Memories Listings

I love running and walking through the Arboretum. Whenever I want to really talk to a friend I go to the Arboretum to talk. I love looking at all the different gardens and rolling in the soft grass. The Arboretum is such a peaceful place to me. It is so important to have a whimsical place to breathe and de-stress in the high-speed college environment.

In the mid-1850s my maternal great-great-grandparents, Dr. and Mrs. Isaac Denton Stockton, drove their wagon train through what is now the south side of the UC Davis Arboretum on their way from “back East” to their new home in Two Rock, Marin County. Their group included some covered wagons, of course, a herd of milk cattle, yoke oxen, horses, other pioneers, and the elder half of their 19 children.

Years ago, I was helping the son of a neighbor get rid of her extensive potted cactus collection. Marilynn Vilas and I borrowed Nancy Crosby’s pickup so we could take the plants over to the Arboretum nursery. We had to use a dolly to move one large opuntia plant. We couldn’t get the tailgate closed, but we thought the weight of the plant and dolly would keep everything in place.

My comments about the Arboretum are more historical than current.  When I entered UC Davis as a freshman in 1939, Putah Creek was lined with cottonwood trees where it crossed the campus.  There was discussion about developing an Arboretum and I believe a few plants had been set out near the A Street bridge.

Angelica Sauceda, Winnie Lau, Kylie Crisostomo-Rickman, Deana Cai, Kimberly Au, Elise Chu, and Mei Chau

After learning how to measure using a Transect tape and properly map plants at North Coast, me and my team took a group photo.

Winnie, Kylie, Deana, Elise, Angelica, Mei, and Kim

Starting from left to right, this is the LxL Plant Records & Mapping team from the Joint Training Day in the beginning of Fall Quarter. This was our first time truly getting to know each other.

This photo was taken in the Arboretum Oak Grove. The people in the photo are my dad Yaohe (left), my sister Vivien (middle), and me (right). My dad came visit me and my sister during Christmas break and I missed him so much!

This is a picture of me driving a tractor for the first time in the Plant Propagation and Nursery Management Leading by Learning Internship. Driving a tractor was a unique and fun experience I would have never imagined I would get to experience.

 I have lots of good memories in the bioswale area by Scrubs because of my fantastic Learning by Leading intern team - we planted our Pollinator Triangle and native wildflower meadow here with lots of great conversations and snacks over the last year.

The photo uploaded is a picture of the grapefruit tree on the UC Davis campus. The tree is located between Wellman and Wickson Hall. I remember my friend and I were walking by and noticed this spectacular tree. They were surprisingly huge and pretty.

Well, I barely took photos with my friends or the staff members in the Arboretum, so I chose this picture with a squirrel climbing down the tree. Squirrels are the very first friends I met when I first came to UCDavis, and they are so cute!

I really enjoyed the eldeberry flutemaking event! It was really nice to get crafty in the middle of the quarter.

This is a picture of a duck and turtle hanging out in the arboretum. The UC Davis Arboretum has kept me connected to nature. Walking through the arboretum reminds me how important it is to protect our environment around us.

This is a picture of me the first time I went to the Arboretum. During my fall quarter freshmen year, my roommates and I went on a bike ride and explored around of the Arboretum. Afterwards, I returned many times for morning runs and afternoon walks.