UC Davis Arboretum hosts first of three fall plant sales

Thinking about adding some water-wise stars to your garden? It’s time to do some shopping.

With hundreds of drought-tolerant possibilities, UC Davis Arboretum’s Teaching Nursery hosts the first of three fall plant sales on Saturday, Oct. 1. As usual, this opening sale is reserved for members of Friends of the Arboretum.

Not a member yet? No problem. New members can join at the gate (or online) and receive an immediate 10% discount.

Sale hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday. Closed to the public since last spring, the one-acre nursery is stuffed with plants including many Arboretum All-Stars, proven flowering plants that can thrive in Sacramento’s hot summers with less water. Also available are a wide range of attractive Mediterranean perennials and California natives. Find easy-care shrubs, trees, ground covers, bulbs and more – all suited to our climate and low-water landscapes. Most selections also benefit pollinators.

Before heading to the nursery, check out the selection online in the Arboretum’s Plant Sale Photo Gallery.

The first public sale is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Oct. 22. (Friends members still get a 10% discount.) A clearance sale – the Arboretum’s final plant sale of 2022 – is set for 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Nov. 5.

The Arboretum Teaching Nursery is located on campus on Garrod Drive near the small animal veterinary hospital.

For details, directions and the Plant Sale Photo Gallery: https://arboretum.ucdavis.edu.

– Debbie Arrington