First Thursday Event
Art x Nature
Related Exhibition Ruth Asawa: Retrospective
Thursday, Aug 7, 2025
4–8 p.m.
Howard Street Corridor
Floor 2, Koret Education Center
Floor 4, Gina and Stuart Peterson White Box
Free with general admission. This event takes place on a First Thursday when the museum is free for Bay Area residents from 4–8 p.m. Ruth Asawa: Retrospective requires timed and surcharged entry.
Reflect on the connections between art and nature, along with your own relationship with the natural world, during this special First Thursday crafted with Garden for the Environment.
Learn about urban nature and dig in!
From hands-on compost demos (worms and all!) and “Ask a Gardener” stations to actionable info about our native ecosystems, this is a night to reap new perspectives on how to support our world, and each other.
Connect with local orgs and get involved!
Garden for the Environment partners with over 40 Bay Area organizations: city departments, local universities, community gardens and urban forests, neighborhood groups, and more. Meet the folks making it all happen and find your volunteer niche (or career pivot!).
Draw, write, create, and share your work!
Make yourself comfortable at our communal art table. Pick a medium (crayons, collage, pens, pencils, and more), get inspired by the remarkable flora and fauna found in the diverse gardens of San Francisco, and nurture your imagination. Visitors will also be invited to contribute to a communal art project that will be installed at Garden for the Environment.
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About the Participants
Since 1990, Garden for the Environment (GFE) has served as San Francisco’s only public teaching and education garden and a dynamic community third space. Located in the Inner Sunset neighborhood on the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone people, this half-acre garden is now public land managed by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission. Nearly 3,000 children and adults learn with us annually through twice-weekly volunteer days, weekend workshops, school field trips, and our renowned three-month Gardening and Composting Educator Training Program (Get Up!). GFE is open from dawn to dusk every day of the year. Everyone is welcome to visit and observe our plants, find a seat to enjoy the surroundings, and take our self-guided tour.
Accessibility Information:
Accessibility accommodations such as American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation and assisted listening devices are available upon request 10 business days in advance. Please email publicengagement@sfmoma.org, and we will do our best to fulfill your request.
Programming for Ruth Asawa: Retrospective is made possible with support from Google.org.
