The 95-acre UC Davis Arboretum is a living museum with a documented collection of more than 22,000 trees, shrubs and perennials from Mediterranean-climate areas throughout the world, displayed in a series of gardens along Putah Creek's historic north fork.
	The Arboretum has winding paths for walkers, joggers, or bicyclists, benches where visitors can sit and enjoy the view, and picnic tables for casual gatherings.
	Demonstration gardens of drought-tolerant flowering perennials and collections of oaks, acacias, conifers, and eucalyptus, along with trees native to the site, are resources for teaching and research.
	Outstanding plant collections include Shields Oak Grove, Mary Wattis Brown Garden of California native plants, Ruth Risdon Storer Garden: A Valley-Wise Garden, T. Elliot Weier Redwood Grove, and Arboretum Terrace home demonstration garden.

	TIME & PLACE
•	Doors open at 7:00 pm and the meeting starts promptly at 7:30 pm.
•	Christ Episcopal Church, 1040 Border Road, Los Altos (see Map)
•	Meetings are free to members, $5.00 for guests.

Speaker Program

January 14, 2009

The Western Horticultural Society presented

Ellen Zagory

Director of Horticulture at the UC Davis Arboretum

The UC Davis Arboretum:
New Programs, Gardens, and Plants 

Ellen Zagory serves as a spokesperson for the UC Davis Arboretum in their education and outreach program promoting more sustainable garden plants and practices. She has appeared on Hewell Howser's PBS Road trip, DIY TV and KFBK's Get Growing with Farmer Fred. She also has written a series for Pacific Horticulture Magazine on the UC Davis Arboretum All Star program, and travels the state lecturing to UCCE master Gardeners and regional garden clubs about beautiful heat-tolerant and low-water-use plants.

A resident and gardener in the Central Valley for the past 24 years and a knowledgeable horticulturist, she recently has become more interested in the interactions our gardens have with the fauna of surrounding wild lands, and how our constructed landscapes can help support the biodiversity of native insects and other wildlife.