AT THE ARBORETUM

Tour -- Early Spring in the Storer Garden. 2 p.m. March 16, gazebo, Garrod Drive. Free parking along Garrod Drive and in Lot 55.

Folk Music Jam -- Play or listen. Noon March 21, and April 4 and 18. Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove. Parking $6 in Lot 5, Old Davis Road and A Street.

Tour -- Living Under the Redwoods. 11 a.m. March 22, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Free parking in Lots 1 and 2 and the south entry garage south of the Mondavi center for the Performing Arts.

Tour -- Spring in the Native Plant Garden. 11 a.m. March 29, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

Botanical art workshop -- Techniques of botanical drawing and painting in watercolor, with instructor Catherine Watters. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 29-30. $170, or $150 for UC Davis students and members of Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum, plus $10 materials fee. Space is limited. Registration and more information: (530) 752-4880 or arboretum.ucdavis.edu. 752-4880.

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

AT STEBBINS COLD CANYON

Spring and summer nature outings begin this weekend at this unit of the UC Davis Natural Reserve System.

NATURE OUTINGS

The Flow of Water -- 9 a.m. March 15

Bobcat Ranch: A Look at Restoration in Practice (the ranch is northeast of Stebbins Cold Canyon) -- 8:30 a.m. March 22, meet at Steady Eddy's in Winters

Plant Communities -- 9 a.m. March 30

NATURE'S THEATER.

Winter Won't Go -- 9 a.m. March 29. For ages 4-8.

All activities are free and open to the public. Activities fill up fast; reservations are required. E-mail Jeff Falyn, jfalyn@ucdavis.edu, with your name, address, event date, and phone number and-or e-mail address, and indicate whether you need directions. More information and the complete activity schedule for spring: nrs.ucdavis.edu/stebbins.html.