STARR KING INTRO
San Francisco Test Plot
TERREMOTO SF
The Starr King Test Plot sits on a serpentinite hilltop in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. This site is part of an intermittant strip of serpentinite bedrock that stretches across the city to the northwest and ends in the Presidio (see purple blobs in the geologic map below. Starr King, a little patch of neighborhood open space, and meadows in the Presidio, are the only extant serpentine grasslands in the city.
Terremoto plans to investigate various weeding and seeding methodologies that can be applied to the rest of Starr King and to Terremoto projects. We hope to grow some starts from archival seed from the site. And we’ll be figuring out how to water as little as possible since there is no great access nearby.
But first, we will get to know the site through regular observations for a WHOLE YEAR. During this time our only intervention will be passive restoration through the careful removal of certified grade A weeds.
We just met, but we’re looking forward to developing a deep relationship with this land. We’re hoping that by slowing, listening, looking and being with, we’ll develop an ability to hear what the site is telling us it needs. This slow, relational approach is borrowed wisdom from our friends at The Cultural Conservancy which we picked up on our visit to their Heron Shadow project.
We’re also hoping to engage with local community through this TEST PLOT - Starr King regulars, volunteers from the Terremoto-verse, and new faces from the neighborhood.
Follow our observations by clicking on the Starr King tab at the footer.
San Francisco Test Plot
TERREMOTO SF
November 2023
The Starr King Test Plot sits on a serpentinite hilltop in the Potrero Hill neighborhood of San Francisco. This site is part of an intermittant strip of serpentinite bedrock that stretches across the city to the northwest and ends in the Presidio (see purple blobs in the geologic map below. Starr King, a little patch of neighborhood open space, and meadows in the Presidio, are the only extant serpentine grasslands in the city.
Terremoto plans to investigate various weeding and seeding methodologies that can be applied to the rest of Starr King and to Terremoto projects. We hope to grow some starts from archival seed from the site. And we’ll be figuring out how to water as little as possible since there is no great access nearby.
But first, we will get to know the site through regular observations for a WHOLE YEAR. During this time our only intervention will be passive restoration through the careful removal of certified grade A weeds.
We just met, but we’re looking forward to developing a deep relationship with this land. We’re hoping that by slowing, listening, looking and being with, we’ll develop an ability to hear what the site is telling us it needs. This slow, relational approach is borrowed wisdom from our friends at The Cultural Conservancy which we picked up on our visit to their Heron Shadow project.
We’re also hoping to engage with local community through this TEST PLOT - Starr King regulars, volunteers from the Terremoto-verse, and new faces from the neighborhood.
Follow our observations by clicking on the Starr King tab at the footer.
