Arboretum Ambassadors

These posts give an overview of the types of projects students in the Arboretum and Public Garden's Learning by Leading™ Arboretum Ambassadors program lead.

Five students wearing Arboretum and Public Garden t-shirts smile in front of a wall decorated with hanging plants.

Arboretum-inspired study room opens at Shields Library

Wed, February 04, 2026

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Thanks to a collaboration between Learning by Leading™ Arboretum Ambassador interns and Shields Library, students can enjoy a little piece of the Arboretum indoors while prepping for exams or working on group projects in an Arboretum-themed study room.

Megha Karthik

Mon, July 14, 2025

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Arboretum Ambassador

Toa Horikoshi

Mon, July 14, 2025

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Arboretum Ambassador

Marvin smiles, wearing a UC Davis hoodie, with leaves in the background

Marvin Lopez

Thu, June 06, 2024

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Arboretum Ambassador

Matthew poses, smiling and holding a camera

Matthew Chan

Thu, June 06, 2024

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Arboretum Ambassador & Learning by Leading Photographer

Alexis Silva

Thu, September 21, 2023

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Arboretum Ambassador

Rogelio Aguilar Lopez

Thu, September 21, 2023

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Arboretum Ambassador Apprentice, 2021-2023

Image of Doris Wu holding a large cut out of a black phoebe bird and Melissa Cruz hold a large cutout of a female mallard duck, both are standing under the shade of a tree in the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden.

Support the Long-lasting Impact of Learning by Leading

Thu, November 17, 2022

2022 Giving Tuesday and Annual Appeal

Our Learning by Leading program helps us grow the environmental stewards of tomorrow. Please join us in this important work by giving to the UC Davis Friends of the Arboretum and Public Garden Annual Fund on Giving Tuesday (Nov. 29) or anytime this year.

Give Today!

Doris Wu

Fri, July 01, 2022

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Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, Arboretum Ambassadors intern, 2021-22

Learning by Leading students install tree tags

‘Spruced up:’ Tree Tags Inform and Engage the Community

Wed, May 25, 2022

Our community’s urban forest provides public health, environmental and economic benefits to Davis community members everyday. To highlight this important resource, Tree Davis and the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden have teamed up to install educational tree tags across the Davis landscape.