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iCare volunteers clean up Putah Creek Parkway
On Saturday, April 13th, approximately 50 volunteers from Gracepoint Church joined Arboretum organizers Emily Griswold and Malcolm Howard at the Putah Creek Parkway site of the Downtown Davis Parkway...
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Donate your old shovel, see it transformed into art
Dig in! The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden offers the public, along with their old shovels, a chance to leave a permanent mark on our community as they seek to collect 400 used spades, gardening...
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COMING SOON: California Native Plant GATEway Garden takes shape
After three years of careful design and planning, construction will start this summer on the new California Native Plant GATEway Garden at the east end of the Arboretum. The garden site is located...
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Beer tasting event supports Arboretum shovel drive
On Friday, August 9 from 6:30-8:30 PM, Davis Whole Foods Market is hosting a beer and food tasting event, but there's a twist—your ticket to enter is one used shovel! Why shovels? In an effort to help...
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Important detour and construction information
IMPORTANT VISITOR INFORMATION: Arboretum visitors will temporarily not have loop access at the east end, or a direct pathway from the Arboretum's lower trails through the Australian collection to...
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Ground breaks on the California Native Plant GATEway Garden!
After two years of careful design and planning, construction on the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden's California Native Plant GATEway Garden officially began August 7, 2013! This garden, part of...
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Shovels pour in at beer tasting event
To help with the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden's effort to collect 400 shovels for a city and campus sculpture project, Whole Foods Market in Davis generously sponsored a beer tasting and food...
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Whole Foods sponsors members-only wine tasting and shovel drive event
Whole Foods heaps it on! They're sponsoring another tasting event designed to help gather more shovels for a City of Davis and campus sculpture project. Last time it was beer, this time it's wine!...
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PG&E replaces gas pipeline along Putah Creek Parkway
From August through mid-October PG&E will be leading a construction project on the Putah Creek Parkway to replace a gas pipeline. A portion of the new pipeline will be located under the bike path...
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Invasive tree removal on Putah Creek Parkway
One of the first steps towards restoring the Putah Creek Parkway was completed last month with a major tree pruning and removal project. It took a contracted tree crew of four men about three weeks to...
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APPLY NOW! New native plant gardening volunteer training starts this fall
APPLICATION DUE DATE: October 16, 2013 (Space is limited.) Do you love native plants? Do you want to spend more time outdoors? Consider joining the UC Davis Arboretum and Tree Davis for a new...
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Why used shovels?
Throughout the month of October, artist Chris Fennell will be creating a sculpture from community-donated shovels—but why shovels? The idea for creating a vine-inspired gateway germinated in Fennell's...
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Shovel gateway sculpture dedication
DATE: Sunday, October 27 OPEN "HOUSE": 1 – 3 PM with a brief program at 1:30 PM PLACE: Shovel Gateway Sculpture site Behind Davis Commons Shopping Center (MAP) ENTRY: FREE and open to the public...
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Shovel Gateway sculpture opens!
It’s open! On Sunday, October 27, 2013 community members, donors and stakeholders from the campus and city gathered to dedicate the “Shovel Gateway”—a sculpture created from over 400 community-donated...
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Sneak Peek event recap
On October 17, the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden hosted a California Native Plant Garden “Sneak Preview” for our Downtown Davis Parkway Greening Project partners, donors, and upper-level...
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Volunteers plant California natives in new garden
Throughout November and December volunteers from student groups, community members, local Rotary Clubs as well as our long-term and loyal UC Davis Arboretum volunteers, have come out to the future...
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DETOUR: Path from south Davis to Arboretum closed to bikes and pedestrians
The Putah Creek bike path that connects south Davis to the Arboretum will be closed to both bike and pedestrian traffic for three weeks starting Monday, September 22 through Sunday, October 12. During...
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Festival to celebrate new garden and community connections
COMMUNITY FESTIVAL Date: Sunday, May 3 Time: 1-3 p.m. Place: Arboretum GATEway Garden MAP A shovel sculpture that has quickly become a local icon, gorgeous murals that pay homage to the importance of...
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