Recent rains have calmed our drought anxiety and those whose lawns have greened up again may be reprioritizing their one-time thoughts of landscape renovations. However, regardless of your situation, there’s a place in the UC Davis Arboretum you should visit now that may make your gardening decisions easier — the Mary Wattis Brown Garden of California Native Plants.
Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum, our community support organization, was recently recognized as one of the university’s leading donors and included in the inaugural group of Chancellor’s Laureates.
This past summer was a busy one for nursery staff members Mike Connelly, Joe Gorder and Dennis DeWitt with the expansion of the Arboretum nursery facility near the Rec Hall.
Interestingly, the notion of the Davis Arboretum as a truly beautiful place conflicts with the typical image of public gardens in the west. Most gardens are heavily irrigated, but the Arboretum is a dryland Mediterranean garden.
