Our City Forest

Earlier this month, we had our Annual Spring Festival! 🌸 A wonderful celebration of community, nature, and environmental learning. Hundreds of families, volunteers, and neighbors joined us for a fun-filled day of workshops, arts and crafts, music, educational activities, and hands-on experiences throughout the nursery.

Thank you to everyone who attended, volunteered, and helped make this year’s Spring Festival such a success! Swipe through to see the beautiful moments captured throughout the day 🌞💐🩷

Golden Yarrow (Eriophyllum confertiflorum) is a silvery-leafed shrub named for its clusters of bright yellow flowers that resemble those of Achillea species. Despite its name, it is not a true yarrow. It is, however, a California native that attracts a range of pollinators—butterflies in particular! Golden Yarrow grows in a range of environments, from the coast to the woodlands. It is a compact, rounded shrub that grows up to 2x2ft. We currently have Golden Yarrow flowering and available at our nursery at 1000 Spring Street, open Thu-Fri from 9am-12pm and Saturdays from 9am-2pm.

Can you try to guess who’s making a special appearance at Spring Fest? Drop your guesses in the comments and swipe to see if you got it right! 🌻

Spring Fest 2026 Workshop lineup just dropped! 🌷🌸🪱🐰🍄🐞💗

Check out all our fun, exciting, interactive workshops happening throughout the day! Come with a great attitude and eagerness to learn, leave with fun crafts, seeds, or even a free shrub! 🪴

Can’t wait to see you all there!

What an incredible day in East San José!
This weekend, Our City Forest brought together students, families, and community leaders to plant trees and green the campuses at Ida Jew Academy and Boeger Middle School.

Huge thank you to our amazing partners and speakers who joined us:
 
 
County Superintendent Dr. David Toston
Mount Pleasant Elementary Superintendent Dr. Elida MacArthur
Mount Pleasant Trustee Melissa Got Lopez
OCF Board Member & Friends of White Road Leader Trudy Ellerbeck

And to all of our partners and supporters:
 
 
 
 
 
PG&E
Friends of White Road

💚 And of course, to the many volunteers, students, and families who showed up to make this happen!

Spring is here! 🌸🌷🩷 Come to Our City Forest’s annual Spring Festival, location at the Community Nursery 🌱

Bring your friends and family for a full day of fun activities! Stay tuned for our workshop schedule to be posted soon 🌻

Over 200 volunteers, students, and leaders came together and joined us at Brigadoon Park in San José for Arbor Day 💚

We were proud to bring the community together alongside partners like , , , and —just some of the many groups supporting this effort—plus leaders like and .