This fall, the doors to the Elizabeth Mary Wolf Environmental Learning Center will open. Located within the gates of the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, the modern indoor-outdoor facility will serve as a public program space, a dynamic hub for visitor and volunteer events, and a staging area for students.

Hoop net traps are being placed on an intermittent basis to harmlessly sample turtles throughout the Arboretum Waterway and Putah Creek over the next few months. It's all part of active turtle research study to understand how our native turtle populations are affected by non-native turtle species in addition, scientists hope to learn how we to best support native species recovery and conservation.

Our community’s urban forest provides public health, environmental and economic benefits to Davis community members everyday. To highlight this important resource, Tree Davis and the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden have teamed up to install educational tree tags across the Davis landscape.

Congratulations to Doris Wu, an Arboretum Ambassador and Elizabeth Hursh, a Habitat Horticulture co-coordinator!

During the month of May, the City of Davis and UC Davis are looking for early community input on a possible joint habitat enhancement and public access project called “Putah Creek Wetlands,” which would be located on a 32-acre parcel along the South Fork of Putah Creek near the Old Davis Road Bridge.

We now have an online inventory with photos, filters and sort tools for our plant sale customers!

Student Job Opportunity

Pay Rate: $15.50/hr 

Start Date: ASAP 

Apply by: May 1, 2022

Apply Here:  Upload your cover letter, resume, and contact information for at least two references

Apply to be a student tree steward for the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. Applications due by May 1, 2022.

A heritage California buckeye trunk in our Native American Contemplative Garden now serves as a natural sculpture and critter habitat.