Shields Library is celebrating the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden and its vibrant history with a new exhibit, “Community in Bloom.”
Located in the library’s lobby, the exhibit will run through summer 2025 and features more than a dozen photographs and documents from the University Archives dating back to the 1950s.
“The Arboretum is a fascinating place — I notice something new every time I go there,” said UC Davis Library University Archivist and “Community in Bloom” exhibit curator Ignacio Sanchez-Alonso. “The plants, the gardens and the wildlife are beautiful and captivating, but I find the human connection to be its most fascinating attribute. Everyone has a story about the Arboretum.”