

CAN! is recruiting 33 neighbors in the Richmond District (AND 33 more neighbors in the Bayview) to take part in a (nearly) FREE program to build a sidewalk garden for residents!

Remove Pavement with CAN!

Upon receipt of payment for the SFDPW-BUF Sidewalk Landscape Permit, residents participating in the Bayview and Richmond District Watershed Projects receive the following services for no cost, thanks to the investment from the SFPUC:

1. Sidewalk garden design and planning

2. Securing City Permits

3. Cement Removal

4. Soil Placement

5. Edging Treatment Installation

6. Plant Procurement

7. Signage Installation

Requirements for participation:  

Residential participation in CAN! SF Watershed Restoration projects is contingent upon a few basic requirements:

1. Participants must be located in the Bayview or Richmond District neighborhood.

2. Participants must pay the SFDPW-BUF Sidewalk Landscape Permit fee ($198-$266/participant) – exceptions made for eligible households already receiving government assistance.  If the home is rented the landlord must pay for the SFDPW-Bureau of Urban Forestry Sidewalk Landscape Permit. Sidewalk Landscape permits must be signed by and approved by the landlord of all participating properties.

3. A minimum recruitment of 5 participants per city block is preferred.  Neighbors immediately adjacent to each other especially prioritized.

4. Residents must participate in one ore more of the CAN! SF Watershed Project Community Workdays to receive services from CAN!.

   Cement removal often takes place in fall, followed by a community-planting day usually on Saturdays.

5. Participants must fill out and return the CAN!-SF Watershed Project Owner Agreement.

Bayview Watershed Project

This year (2017-2018) CAN! is expanding our residential sidewalk garden programming into the Bayview and Richmond Districts.  Participants will be recruited from the Islais Creek, Yosemite and Richmond watersheds to participate in the program for FREE.

CAN! is recruiting 33 neighbors in the Bayview (AND 33 more neighbors in the Richmond District) to take part in a (nearly) FREE program to build a sidewalk garden for residents!

Remove Pavement with CAN!

Upon receipt of payment for the SFDPW-BUF Sidewalk Landscape Permit, residents participating in the Bayview and Richmond District Watershed Projects receive the following services for no cost, thanks to the investment from the SFPUC:

1. Sidewalk garden design and planning

2. Securing City Permits

3. Cement Removal

4. Soil Placement

5. Edging Treatment Installation

6. Plant Procurement

7. Signage Installation

Requirements for participation:  

Residential participation in CAN! SF Watershed Restoration projects is contingent upon a few basic requirements:

1. Participants must be located in the Bayview or Richmond District neighborhood.

2. Participants must pay the SFDPW-BUF Sidewalk Landscape Permit fee ($198-$266/participant) – exceptions made for eligible households already receiving government assistance.  If the home is rented the landlord must pay for the SFDPW-Bureau of Urban Forestry Permit. Sidewalk Landscape permits must be signed by and approved by the landlord of all participating properties.

3. A minimum recruitment of 5 participants per city block is preferred.  Neighbors immediately adjacent to each other especially prioritized.

4. Residents must participate in one or more of the CAN! SF Watershed Project Community Workdays to receive services from CAN!. Cement removal often takes place in fall, followed by a community-planting day usually on Saturdays.

5. Participants must fill out and return the CAN!-SF Watershed Project Owner Agreement ….LINK TO CAN!-SF Watersheds Owner Agreement Form