Global Climate Change and Your Backyard
Tour Details
Conference participants are welcome to attend the optional garden tours on Saturday May 31, 2008 from 7:45-9:30 AM. The tours will focus on two exemplary gardens in the UC Davis Arboretum, the Mary Wattis Brown Garden of California Native Plants and the Ruth Risdon Storer Garden – a Valley-Wise Garden. Both of these gardens are a tangible demonstration of choosing the “right plant for the right place”, a focal point of our conference. Tour participants will be amazed at the plant diversity, color and habitat created in these gardens with little maintenance and very little water.
The Mary Wattis Brown Garden of California Native Plants includes drought-tolerant species suitable for landscape plantings as well as a number of rare and endangered plants. It showcases an extensive collection of California wild lilac (Ceanothus) and a planting of native bunchgrasses.
The Ruth Risdon Storer Garden – a Valley-Wise Garden features flowering perennials and small shrubs that are especially well suited to central valley gardens. It is designed for year-round color with low water use and minimal maintenance. A new addition is a demonstration planting of roses and companion plants.
For more information on the UC Davis Arboretum, please visit their website at http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/.
Tour Transportation
The UC Davis tram will be departing from the Activities and Recreation Center at 7:45 AM and 8:00 AM. We have limited seating on the tram (42 people per departure), so please arrive on time. The tram will return from the tours at 9:15 AM and 9:30 AM. If you prefer to transport yourself to the tour locations, please follow these links for a map and directions to the UC Davis Arboretum http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/Map.htm and http://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/Directions.htm.
Tour Schedule
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Location |
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Activity |
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| Group 1 |
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| 7:45 AM | Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) | UC Davis tram loads | ||
| 7:45-7:55 AM |
ARC-Storer Garden | Transport to Storer Garden. An Arboretum staff member will offer an introduction and overview of the collections. |
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| 8:00-8:20 AM | Storer Garden | Tour begins and runs from 8-8:20 AM | ||
| 8:25 AM | Storer Garden | UC Davis tram loads | ||
| 8:25-8:35 AM | Storer-Mary Wattis Brown Garden | Transport to Mary Wattis Brown Garden | ||
| 8:40-9 AM | Mary Wattis Brown Garden | Tour begins and runs from 8:40-9 AM | ||
| 9:05 AM | Mary Wattis Brown Garden | UC Davis tram loads | ||
| 9:05-9:15 AM | Mary Wattis Brown Garden-ARC | Transport back to ARC | ||
| Group 2 |
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| 8:00 AM | ARC | UC Davis tram loads | ||
| 8:00-8:10 AM | ARC-Mary Wattis Brown Garden | Transport to Mary Wattis Brown Garden. An Arboretum staff member will offer an introduction and overview of the collections. |
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| 8:15-8:35 AM | Mary Wattis Brown Garden | Tour begins and runs from 8:15-8:35 AM | ||
| 8:40 AM | Mary Wattis Brown Garden | UC Davis tram loads | ||
| 8:40-8:50 AM | Mary Wattis Brown Garden-Storer Garden | Transport to Storer Garden | ||
| 8:55-9:15 AM | Storer Garden | Tour begins and runs from 8:55-9:15 AM | ||
| 9:20 AM | Storer Garden | UC Davis tram loads | ||
| 9:20-9:30 AM | Storer Garden-ARC | Transport back to ARC |