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Season's greetings and a brief look back at 2015

Wed, December 16, 2015

Environmental Education

KEY ORDER: Top to bottom (first column); top to bottom (second column); top to bottom (third column).

(1) A wide variety of campus and community supporters came together to officially dedicate the new Arboretum GATEway Garden at our east end;

(2) we celebrated the 10-year anniversary of our Arboretum All-Star plants and programs at our plant sales;

(3) Arboretum and Public Garden staff, volunteers, students and Animal Science academic partners commemorated the official opening of the Animal Science GATEway Garden;

Sustainable Horticulture Student Coordinators Nguyen Nguyen and Kathy Geurtze teach a group of volunteers in proper planting techniques. This team helped landscape a new pollinator display garden in the west end of the Arboretum.

Learning by Leading: Inspiring students to improve our campus and community environment

Tue, December 15, 2015

Student Leadership

The Learning by Leading program allows student leaders to make lasting impacts in areas such as water conservation, food security, environmental education, and habitat restoration. Support this program by making a gift to our Annual Appeal!

Friends support group seeks to raise funds for student-led, educational programming

Fri, December 11, 2015

Student Leadership

THE FRIENDS OF THE UC DAVIS ARBORETUM AND PUBLIC GARDEN SUPPORT GROUP is an incredible partner in growing the Arboretum and Public Garden. In addition to providing volunteer service and hosting the plant sales, the Friends group also raises funds from the community to invest in the Arboretum and Public Garden’s programs, gardens and people.

UC Davis Russell Ranch gets a visitor entry makeover

Wed, December 09, 2015

Environmental Education

The Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility recently received a front door makeover including a new facility monument sign in addition to landscaping provided by a horticultural team from the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

Associate Director of UC Davis Grounds and Landscape Services honored with award

Wed, December 09, 2015

Community Engagement

Cary Avery, Associate Director of Grounds and Landscape Services for the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, was honored this past October by the Professional Grounds Management Society (PGMS) with their President’s Award.

Students lead landscape improvements along west end of Arboretum waterway

Fri, November 13, 2015

Student Leadership

The bare banks of the west-end portion of Arboretum’s waterway is receiving a new landscape thanks to students participating in the Arboretum and Public Garden’s “Learning by Leading” Habitat Restoration and Naturalized Lands Management Program.

Native American culture the focus of upcoming “Makerspace” program

Fri, November 13, 2015

Student Leadership

Sunday, November 22, 2015 from 1-3 p.m. at the UC Davis Arboretum’s Wyatt Deck, students from the Arboretum’s Learning by Leading internship program have put together a very special opportunity for participants of all ages to learn more about plants and Native American culture.

Check out our line at Trader Joe’s!

Thu, November 12, 2015

Community Engagement

Next time you patronize Trader Joe’s in Davis, “check out” the Arboretum’s check out line! It’s quite an honor to be featured with other campus icons like Freeborn Hall and the Memorial Union!

IN THE NEWS: Fall is time to replace lawns, gardens with water-wise plants

Fri, November 06, 2015

Environmental Education

If you allowed your lawn to die this summer to save water, now is the time to replace it with water-wise landscape plants, say landscape specialists from UC Davis. Autumn, with its cooler weather and anticipated winter rains, is the best time in most areas of California for landscape planting.

Visit the UC Davis Horticulture Innovation Lab Demonstration Center

Fri, October 23, 2015

Environmental Education

Visit the newest UC Davis GATEways Project site — the UC Davis Horticulture Innovation Lab Demonstration Center — a place where students, faculty, and staff can test new horticultural tools and demonstrate best practices for growing fruits and vegetables, particularly those helpful to small-scale farmers in developing countries.

Cool season edible purchases support student interns

Fri, October 23, 2015

Student Leadership

Support the Edible Landscaping Interns by purchasing cool season edibles at the Fall Plant Sales!

Image of Arboretum All-Stars at UC Davis Arboretum Teaching Nursery.

Fall plant sales feature Arboretum All-Stars

Mon, October 19, 2015

Community Engagement

The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden is celebrating 10 years of UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars with a large selection of Arboretum All-Star plants, California natives, and other regionally-appropriate plants at the upcoming plant sales!

LET US KNOW! How can we maintain the “Davis difference?”

Thu, October 15, 2015

Community Engagement

As UC Davis continues to grow over the next ten years, the question of how to best maintain the “Davis difference” is at the forefront of Associate Vice Chancellor and UC Davis Campus Planner Bob Segar’s mind. He and his team want to know your thoughts too as they craft the campus’s next Long Range Development Plan (LRDP).

2015 UC Davis Annual Sustainability Report

UC Davis Annual Sustainability Report released

Thu, October 15, 2015

Environmental Education

Read the 2015 UC Davis Annual Sustainability Report about the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden's efforts to conserve water through our Learning by Leading internship program, updated landscape irrigations and new approaches to designing our campus landscape.

UC Davis named “Tree Campus USA” for seventh year in a row

Wed, October 14, 2015

Environmental Education

UC Davis has been named “Tree Campus USA” for the seventh year in a row by the Arbor Day Foundation! We are one of nine universities in California to receive the designation, one of two Universities of California (UCI is the other), and one of 28 in the nation to have the title since its inception in 2008.