Welcome to the UCSC Arboretum!
The Arboretum Needs Your Support
Here's What You Can Do to Help
First, the Arboretum is open and will remain open!
After reading about the recent Arboretum staffing cuts, many people have contacted us to express their concern for the Arboretum and to ask how they can help.
- Shop at Norrie's gift shop. 10-4pm
- Become a member
- Volunteer
- Donate using the Associates' donation and membership form
- Donate on-line using the University's secure web server:
Important: clicking on the "Give to the Arboretum" button will display a page on the University's web site. Select "Arboretum" from the "I would like to make a gift to:" drop-down menu (it's the fourth item on the list), or enter "Arboretum" or "Arboretum Staff Fund" in the "Other area/Pledge number" text box.
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Send donations to Arboretum, University of Calif. Santa Cruz, CA 95064, noting the check is for the Arboretum Staff Fund. This will help restore staff and go to support public education and service to the community.
We truly appreciate the thousands of hours volunteers donate. Continued revenue generation will help the remaining staff and may enable us to bring some back eventually. Our recent plant sale was a success. Thanks to all who helped. If you missed the sale or saw a plant you liked but didn't buy, stop by Norrie's Gift Shop at the Arboretum where there's always a large selection of propagated plants for sale. Looking ahead, we need volunteers to make dried flower and succulent wreaths for a later sale. (831) 427-2998.
Drop by for our annual Dried Flower & Succulent Wreaths Sale. November 14 & 15 at the Arboretum
Come and Visit the Arboretum!
More than four decades of dedication, horticultural expertise, and hard work have created an extensive collection unmatched anywhere else in the world! With the largest collection of Australian and South African plants outside of their native countries, the most diverse collection of eucalyptus and their relatives to be found in one easy-to-access area, an unmatched collection of conifers and other trees, and extensive representatives of New Zealand and native California flora, the Arboretum is home to a world-class living collection. Come and see native flora from around the globe, including California, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Chile. The Arboretum offers many rich opportunities for casual visitors, researchers, students, members, and friends. You can find more information by visiting our About page.
The Arboretum is open each day from 9 am to 5 pm. (Closed only on Thanksgiving and Christmas days.) Directions and information about admission can be found here.
Issues of the Bulletin and an ethnobotany brochure are on-line
The quarterly publication of the Arboretum Associates, the Bulletin is now on-line. You can find a handful of the most recent issues, along with a summary of their contents, here.
An informative and interesting guide to the plants in our California Native Garden, Native American Uses of California Plants: Ethnobotany, is now available as an online PDF.
Weddings, Events and Meetings
Looking for a special setting for your next event?
Located on a stunning site overlooking Monterey Bay, the Arboretum is the perfect place to hold a meeting, wedding, or other special event.
You can find out more by reading our Events Brochure.
Proceeds benefit the Arboretum.
