GATEways Horticulturist Rachel Davis recently spoke to CBS Bay Area about some of the efforts the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden team is taking to prepare campus landscapes to the changing climate.

The Central Valley is home to a wide variety of native, perennial bunchgrasses that make a great addition to the home garden. Here are Horticulturist Kitty Bolte's recommendations for 10 species of native grasses you should consider.

How one family transitioned from lawn to a mix of low-water, region-appropriate plantings.

UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden staff and Learning by Leading™ students are planting climate-ready trees to cultivate a resilient and diverse urban tree canopy for the future.

Looking for fresh ideas of plants to add to your garden or landscape? Consider one or more of these plants, selected by our staff members, as you shop our Spring 2023 plant sale fundraisers.

Campus and California Storm Damage Press

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Taylor Lewis, nursery manager, recommends a few plants he doesn't want you to miss when shopping at our upcoming plant sales. In addition to his brief critiques we included more information about these selections from our plant inventory photo gallery.

Looking for fresh ideas of plants to add to your garden or landscape? Consider one or more of these plants as you shop our Fall 2022 plant sale fundraisers. 

This fall, as part of our affiliation with Bee Campus USA, the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden is encouraging residents to “leave the leaves”, a seasonal effort to provide habitat for beneficial insects, pollinators, and other invertebrates. 

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.