An arboretum how-to program this weekend asks: "Tired of Mowing Your Lawn?"
If the answer is "yes" (and we think it is!), then you may want to think about converting your lawn to a sustainable landscape of law-water, low-maintenance plantings. Then you can put away the lawn mower, while saving water, energy and money.
The arboretum program is scheduled from 10 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday (July 21) at Nature's Gallery Court (Garrod Drive, just east of the ).
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Folk Music Jam Session Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins, penny whistles, pipes, flutes, squeezeboxes you name it! and join your fellow musicians during the lunch hour for a little bluegrass, old-time, blues, Celtic, klezmer and other world music. All skill levels welcome. Listeners, too! Noon-1 p.m. Friday, July 20, and Aug. 3, 17 and 31. .
Armchair Birding: Plants in Your Yard, and the Feathered Friends Who Visit Learn how to attract birds to your garden, and what species might fly in bringing sound and movement to your yard. 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 4, , next to the former Borders bookstore in the Davis Commons shopping center, First Street and Richards Boulevard.
The Redwood Grove, So Cool! Enjoy the cathedral-like cool and quiet of the redwood grove and learn about the plants of the redwood forest understory. 9-10:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 18, .
Oak Ink and Beetle Juice: Painting with Mother Nature Artist, illustrator and biologist Ane Carla Rovett leads this all-ages workshop, offering instruction in making oak ink and using a variety of plant pigments in painting. Co-sponsored by the and the Center for Ecoliteracy. Two sessions: 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 9, . Space is limited; registration required with the Davis Art Center: (530) 756-4100, publicity@davisartcenter.org, or in person, 1919 F St.
Exploring Native Plants A program on gardening with native plants. It can save water and energy, support pollinators, and create a sense of place. 10-11:30 a.m., .
Plant Sale Preview See the kinds of plants, in a garden setting, in their mature seizes, that will be available at the arboretums fall plant sales. 10-11:30 a.m. Saturday, Sept. 22, .
All programs are free and open to the public. More information on arboretum events: (530) 752-4880 or (for directions, click on Plan Your Visit).
Media Resources
Dave Jones, Dateline, 530-752-6556, dljones@ucdavis.edu