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We are accepting new VOLUNTEERS!!! Safety training, which is required, will be done the first week. Open to Aggies & the...
09/10/2026

We are accepting new VOLUNTEERS!!!

Safety training, which is required, will be done the first week.

Open to Aggies & the Community! Ages 18+ only.

These are unpaid volunteer opportunities and are not internships. There are no remote positions, strictly in-person only.

One of our 33 year old Welwitschia mirabilis [B93.420] has numerous peduncles emerging from the crown. Late fall to wint...
09/09/2026

One of our 33 year old Welwitschia mirabilis [B93.420] has numerous peduncles emerging from the crown.

Late fall to winter is most likely the time when strobili should appear.

Love the genus Heliamphora? We have many to see up close when visiting! Along with a diverse collection of Nepenthes.
09/08/2026

Love the genus Heliamphora? We have many to see up close when visiting! Along with a diverse collection of Nepenthes.

09/04/2026

Nepenthes truncata.

Huge pitcher! This specimen often catches rodents 🐀

09/02/2026

Welwitschia mirabilis B93.553 (2) cones have been harvested!

We will be offering Welwitschia seeds at our strictly in-person plant sale October 17th!

08/19/2026

23 year old [male] Welwitschia mirabilis.

08/10/2026

Dracula inaequalis.

This orchid species is native to Colombia and Ecuador.

08/09/2026

Bulbophyllum pahudii is emitting a dead, rotting fish smell.

Check it out this week! And up close! 👃☠️

Our annual Fall Plant Sale is BACK!Saturday, October 17th, 20269 AM - 1 PMPlants for sale will be located in parking lot...
08/08/2026

Our annual Fall Plant Sale is BACK!

Saturday, October 17th, 2026

9 AM - 1 PM

Plants for sale will be located in parking lot 27, behind our headhouse (north side of the public greenhouse).

As always, like up EARLY to get the best deals. There will be a line already formed by 9 AM!

No inventory list available. Stay tuned for pictures and videos of inventory when our sale nears.

Strictly in-person. No holds or shipping! No exceptions.
Payment: cash, CC, check. No Venmo, PayPal, etc.

08/06/2026

Gympie gympie aka the su***de plant (Dendrocnide moroides) is now considered a venomous plant because it injects neurotoxic peptides called gympietides through its microscopic stinging hairs.

Address

1 Shields Avenue, Kleiber Hall Dr
Davis, CA
95616

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 4pm
Tuesday 9am - 4pm
Wednesday 9am - 4pm
Thursday 9am - 4pm
Friday 9am - 4pm

Telephone

(530) 752-0569

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