• UCSC Arboretum

Arboretum Road / 1490 High St

Hours: 10am to 4pm Everyday

The UCSC Arboretum is a research and teaching facility committed to plant conservation and serves both the campus and the public. Its rich and diverse collection, containing representatives of more than 300 plant families, provides beginning students with a broad survey of the plant kingdom. Facilities for growing plants offer students and research faculty opportunities to experiment with living plants. The Arboretum maintains collections of rare and threatened plants of unusual scientific interest. Particular specialties are world conifers, primitive angiosperms, and bulb-forming plant families. Large assemblages of plants from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and California natives are displayed on the grounds. Many of the species in these collections are not otherwise available for study in American botanical gardens and arboreta.

group touring the South African Garden

Arboretum events educate and engage the public about plant diversity and conservation. Of service to the public and the nursery industry are the Arboretum's activities in importing, selecting, and breeding choice ornamental plants, especially those that are drought tolerant and pest resistant. To date, the Arboretum is the original importer of more than 1,500 different selections of choice ornamentals. Many of these have been and will continue to be the plants of future California gardens.

Norrie's, the Arboretum's volunteer-run gift shop, supports the Arboretum and is open every day, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Many of the Arboretum's activities and programs are described in the Bulletin, the quarterly publication of the Friends of the Arboretum (formerly the Arboretum Associates.)

• Native Revival Nursery

2600 Mar Vista Dr

Aptos, CA 95003

(831) 684-1811

Native Revival helps you restore the ecology of your own backyard. We help create beautiful outdoor spaces that serve humans as well as wildlife. From our three acre nursery in Aptos, CA, we grow and sell drought-tolerant, California-native plants, curate an art & gift shop, and design sustainable, low maintenance landscapes. Visit us to learn more about California-native plants, find inspiration, or get tips on gardening and design.