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AT THE ARBORETUM

Tour -- Early Spring in the Storer Garden. 2 p.m. March 16, gazebo, Garrod Drive. Free parking along Garrod Drive and in Lot 55.

Folk Music Jam -- Play or listen. Noon March 21, and April 4 and 18. Wyatt Deck, adjacent to the redwood grove. Parking $6 in Lot 5, Old Davis Road and A Street.

Tour -- Living Under the Redwoods. 11 a.m. March 22, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center. Free parking in Lots 1 and 2 and the south entry garage south of the Mondavi center for the Performing Arts.

Tour -- Spring in the Native Plant Garden. 11 a.m. March 29, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

Botanical art workshop -- Techniques of botanical drawing and painting in watercolor, with instructor Catherine Watters. 9 a.m.-4 p.m. March 29-30. $170, or $150 for ΢²ªÊÓƵ students and members of Friends of the ΢²ªÊÓƵ Arboretum, plus $10 materials fee. Space is limited. Registration and more information: (530) 752-4880 or . 752-4880.

All events are open to the public, and all are free except the botanical art workshop. More information: (530) 752-4880 or .

AT STEBBINS COLD CANYON

Spring and summer nature outings begin this weekend at this unit of the ΢²ªÊÓƵ Natural Reserve System.

NATURE OUTINGS

The Flow of Water -- 9 a.m. March 15

Bobcat Ranch: A Look at Restoration in Practice (the ranch is northeast of Stebbins Cold Canyon) -- 8:30 a.m. March 22, meet at Steady Eddy's in Winters

Plant Communities -- 9 a.m. March 30

NATURE'S THEATER.

Winter Won't Go -- 9 a.m. March 29. For ages 4-8.

All activities are free and open to the public. Activities fill up fast; reservations are required. E-mail Jeff Falyn, jfalyn@ucdavis.edu, with your name, address, event date, and phone number and-or e-mail address, and indicate whether you need directions. More information and the complete activity schedule for spring: .