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The Central Valley is home to a wide variety of native, perennial bunchgrasses that make a great addition to the home garden. Here are Horticulturist Kitty Bolte's recommendations for 10 species of native grasses you should consider.

Help the UC Davis campus looks its best all year round by performing a diverse range of tasks, from cultivating plant materials and designing specialized landscapes to supervising interns and volunteers as a gardener groundskeeper at the UC Davis Arboretum, where every career employee receives extremely competitive health and retirement benefits.

UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden staff and Learning by Leading™ students are planting climate-ready trees to cultivate a resilient and diverse urban tree canopy for the future.

Looking for fresh ideas of plants to add to your garden or landscape? Consider one or more of these plants, selected by our staff members, as you shop our Spring 2023 plant sale fundraisers.

Looking for fresh ideas of plants to add to your garden or landscape? Consider one or more of these plants as you shop our Fall 2022 plant sale fundraisers. 

On Thursday, February 24, we hosted a virtual community meeting to engage the public on the upcoming Arboretum Waterway Flood Protection and Habitat Enhancement Project.

We are fortunate to live in California, with its wondrous diversity of flora and large natural areas that are not only places of beauty but also sources of spiritual and emotional refreshment.

Volunteer with the Arboretum and Public Garden!

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DEADLINE EXTENDED:  Apply by Jan. 31, 2022

We are currently recruiting volunteers to join our teams. 

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This month, we extend special thanks to our friends and fans in Yolo County who recently named the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden as the best "Shelter-at-Home Escape" and the "Best Place to Take an Out-of-Towner" in the Davis Enterprise "Best of Yolo" voting.