Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon Oct. 2, 16 and 30. Wyatt Deck.

Tour — Planting Perennials. 2 p.m. Oct. 4, gazebo.

Tour — Tips for Successful Container Gardens. 11 a.m. Oct. 10, Arboretum Terrace Garden, Davis Commons shopping center, First Street and Richards Boulevard.

Walk With Warren — With Warren Roberts, arboretum superintendent. Noon Oct. 14, arboretum headquarters, La Rue Road.

Opening Night: Readings by the Creative Writing Faculty — 7 p.m. Oct. 15, Wyatt Deck (or 126 Voorhies Hall, in the event of rain). Award-winning fiction writers and poets open the new academic year with readings from their work. The writers include Lucy Corin, Joshua Clover, Pam Houston, Joe Wenderoth and Alan Williamson. Co-sponsored by the arboretum and the Department of English.

Tour — Meet Some Native California Plants. 2 p.m. Oct. 18, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

Tour — Outstanding Oaks! 11 a.m. Oct. 24, gazebo.

Tour — Autumn Colors in the Storer Garden. 11 a.m. Oct. 31, gazebo.

Poetry in the Garden — Emerita Sandra Gilbert, Distinguished Professor of English, the author of seven collections of poetry, a memoir and an anthology of elegies; and Kel Munger, book editor, Sacramento News & Review, and author of the poetry collection The Fragile Peace You Keep. Noon Nov. 12 (rescheduled from an earlier date), Wyatt Deck.

All events are free and open to the public. More information: (530) 752-4880 or arboretum.ucdavis.edu.