New Roots provides transitional-aged youth and adults with training and work experience at the City's new Street Tree Nursery in nursery operations and maintenance, arboriculture, and urban forestry. In turn, plants grown at the nursery will be used to continue greening San Francisco

New Roots launched in the fall of 2023, and serves transitional-aged youths and adults from communities in the SoMa, Tenderloin, Mission, Excelsior, and Bayview neighborhoods in San Francisco. The program will include five six-month sessions, each with a cohort of four program participants. New Roots graduates will have support in transitioning into other paid positions through our partnerships with the city, other community-based organizations, and other employers.

In addition to providing participants with training and work experience in nursery operations and maintenance, arboriculture, and urban forestry, Friends of the Urban Forest provides assistance in developing other technical and interpersonal work skills to help them gain permanent employment in the green-collar workforce in the Bay Area.