Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum, holds plant sales at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, offering hundreds of different kinds of uncommon garden plants that have been locally grown, including the Arboretum All-Stars, our top recommended plants for Central Valley gardens. If you are converting your lawn to a low-water landscape or are interested in including more... Read more »

An Open Garden, is a chance for you to visit the gardens, roam around freely and talk with Master Gardeners there to help with your gardening questions. Learn to select water-efficient landscape plants. Demonstrations: ♦ Grow cool season vegetables ♦ Citrus frost protection ♦ Harvest and prepare herbs for winter

The public is invited to attend two free gardening workshops on Saturday, October 21, 2017: 9-10 am      "Basic Composting" Learn the basics of backyard composting. 10-11 am    "The Benefits of Planting California Native Plants" Learn how planting a variety of California native plants can beautify your yard while also creating a vibrant garden alive with bees,... Read more »

Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum, holds plant sales at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, offering hundreds of different kinds of uncommon garden plants that have been locally grown, including the Arboretum All-Stars, our top recommended plants for Central Valley gardens. If you are converting your lawn to a low-water landscape or are interested in including more... Read more »

Discover the magic of mulching, slow-water landscape strategies and more at our free workshop co-hosted with the Sacramento Tree Foundation. You’ll also learn how to keep your trees, young or mature, healthy with just the right amount of water during wet, hot and dry weather patterns. Reserve your spot before this workshop books up! Call... Read more »

This workshop focuses on things you can do in the fall and winter to keep your tree and plant-based landscape looking great. Includes info on pruning young shade trees and other plants, maintaining irrigation systems, and managing wet-weather pests. Click here to register. 

Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum, holds plant sales at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery, offering hundreds of different kinds of uncommon garden plants that have been locally grown, including the Arboretum All-Stars, our top recommended plants for Central Valley gardens. If you are converting your lawn to a low-water landscape or are interested in including more... Read more »