UC Davis hosts campus-wide event featuring its Arboretum and Public Garden
Students welcome visitors to the UC Davis Arboretum’s GATEway garden, one of 12 campus museums, gardens and installations that will participate in Biodiversity Museum Day. Courtesy of UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden
Here’s an opportunity for the whole family to celebrate science – while learning a lot!
On Saturday, Feb. 21, UC Davis celebrates “Biodiversity Museum Day,” a chance to become immersed in our natural world and talk to scientists about their work.
During this 15th annual event, about 250 scientists, faculty, staff and students will share their work and expertise while highlighting the university’s collections. A dozen on-campus museums will participate with programs and presentations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
Among them will be the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, which will focus its efforts at its Environmental GATEway habitat gardens from noon to 4 p.m.
“The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden is proud to be one of 12 campus collections participating in UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day – a free, family-friendly celebration of the incredible diversity of life on our campus and beyond,” says the Arboretum team. “(In the GATEway gardens),Learning by Leading students and staff invite you to explore the rich biodiversity woven into our landscapes and discover how urban habitats can support both people and wildlife.”
The Arboretum, a living museum of plants, is an obvious choice for this celebration.
“This year’s theme, Nature Rx, is all about fulfilling a prescription for better physical, mental, and social wellbeing simply by spending time outdoors,” say the organizers.
Among the special events planned are a public yoga session at 2 p.m. on the lawn adjacent to Scrubs Cafe and the unveiling of a new ceramic mural at 3 p.m.
Other activities include: a living drawing booth, Polaroid postcards, birding and garden tours, water-wise and nature-friendly garden demonstrations and more. Find the full schedule of Arboretum events here: https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu/events/uc-davis-biodiversity-museum-day-2026
Leave time for UCD’s other museums, too. The “Bug Squad” with their creepy crawlers always draw a crowd. The Bee Haven will undoubtedly create some buzz, too. Here’s a snapshot of schedules and locations:
Anthropology Museum, temporarily housed in Wickson Hall, West Entrance, while Young Hall is undergoing renovations. Hours: 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Arboretum and Public Garden, Habitat Gardens in the Environmental GATEway, Hours: 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Bee Haven, 1 Bee Biology Road, off Hutchinson Drive. Hours: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Bohart Museum of Entomology, Room 1124 of the Academic Surge Building and hallway, 455 Crocker Lane. Hours: 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Botanical Conservatory, Kleiber Hall Drive. Hours: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
California Raptor Center, 1340 Equine Lane. Hours: 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Center for Plant Diversity Herbarium, 1026 Katherine Esau Science Hall. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Design Museum, 124 Cruess Hall, 375 California Ave. Hours: 12 Noon to 4 p.m.
Nematode Collection, 1026 Katherine Esau Science Hall. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Museum of Wildlife and Fish Biology, Academic Surge Building, 455 Crocker Lane. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Paleontology Collection, Earth and Physical Sciences Building, Room 1309, Crocker Lane. Hours: 12 noon to 4 p.m.
Phaff Yeast Culture Collection, Robert Mondavi Institute Brewery and Food Processing Facility. Hours: 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
In addition, there will be a speakers’ series from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Silverado Vineyards’ Sensory Theatre, Sensory Building, Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science, 392 Old Davis Road.
More details: https://biodiversitymuseumday.ucdavis.edu/
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During this break in the heat, feed your garden. Make sure to water before and after applying fertilizer.
* In the garden, direct seed beets, carrots, leaf lettuce and turnips.
* Plant potatoes.
* Harvest tomatoes, beans, squash, pepper and eggplants to prompt plants to keep producing. Give your plants a deep watering twice a week, more if planted in containers. Also, give them a boost with phosphate-rich fertilizer to help fruiting.
* Watch out for caterpillars and hornworms in the vegetable garden. They can strip a plant bare in one day. Pick them off plants by hand in early morning or late afternoon.
* Feed citrus trees their last round of fertilizer for the year. This will give a boost to the fruit that’s still small.
* Mulch can be your garden’s best friend – it conserves moisture while blocking out weeds. But don't let mulch mound around stalks, stems or trunks. That can promote rot.
* Camellia leaves looking a little yellow? Give them some chelated iron. That goes for azaleas and gardenias, too.
* Pick up after your fruit trees. Clean up debris and dropped fruit; this cuts down on insects and prevents the spread of brown rot. Then feed fruit trees with slow-release fertilizer for better production for next year.
* To prolong bloom into fall, feed begonias, fuchsias and container plants. Always water before fertilizing.
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