The Arboretum is home to a world-class living collection of native flora from California, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and Chile. Undergraduates can assist with a wide range of horticultural tasks, conservation projects, or educational programs. There are also opportunities to work with professors who use the Arboretum as a field site.
Program Goal(s):
- To teach students about plant biodiversity and conservation
- To help students become more aware of nature and how it works and learn skills, techniques and methodologies for stewardship, land and botanical resource management
- To teach students that part of conservation is growing
Majors
Biology
Ecology and Evolution
Environmental Studies
Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology
Plant Sciences
Contact
Brett Hall
brett@ucsc.edu
Additional Details
Location: On-campus
Program Time Period: All Year, Summer, Winter Quarter, Spring Quarter, Fall Quarter
Compensation: Academic Credit, Paid, Volunteer
Application Deadline: Contact the program for more information.
Website:
http://arboretum.ucsc.edu/