Nature of Research/Program Description:
The Arboretum is home to a world-class living collection of native flora from California, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Chile. Undergraduates can assist with a wide range of horticultural tasks, conservation projects, or educational programs. There are also opportunities to work with professors who use the Arboretum as a field site.
Keywords: Arboretum; botany; horticulture; plant conservation; Mediterranean plants; native flora; summer; fall quarter; winter quarter; spring quarter; credit; paid; volunteer
Contacts: Brett Hall
Website:
Location:
On-campus
Targeted Students:
Motivated and enthusiastic students who want to contribute to the goals and mission of the Arboretum.
Program Time Period:
Summer
All Year
Winter Quarter
Spring Quarter
Fall Quarter
Compensation:
Academic Credit
Paid
Volunteer
Year Began:
1975
Contact:
Brett Hall
Contact Title:
Director of Conservation and Collections
Contact Email:
brett@ucsc.edu
Program Goal(s):
- To teach students about plant biodiversity and conservation
- To help students become more aware of nature and how it works and learn skills, techniques and methodologies for stewardship, land and botanical resource management
- To teach students that part of conservation is growing
Major(s):
Biology
Ecology and Evolution
Environmental Studies
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Plant Sciences