Central Park Gardens is a beautiful volunteer-managed public garden located in Davis Central Park. Come visit our themed gardens, relax and smell the flowers, and gather ideas and inspiration to take home.

Students visit the Conservatory to learn the plant-animal interactions and the adaptations that help plants are adapted to deserts, nutrient poor soils, and how they interact with herbivores, pollinators and other insects.

Davis is a city located in Yolo County, California, known for its university town atmosphere, agriculture, and commitment to environmental sustainability. The city had a population of 66,850 in 2020, not including the on-campus population of the University of California, Davis.

The Carolee Shields White Flower Garden and Gazebo is a theme garden based on medieval moon-viewing gardens of India and Japan. With its curving paths framing a vine-covered gazebo, the garden is a popular site for weddings and other events. Many of the plants here are fragrant, and their pale flowers are particularly luminous by moonlight.

The UC Davis Arboretum and Public Gardens in Davis, California, is a beautiful, free public space located on the University of California, Davis campus. Serving as a living museum and community oasis, it spans approximately 100 acres along the historic Putah Creek canal.