Fall 2023 Plant Sales
Fall is the best time to plant! Shop our one-acre nursery to find an incredible selection of attractive, low-water plants perfect for our region. By choosing to shop with us, not only will you bring home beautiful plants that help support a sustainable environment, your purchases play a vital role in supporting the growth and care of our gardens, student environmental leadership opportunities, and free public programs.
Discover the joys of gardening with plants that help heal our environment while nurturing our community!
Volunteer at a Plant Sale!
We’re looking for volunteers to help customers during our fall plant sales! Interested?
Plant Inventory for First Fall Sale!
There's over 31,000 plants available to kick start our fall plant sale season! Below you will find a few different options for exploring the 9/30 plant sale inventory.
Interactive inventory with photos
Tips for exploring the photo inventory
Download these files:
Adobe Acrobat (.pdf) | MS Excel (.xlsx)
Sat., September 30
Split Plant Sale
Members Only: 9 - 11 a.m.
Public Sale: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Place: Arboretum Teaching Nursery
Friends enjoy two hours of members-only shopping and 10% off their plant sale purchases. Not a member? Join, shop early and save!
The second two hours of this sale are open to everyone!
Sat., October 21
Split Plant Sale
Members Only: 9 - 11 a.m.
Public Sale: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Place: Arboretum Teaching Nursery
Friends enjoy two hours of members-only shopping and 10% off their plant sale purchases. Not a member? Join, shop early and save!
The second two hours of this sale are open to everyone!
Sat., November 4
Public Clearance Plant Sale
Time: 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Place: Arboretum Teaching Nursery
It's the last sale of the season and, while many plants will be sold out, there will still be a great selection of attractive, low-water plants perfect for our region all at clearance sale prices. Members will save an additional 10% on their plant sale purchases. Not a member? Join, shop and save!
About our Plant Sale Fundraisers
Our community support group — the Friends of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden — holds plant sale fundraisers offering an incredible selection of attractive, low-water, easy-care plants perfect for our region. These sales are held several times a year as large-scale, festival-style events at the Arboretum Teaching Nursery. Watch for the latest information here and in our digital newsletter.
Most of these plants we offer at these sales are grown on site, including the Arboretum All-Stars — our top recommended plants for Central Valley gardens. Our nursery staff, in addition to dozens of students and volunteers, propagate and grow the majority of plants we sell.
By shopping these sales, you support the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden's environmental leadership programs, the growth of our gardens and collections and the wide variety of free, educational events we offer the public.
FAQs
Have questions? Browse the FAQs below or contact us at arboretum@ucdavis.edu.
- Why aren't you hosting online plant sales?
- We know our community was clamoring for us to return to in-person sales. We heard you! In addition, we don't currently have the technology, or the resources, to manage both in-person and online sales simultaneously.
- Are you going to resume online plant sales in the future?
- We know the online sales were popular with many customers and are considering ways to bring online sales back in the future on a more limited basis.
