Potrero Hill Recreation Center/Playground and Visitacion Valley Greenway Community Garden

Trust for Public Land

DC&E worked with TPL on two urban parks projects in San Francisco: a playground in the Potrero Hill neighborhood and a community garden in Visitacion Valley

Potrero Hill Recreation Center/Playground for the Trust for Public Land.
DC&E prepared design and construction documents for the renovation of a community center and playground. DC&E also led community planning processes that engaged the neighborhood, built a sense of belonging and stewardship among the community, and created a place that reflects and is embraced by the neighborhood as a whole.

Visitacion Valley Greenway Community Garden for the Trust for Public Land.
DC&E redesigned an existing community garden to become part of a public greenway. Continuing its earlier work on the greenway, DC&E helped gardeners to plan for clearly-defined public access and gathering areas while improving individual garden plots. Hummingbird and butterfly paintings along the greenway complement the water efficient, edible plantings in the garden. For both projects, DC&E coordinated with the City of San Francisco’s Park and Recreation Department to incorporate the City’s new standards for community garden elements and with the Mayor’s Office on Disability to provide increased accessibility to and through the site.