Urban Tree Stewardship co-coordinator, 2021-22, GATEways Outreach intern, 2019-20

Plant Propagation and Nursery Management co-coordinator, 2020-22, Habitat Horticulture intern, 2019-20

Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, Arboretum Ambassadors intern, 2021-22

Ecological Land Management student technician, Urban Tree Stewardship intern

Urban Tree Stewardship intern, co-coordinator, 2021-22

Ecological Land Management student technician

Three years after retiring, I finally signed up to be a UC Davis Arboretum volunteer. On our first day of training in January this year, we introduced ourselves. Every person shared stories of tender connection to the arboretum; riding bikes with their kids; walking with family and friends; discovering new plants for their own gardens. I didn’t know these people. Yet, in the warmth welling in my stomach, I felt an immediate web of connection to them, wound with strands of love for our shared place.

Sustainable Horticulture Co-Coordinator, 2015-16, Nursery Intern, 2016, Sustainable Horticulture Intern, 2015