UC Davis GATEway Garden

UC Davis GATEway Gardens

The UC Davis GATEways Project (Gardens, Arts, and The Environment) is a master planning framework for the Arboretum and Public Garden that envisions the campus landscape as a portal into the campus, to welcome visitors and showcase the creative work and spirit of inquiry at UC Davis. These gardens were created in collaboration with campus and community partners and feature multi-layered learning experiences that inform visitors about the important ideas and complex issues UC Davis scientists and scholars are tackling.

Image of Biological Orchard and Garden at UC Davis showing the orchard in the background with drought-tolerant plants in the foreground.

Joseph and Emma Lin Biological Orchard and Garden

The Biological Orchard and Garden (BOG) is a hub for outdoor learning. The drought-tolerant plants that grow there are all from Mediterranean regions with similar summer-dry climates as Davis, including the Mediterranean, South Africa, Chile and Australia. The beds demonstrate the diversity of plants that can grow in the Sacramento Valley and provide students and campus visitors with a variety of species to observe and study.

California Rock Garden

The California Rock Garden (a Geology GATEway Garden) was developed in partnership with faculty, staff and students from the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, UC Davis Finance, Operations and Administration, the Office of Campus Planning and Environmental Stewardship and the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden. It displays boulders and core samples representative of various geologic features in California in addition to California native plants that are part of the UC Davis Arboretum All-Stars program.

Animal Science GATEway Garden

Get closer to animals that live on campus, learn about the world renown expertise of the UC Davis Animal Science Department, discover more about animal agriculture or just find a quiet place to relax and refresh under one of our favorite heritage valley oak trees.