Two of Abbey Hart’s volunteer teams took a field trip to Annie’s Annuals and Perennials Nursery in Richmond last month. The goal was to see the broad variety of plants that the nursery grows and sells — annuals, perennials, native plants, landscape plants, herbs and vegetables, etc., — and to allow the volunteers to purchase plants. Some of the Arboretum volunteers had been there before; for others it was an eye-popping first-time experience.
There are many kinds of gardens. Ours is like a big living room. It is full of art (I’m a painter), pottery (my husband is a potter), places to sit, sun and shade. But it wasn’t always that way. And this is why.
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.
“It’s all about plants, everything comes back to plants.” At least that’s Karen Slinkard’s philosophy (and the Arboretum and Public Garden team tends to agree).
Karen — a two-time UC Davis alum, active Davis community member and Master Gardener — and her husband Stephen have made a generous donation to create an endowment fund supporting the Learning by Leading™ student internship program and also made a current use pledge to be used over five years, also in support of the program.
Help maintain UC Davis' gorgeous campus landscapes and hardscapes by planning and repairing its irrigation systems at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, where every career employee receives extremely competitive health and retirement benefits.
Oversee the maintenance of the gorgeous campus urban canopy that serves the entire UC Davis community, from students to squirrels at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, where every career employee receives extremely competitive health and retirement benefits.
Provide grounds maintenance and outdoor custodial services for an award-winning organization at one of California's most beautiful college campuses. Apply to be a groundskeeper at the Arboretum and Public Garden, where every career employee receives extremely competitive health and retirement benefits.
