At the arboretum

Tour -- Want More Color in Your Garden? 10 a.m. June 24, gazebo, Garrod Drive.

Tour -- Improve Your Container Gardening. 10 a.m. June 30, Arboretum Terrace Garden and Lois Crowe Patio, Davis Commons shopping center, First Street and Richards Boulevard. Free parking behind the shopping center.

Arboretum tour -- How Are Your Roses Doing? 10 a.m. July 7, gazebo, Garrod Drive.

Radio program -- "Get Growing with Farmer Fred," KSTE-650 AM, with guest Warren Roberts, arboretum superintendent. 11 a.m. July 8.

Tour -- Walk With Warren. 8:30 a.m. July 11, gazebo, Garrod Drive.

Folk Music Jam -- Play or listen. Noon July 13, Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove, Old Davis Road.

Tour -- Summer in the Redwoods. 10 a.m. July 15, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Free parking in Lot 1 and in the garage south of the Mondavi Center.

Tour -- Summer Garden Survival Techniques. 10 a.m. July 22, gazebo, Garrod Drive.

All events are free and open to the public. More information: (530) 752-4880 or arboretum.ucdavis.edu. For events that begin at the gazebo, free parking is available on Garrod Drive and in Lot 55.

In the Natural Reserve System

At Stebbins Cold Canyon (Highway 128): 6 a.m. June 23, Loop Trail -- Sunrise-Solstice, guided hike as the sun climbs into the sky after the shortest night of the year; 8:30 p.m. June 30, Full Moon Hike and Storytelling (guided event).

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, or to arrange reservations: contact Jeff Falyn, (530) 795-3864 or jfalyn@ucdavis.edu.