AT THE ARBORETUM

Folk Music Jam -- Play or listen. Noon Oct. 19 and Nov. 2, Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove. Parking $6 in Lot 5, Old Davis Road and A Street.

Tour -- Fall in the Native Plant Garden. 11 a.m. Oct. 20, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Free parking in Lot 1 and the garage south of the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Arts in the Arboretum -- Botanical Watercolor Workshop: Pomegranates. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Oct. 20-21, library, arboretum headquarters, La Rue Road. Fees: $120, or $100 for students and members of Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum, plus $15 for materials. Register with Judy Hayes, (530) 752-4880 or jhayes@ucdavis.edu.

Tour -- Gardening with the Local Environment. 11 a.m. Oct. 27, gazebo, Garrod Drive. Free parking along Garrod Drive and in Lot 55.

All events are open to the public, and all except the Botanical Watercolor Workshop are free. More information: (530) 752-4880 or arboretum.ucdavis.edu.

AT COLD CANYON

Botanical Drawing -- No experience necessary; all materials provided. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 21.

Basic Botany as a Way to ID Plants -- 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Oct. 28.

These events, free and open to the public, are at Stebbins Cold Canyon, part of the UC Davis Natural Reserve System. Information and reservations: jfalyn@ucdavis.edu.