In the News....
Recent articles mentioning the Arboretum at UCSC
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.
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