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Field Trip: Santa Cruz Humming Birds & Botanical Garden
About this event
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden
Saturday, May 31, 20235 10:00 AM until 3:00 PM
Depart Palo Alto 8:30am, Return by 5:00pm,
Register at bottom of this page
as usual forming carpools are strongly encouraged as a social activity to know other club memes and to form small groups at the event.
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden website
Address: Arboretum Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Location on Google Maps
Video about UC Santa Cruz Arboretum
This is one of the best if not the best botanical garden in the Bay Area.
Plants here are generally what I consider to be of "photographer" quality with many plants rarely found in the US at other botanical gardens. Of the times I have visited, there are very few visitors.
The mixed habitats of the Arboretum and Botanic Garden provide a haven for birds and birders alike.
These grounds are a well-known patch of many local birders and provide an excellent introduction to Californian birds for out-of-state visitors. The gardens are a recognized hot-spot on eBird ( eBird: UC Santa Cruz Arboretum), where recent sightings and historical records can be found.
Male Anna’s hummingbird (Ferd Bergholz)
Male Allen’s hummingbird (Ferd Bergholz)
Of particular note are the congregation of hummingbirds attracted by the year-round nectar-rich blossoms in the Australia and South Africa gardens.
Summary Schedule
| Time |
Description |
Comments |
10:00-10:20am
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Meetup in Main Parking Lot |
See Map below for meeting point. We will form small groups to tour the 135 Acres. |
10:30am
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Tour the gardens |
Don't mis the Banksia Field for Humming birds |
12:00
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Group Picnic Lunch |
See Map Below for meeting point. Exchange info on what you thought were highlights |
1:00pm
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Tour the Gardens |
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| 3:00pm |
Field Trip officially over |
The gardens are open until 5pm |
Admission
Admission is $10 adults, $8 seniors 65+, $5 youth 6-17, and free for members. Also free to AHS/ROAM/NARM Reciprocal Members with card + ID. Members of Gamble Garden (part of AHS ) get free admission but members of Filoli do not.
Pay online at shopucscarboretum.com or
Pay with cash or checks payable to UC Regents & deposit into brown PAY HERE Tubes in Visitor Parking
You can use tripods, just don't block walkways or cause a hazard.
From their website
Our Mission - connecting people with plants
With a 135 acre living museum full of rare and unique plant species, dedicated staff, committed volunteers, and a voluminous history of contributing to conservation research, the Arboretum inspires botanical stewardship in students, the community, and the world at large.
About Us
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum & Botanic Garden’s rich and diverse collection contains representatives of more than 300 plant families of Mediterranean climates. The garden maintains collections of rare and threatened plants of unusual scientific interest. Particular specialties are world conifers, primitive angiosperms, and bulb-forming plant families. Large assemblages of plants from Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, and California natives are displayed on the grounds. Many of the species in these collections are not otherwise available for study in American botanical gardens and arboreta.
Registration Info
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