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How we're planting for pollinators and native insects at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden

Cagwin & Dorward Landscape Contractors, a comprehensive landscape maintenance provider with a focus on environmental sustainability, has become the first corporate sponsor of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden’s Learning by Leading Program.

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(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;

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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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!

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 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.

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

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!

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).