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Collage of eight plants from the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden 'Future Favorite' plant list.

'Future Favorite' Plants

  • by Katie Ferguson Hetrick
What are Future Favorite Plants?

At the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, we are dedicated to promoting sustainable horticulture and helping the public understand how climate change impacts gardens, pollinators and wildlife, and the broader environment. In today’s world, it’s more important than ever to create landscapes that are not only beautiful but resilient—landscapes that contribute to local biodiversity, our personal well-being, and environmental health.

Mary Kay Williams front lawn.

Garden Spotlight: Mary Kay Williams

 

 

A lot can fit into a sideyard. Here are grapes, a pomegranate, peach, nectarine, fig, and tomatoes in Earthboxes. I choose small varieties and summer prune to keep everything small.

 

 

 

 

I love succulents and many other Arboretum plants purchased at plant sales. I can't help myself!

 

 

 

Cement sewer rounds hold most of my veggies. And there is a glass greenhouse to baby my starts. Galahad tomato did best this year.

 

 

Person in a small trench working on irrigation

Apply by Nov. 2, 2023: Irrigation Specialist

Help maintain UC Davis' gorgeous campus landscapes and hardscapes by planning and repairing its irrigation systems! Apply to be an irrigation specialist at the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, where every career employee receives extremely competitive health and retirement benefits including:

Person pruning a tree on a roadside median, the UC Davis water tower rising in the background

Apply by Oct. 28, 2023: Tree Maintenance Supervisor

 

Oversee the maintenance of the gorgeous campus urban canopy that serves the entire UC Davis community, from students to squirrels. Apply to be a tree maintenance supervisor, where every career employee receives extremely competitive health and retirement benefits including:

Person using a weed wacker

Apply by Oct. 8, 2023: Naturalized Lands Technician

Steward the Putah Creek Riparian Reserve and other rural and other urban-wildland on the UC Davis campus through weeding, watering, pruning, planting, trail clearing and more, while also supervising and training student interns and volunteers. Apply to be a naturalized lands technician.
Person kneeling, looking at the roots of a plant in the Arboretum

Apply by Sept. 12, 2023: Gardener Groundskeeper

Help the UC Davis campus looks its best all year round by performing a diverse range of tasks, from cultivating plant materials and designing specialized landscapes to supervising interns and volunteers as a gardener groundskeeper at the UC Davis Arboretum, where every career employee receives extremely competitive health and retirement benefits.
Person using a chainsaw to trim a large limb from a tree

Apply by June 23, 2023: Tree Maintenance Supervisor

 

Oversee the maintenance of the gorgeous campus urban canopy that serves the entire UC Davis community, from students to squirrels. Apply to be a tree maintenance supervisor, where every career employee receives extremely competitive health and retirement benefits including:

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