The UC Davis Riparian Reserve is looking to fill 2 summer Field Technician positions assisting with the ongoing habitat enhancement, restoration, and maintenance of these diverse public spaces. This position will focus on stewarding hundreds of acres of land through active hands-on field work for wildlife and visitors to use and enjoy. The Technicians can expect to gain extensive knowledge and practical skills in vegetation management, community-based restoration, and regional plant and wildlife identification.
Future favorites are the plants, handpicked by our expert horticulturists, as selections that are not only beautiful, but habitat-supporting and primed to thrive in the face of our changing climate.
Providers with UC Davis Student Health and Counseling Services, or SHCS, will be prescribing nature to their patients as part of their holistic care regimen.
The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden received recognition at the Girl Scouts Heart of Central California, or GSHCC, inaugural annual fundraising event, “Gather and Give,” on October 20, 2023 at the Old Sugar Mill, in Clarksburg. The memorable evening celebrated the essence of what it means to be a Girl Scout, emphasizing the importance of programs that enhance the well-being and leadership growth of girls, while raising funds to make it possible for more underserved girls to participate in Girl Scouts.
In partnership with UC Davis' Department of Entomology and Nematology distinguished expert, Dr. Emily Meineke, we have started laying the foundation for the creation of a Phenology Garden to examine how alterations in water availability affect interactions between plants and herbivores, like insects.
Volunteers with the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden help maintain gardens that support vital habitat for pollinators including birds, bees and a variety of other animals and insects.
Fall is a great time to collect seeds for sowing in Northern California's Central Valley. Freshly collected seed often has a particularly high viability. Find tips for collecting seeds from milkweed, buckwheats, yarrow and coyote mint.
Students from the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden's Learning by Leading Sustainable Horticulture program designed a new garden slated for installation outside the newly opened Gorman Museum of Native American Art.
