In the News....
Recent articles mentioning the Arboretum at UCSC
Bill Grant: Local rosarian shares love,
lore of heritage roses
April 14, 2013
Longtime supporter of the Arboretum, Bill Grant, was profiled in the Santa Cruz Sentinel:
"APTOS -- Roses do not have thorns, according to William Grant, they have prickles. Roses should not be reblooming, as the modern ones are, and they should have lovely scents, which most modern roses do not.
The 87-year-old Aptos resident has earned the right to his passionate opinions. While Grant has been a sports writer, an English professor, and a Fulbright scholar, he found his true love in the mystery and romance of heritage roses, lecturing around the world on their history, cultivation and nomenclature..."
[read more in the Santa Cruz Sentinel]
Citizen-scientists to help map Sudden Oak Death fungus
April 10, 2013
"SANTA CRUZ -- A campaign to identify and collect bay laurel leaves that may herald the arrival of sudden oak disease will kick off 7-9 p.m. Friday at the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum.
'Last year, more than 500 citizen scientists participated in surveying over 10,000 trees,' said Matteo Garbelotto. a faculty member at UC Berkeley who came up with the idea. 'This outreach is really important because it not only teaches people how to look for the disease, but it also helps them to monitor for it in their community, allowing them to identify new outbreaks quickly.'
To date, more than a million trees have died of sudden oak disease in 14 coastal California counties from Monterey to Humboldt...."
[read more in the Santa Cruz Sentinel and the San Jose Mercury News]
Gold Awards 2013: Shopping & Services - Reader’s Picks
March 31, 2013
Santa Cruz Weekly readers name Norrie's Gift and Garden Shop at the Arboretum among the best places to buy gifts in Santa Cruz County.
[read more in the Santa Cruz Weekly]
Coastal Commission funds projects at UCSC Arboretum
and Seymour Center
February 21, 2013
UCSC NEWSCENTER, February 26, 2013, By Tim Stephens
Trees line the Moore Creek drainage
in the upper Arboretum. (Photo by S. McCabe)
"Visitors to the Seymour Center learn about marine life, scientific discoveries, and the role of science in marine conservation.
The California Coastal Commission has awarded grants to fund two coastal restoration and education projects at UC Santa Cruz, one at the Arboretum and another at the Seymour Center at Long Marine Laboratory...."
[read more on the UCSC Newscenter website]
The Santa Cruz Sentinel also carried on article about the Coastal Commission grants (March 3, 2013).
Get your fix of the tiniest birds in the world March 2-3
February 21, 2013
The Arboretum's upcoming Hummingbird Days are described in recent articles in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
"SANTA CRUZ -- They are the tiniest birds in the world, but perhaps one of the showiest and most mesmerizing to behold.
[Photo from SF Gate; credit: CVC/UCSC Arboretum]
Hummingbirds zip and zoom like no other bird — sideways, up, down, backward — flashing ever-changing rainbow hues.
Males jostling for position act fierce, diving at speeds up to 50 mph. Iridescent and quick,
hummingbirds hover in mid-air as they feed on nectar from blooms..."
[read more in the Sentinel
and on the Arboretum's website.]
SF Gate also carried a story (2/22/2013) titled "Hummingbird Days at the Arboretum."
Wee, Flitty, Fast: Hummingbird Days in Santa Cruz
February 27, 2013, NBC Bay Area
Two days of garden walks and bird sweetness? Spring must be nigh.
By Alysia Gray Painter
[Hummingbird Photo from NBC Bay Area ]
Hummingbirds are a part of our day-to-day, and getting to know them offline, and even attract them, is a nice thing indeed. Hummingbird Days at UC Santa Cruz can help out with that.
[read more at NBC Bay Area]
Hummingbird Days at UCSC offer glimpse into fascinating
life of frantic fliers
February, 2012
The Arboretum's upcoming Hummingbird Days are described in recent articles in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.
"Bird lovers and avian initiates will flock to UC Santa Cruz next weekend for the Arboretum's Hummingbird Days."
"The event is a chance for the public to catch a rare glimpse into the world of the hummingbird. Attendees can enjoy hummingbird walks, ecology talks, photography exhibits and children's crafts with a hummingbird theme...." [read more in the Sentinel and on the Arboretum's website.]
Arboretum celebrates partnership with
Amah Mutsun tribe
Rick Flores, Valentin Lopez, and Brett
Hall.
[Photo by Tim Stephens, UCSC News website.]
November 14, 2011 — "Since 2009, the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum and members of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band have been working together on a community-centered learning project that highlights native plants traditionally used by the Mutsun people. A reception to celebrate this partnership, sponsored by the Office of the Chancellor, was held at the Arboretum on Friday, October 28..." [Read more on the UCSC website and in the Santa Cruz Sentinel.]
A gift of $127,000...establishes a new endowment in
support of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum.
John Bost at the dedication
of the Arboretum's new bench
honoring Edna and Hugh Green.
July 12, 2011 — A gift of $127,000 from the estate of World War II Navy veteran Dudley Green has established a new endowment in support of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum. The endowment, named the Edna and Hugh Green Fund in memory of Mr. Green's parents, is designed to foster continued student involvement in the UCSC Arboretum.
The endowment will provide support for work-study students as well as student interns and volunteers working with Arboretum staff on senior theses and other projects. Students will have opportunities to earn course credits through work in the Arboretum that enables them to learn about plant conservation, habitat restoration, and horticultural principles and techniques.
[Read more on the UCSC website and in the Santa Cruz Sentinel (18 July 2011)]
Sounds of Baroque Festival fill UC Santa Cruz
Arboretum for first time
May 30, 2011 —
"Flowers and Music of the World," hosted by the Santa Cruz Baroque Festival and the Arboretum at UCSC, brought music,
wine, and food to the gardens.
[Read more in the Santa Cruz Sentinel]
Student-run Carbon Fund boosts green projects
on and off campus
May 17, 2011 — UCSC Arboretum director of development and research discusses the Arboretum's role in one
of nine student and staff projects funded by the student-run Carbon Fund."
[Read more on the UCSC website]
New endowment supports teaching and reasearch
at UCSC Arboretum
May 5, 2011 — "A gift of $100,000 from Jean Langenheim, professor emerita of ecology and evolutionary biology, has established a new endowment in support of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum."
[Read more in the Sentinel]
Must be the season of the sale...
UCSC Aboretum kicks off string of
plant sales hugely popular with gardeners
April, 2011 — "There's a tell-tale sign spring has sprung in Santa Cruz County, and it's up at the Arboretum at UC Santa Cruz."
[Read more in the Sentinel]
The Arboretum propagates cuttings from the
last wild S.F. manzanita
January, 2011
(Mercury News photo by
Karen T. Borchers)
An article about the Arboretum's role in preserving a rare manzanita, Arctostaphylos franciscana appeared in the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Contra Costa Times, Whittier Times, and the Long Beach newspaper.
The Arboretum's research coordinator and director of education, Stephen McCabe was interviewd on KGO radio. Local Santa Cruz radio station, KSCO, also covered the story.
More can be found on the UCSC website.
New growth: Arboretum revives
local plants, local knowledge
December, 2011
Danielle Venton's article about the Amah Mutsun Relearning Garden appeared in a number of papers, including the Santa Cruz Sentinel, San Jose Mercury News, Monterey County Herald, and several other newspapers.
