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At the arboretum

Tour -- Want More Color in Your Garden? 10 a.m. June 24, gazebo, Garrod Drive.

Tour -- Improve Your Container Gardening. 10 a.m. June 30, Arboretum Terrace Garden and Lois Crowe Patio, º£½ÇÔ­´´ Commons shopping center, First Street and Richards Boulevard. Free parking behind the shopping center.

Arboretum tour -- How Are Your Roses Doing? 10 a.m. July 7, gazebo, Garrod Drive.

Radio program -- "Get Growing with Farmer Fred," KSTE-650 AM, with guest Warren Roberts, arboretum superintendent. 11 a.m. July 8.

Tour -- Walk With Warren. 8:30 a.m. July 11, gazebo, Garrod Drive.

Folk Music Jam -- Play or listen. Noon July 13, Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove, Old º£½ÇÔ­´´ Road.

Tour -- Summer in the Redwoods. 10 a.m. July 15, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Free parking in Lot 1 and in the garage south of the Mondavi Center.

Tour -- Summer Garden Survival Techniques. 10 a.m. July 22, gazebo, Garrod Drive.

All events are free and open to the public. More information: (530) 752-4880 or . For events that begin at the gazebo, free parking is available on Garrod Drive and in Lot 55.

In the Natural Reserve System

At Stebbins Cold Canyon (Highway 128): 6 a.m. June 23, Loop Trail -- Sunrise-Solstice, guided hike as the sun climbs into the sky after the shortest night of the year; 8:30 p.m. June 30, Full Moon Hike and Storytelling (guided event).

All events are free and open to the public. For more information, or to arrange reservations: contact Jeff Falyn, (530) 795-3864 or jfalyn@ucdavis.edu.