Site use requests
Recognizing that the Grove is primarily a space for individual or small-group reflection and contemplation, the following activities are encouraged nevertheless:
• Memorial services
• Picnics and other similar gatherings (e.g. ‘French Picnic in the Grove’)
• Weddings, commitment ceremonies, other family celebrations and life events/rites of passage
• Use by organizations for lectures, music, dance, poetry, and spiritual gathering.
Each specific event/use of the Grove requires permission
Pre-approval of the date and type of activity from the Grove offices is required. In order to keep the Grove available to the general public, it is desirable/preferable to limit particular usage to three hours or less.
Individuals or groups may reserve the Grove for any of the above-listed activities by sending an email to Matt Kennedy at: mkennedy@aidsmemorial.org, or by calling (415) 765-0446.
A Site Use Application must be completed and submitted before any request will be confirmed.
Download our Site Use Application by clicking here [PDF].
Applications may be sent to the Grove’s offices at: 870 Market Street, Suite 965, San Francisco, CA 94102, by fax at 415-707-6150, or via email to mkennedy@aidsmemorial.org.