Community Engagement

Your Community Support Helps Students Lead!

Tue, September 24, 2019

Community Engagement

Consider a Gift to the Friends Year-End Appeal

The Arboretum and Public Garden’s student internship program, Learning by Leading™, is helping to empower young leaders to address the urgent environmental issues of our time including climate change, habitat destruction and species extinction.

Image of volunteers and staff of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden in the Good Life Garden.

2020 Volunteer Recruitment

Mon, September 09, 2019

Community Engagement

Volunteer with the Arboretum and Public Garden! Apply by Jan. 17, 2020

We are currently recruiting volunteers to join our gardening and land stewardship teams.

Apply Now!

Image of beagle on a leash in the grass.

Cyanobacteria Detected in Arboretum Waterway

Tue, August 27, 2019

Community Engagement

Tests show that cyanobacteria are growing in parts of the Arboretum Waterway. These microscopic organisms can make a toxin that is rapidly lethal to dogs that ingest contaminated water.

Taylor lab members in watercress field in Dorset, UK

Watercress Research in Progress in the Salad Bowl Garden

Thu, July 18, 2019

Community Engagement

Exciting things are happening at the Salad Bowl Garden! Researches in Gail Taylor's group at UC Davis are collecting germplasm (seeds or tissue used for breeding) and studying the genetic background of antioxidant contents and resource-use efficiency of watercress.

Students, faculty and staff participate in a tree planting event along the east side of campus as part of the UC-wide Cool Campus Challenge and to support our continued status in Tree Campus USA.

Cool Campus Challenge Creates Shade

Tue, June 04, 2019

Community Engagement

From April 1 through April 26 UC Davis, along with the eight other University of California campuses participated in the 2019 Cool Campus Challenge. The purpose of the challenge was to educate and inform the university community to take simple steps to save energy and reduce waste in order to lower its carbon footprint.

Poll finds Sacramento region committed to environment

by Sydney Odman
Mon, May 20, 2019

Community Engagement

The poll lists UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden as an environmental organization that supports a sustainable environment in the Sacramento region.

Text to Give

Thu, May 09, 2019

Community Engagement

Special Offer for Clearance Plant Sale Attendees

Text to give $10 or more (see instructions below) to our UC Davis Oaks Forever! campaign and receive a $5-off coupon good at our May 11 Clearance Plant Sale!

Show your digital receipt at the Arboretum Information table near the check-out lane to receive your coupon.

Image of Taylor Lewis, nursery manager and Abbey Hart, special projects manager with the trees they are working to restore to Capitol Park in Sacramento.

Preserving the History of Capitol Park's Civil War-Era Trees

Thu, April 25, 2019

Community Engagement

In an effort to save part of this living history, two UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden staff members are going the extra mile to propagate the boxelder, as well as many other species in Capitol Park that suffered during the recent drought.

Image of water quality survey taker in the UC Davis Arboretum.

Community scientists needed to monitor the Arboretum Waterway

Wed, March 06, 2019

Community Engagement

by Saddy Preza Zavaleta

Calling all community scientists and Arboretum visitors! The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden has launched a survey to monitor the quality of the Arboretum Waterway and everyone is welcome to participate.

Learn the Native Californian tradition of making and playing an elderberry flute

Wed, February 20, 2019

Community Engagement

The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden invites the community to join East Regional Parks Docent Antonio Flores as he shares the culture of Native Californian flute making while demonstrating how to make and play your own elderberry flute.