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Advances in Irrigation Tools & Technologies Workshop

February 4, 2025
Join us for the upcoming Advances in Irrigation Tools and Technologies Workshop Date: February 27, 2025 Time: 8:00am - 2:30pm (PST) Location: Barbara Worth Country Club, 2050 Country Club Dr.
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This crew, shown here with nematology faculty member Shahid Siddique, staffed the nematology collection at the 12th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. With him (from left) were then doctoral students Alison Coomer (now Blundell), Veronica Casey, Pallavi Shakya and Ching-Jung Lin.
Bug Squad: Article

Right This Way to the UC Davis Nematode Collection!

February 3, 2025
By Kathy Keatley Garvey
Nematodes--and the faculty and graduate students who study them--will share the spotlight from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8 in the Katherine Esau Science Hall. The occasion: the 14th annual UC Davis Biodiversity Museum Day. The Esau Hall is located near Briggs Hall, off Kleiber Hall Lane.
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Photo of a California bay laurel tree.
The Savvy Sage: Article

Notes from My Garden: Right Tree, Right Place

February 3, 2025
Removing a tree feels like the worst kind of gardening failure, but I did it twice anyway. Let me explain. When we bought our house late in 2016, there were two trees on the property.
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photos by Cindy Yee
Under the Solano Sun: Article

Okinawa's Tropical Dream Center

February 3, 2025
Halfway around the world on the island of Okinawa, Japan, is the tropical version of Victoria, BC's glorious Butchart Gardens. It is called the Tropical Dream Center, a 6-hectare garden housing several greenhouses, countless exotic plants and fruit trees, and approximately 2,000 orchids.
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