Neighbor digs in till ugly spots bloom

From SFGate,

...after staring down various city and state officials, securing community grants, and rallying the locals, Shaw has transformed not just one scrap of Potrero Hill dirt into an urban oasis, but two. Over three weekends in January and February, she and a team of 70 volunteers put in 23 trees, 800 plants, a rainwater permeable sidewalk and parking wheel stops made from Sonoma fieldstone boulders. The two gardens are both situated on Pennsylvania Avenue, off the southbound 280 Mariposa Street exit.

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