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  -Santa Cruz hotel and vacation guide-
Santa Cruz is home to the University of California, Santa Cruz, which was built starting in the 1960s as an 'alternative' campus with a residential college system based on the British system, (see University of Cambridge or University of Oxford).
Santa Cruz is the reputed site of the first surfing in California in 1885, when three Hawaiian princes surfed on locally milled redwood boards at the mouth of the San Lorenzo River, but there were no witnesses and scant circumstantial evidence to prove it.
Santa Cruz is also home to KSCO 1080 AM, one of the last independent commercial radio stations in the country.
www.santacruz.us   (1559 words)

  
  University of California, Santa Cruz, Arboretum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of California, Santa Cruz, Arboretum, also called the UCSC Arboretum, is located on the campus of the University of California, Santa Cruz, in Santa Cruz, California, USA.
The Arboretum, and in fact the entire campus, was originally part of the larger property of pioneer Henry Cowell.
California Garden - Most noteworthy are the ponderosa pines, along with coast redwoods, Douglas firs, coast live oaks, California bays, willows, cottonwoods, madrones, and buckeyes.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz,_Arboretum   (565 words)

  
 University of California, Santa Cruz - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The University of California, Santa Cruz, also known as UCSC or UC Santa Cruz, is one of the ten campuses of the University of California.
Located 75 miles south of San Francisco in the coastal community of Santa Cruz, the campus lies on 2,000 acres of gently rolling, redwood-forested hills overlooking the Pacific Ocean and Monterey Bay.
Although the original founders had outlined their plans for the University in the 1930s, the opportunity did not present itself to realize their vision until the City of Santa Cruz made a bid to the University of California Regents in the mid-1950s to build a campus in the mountains outside town.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/University_of_California,_Santa_Cruz   (2159 words)

  
  California Flowers and Botanical Gardens  -  California Beach Photography 
California Flowers and Botanical Gardens are some offer the finest collections of native plants, rare and endangered flowers and fauna, and lovely spaces for the public to enjoy throughout California.
California's state flower is the California Poppy, shown in the photo in the upper left column.
From Santa Catalina Island's Wrigley Botanical Garden with incredible architecture, to Filoli Estate in San Mateo County, flower gardens are scattered throughout California for tourists to visit and enjoy.
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 The Ultimate University of California, Santa Cruz Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
It is one of the ten campuses of the University of California.
Although the original founders had outlined their plans for the University in the 1930s, the opportunity did not present itself to build such a unique educational experiment until the City of Santa Cruz made a bid to the University of California Regents in the mid-1950s to build a campus in the mountains outside town.
The substantial population of UCSC alumni in Santa Cruz has helped to change the electorate of the town from predominantly Republican [11] to markedly left-leaning, voting nearly three to one for Democrat John Kerry over Republican George W. Bush in the 2004 U.S. presidential election [12].
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 University of California - Cultural Resources - Botanical Gardens and Herbaria - The University of California has ...
University of California - Cultural Resources - Botanical Gardens and Herbaria - The University of California has hundreds of libraries, museums, arts venues and science centers that are great places to find a book, experience art, or explore the mysteries of the sea and the starry sky.
Santa Cruz - Alan Chadwick Garden and the Farm at the
The UC Santa Cruz Arboretum occupies one of the most propitious horticultural sites in the world, with a climatic and topographic diversity for experimenting with almost every species that might be grown along the California coast between San Diego and Crescent City, and a diversity of soils that can scarcely be matched anywhere.
www.universityofcalifornia.edu /cultural/gardens.html   (132 words)

  
 Ventana archives - UCSC
However university administrators, who appear to be reacting to the voices of campus employees who are unable to find suitable parking on campus, are planning more campus parking.
University planners have provided guidelines for how to accomplish that goal, and apparently substantial funding exists to pursue it.
The Arboretum is located at the base of the UCSC campus on High Street in Santa Cruz.
ventana.sierraclub.org /archive/ucsc.htm   (1025 words)

  
 University of California, Santa Cruz Arboretum in Santa Cruz, California; gardeners' reviews and information
University of California, Santa Cruz Arboretum in Santa Cruz, California; gardeners' reviews and information
They didn't have quite the number of plants (or people plant shopping!) as some of the other sales I go to, but between their plants and the CA Native Plant Society which was having a sale there as well, I could not have fit another plant in my car if I tried!
Other Parks and Arboreta Near Santa Cruz, CA
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A wholesale nursery in Santa Barbara, San Marcos Growers is known for its plant diversity and for introducing new plants suitable for California.
Ben is a native Californian with a BA in biology at University of California, Santa Cruz; MA in Pomology and PhD in Soils at University of California, Davis.
David is a graduate of University of California, Santa Barbara and Santa Barbara City College’s Landscape Horticulture Program, and a former instructor of landscape irrigation.
groups.ucanr.org /VCMG/Home_Gardening_Symposium/Speakers.htm   (1884 words)

  
 SAF - Periodicals: Forestry Source - New Species of Conifer Discovered in North Vietnam   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
An international team of botanists working in Vietnam have discovered a conifer in a remote northern part of the country whose genus and species are previously unknown to science.
Daniel Harder, director of the University of California-Santa Cruz Arboretum and codiscoverer of the new species, and his collaborators discovered more than 100 new species of plants while in Vietnam, but Harder says the conifer is among the most remarkable.
For information, contact Daniel Harder, Arboretum University of California-Santa Cruz, 1156 High Street, Santa Cruz, CA 95064; (831) 427-2998; fax (831) 427-1524; dkharder@cats.ucsc.edu.
www.safnet.org /archive/302_conifer.cfm   (624 words)

  
 † DBL-CRESTED CORMORANT U sum, FC Sep-Apr overhead
This checklist covers the UCSC Arboretum, ephemeral pond (Arboretum’s "reservoir"), adjacent fields and pastures, Moore Creek’s marshy stretch just north of the Arboretum, and UCSC’s Experimental Farm.
A printed edition of this checklist, available at the Arboretum, includes a map of the area.
With continued surveys, careful identifications, and documented reporting to the Santa Cruz Bird Club of rarities, this list of "X" species is bound to lengthen.
www.santacruzbirdclub.org /arblist.html   (324 words)

  
 Glacier's retreat in Greenland
Currents Newspaper is a weekly publication from the UC Santa Cruz Public Affairs Office.
In addition to Howat and Tulaczyk, the authors of the paper include Ian Joughin of the University of Washington and Sivaprasad Gogineni of the University of Kansas.
The research was funded by grants from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the National Science Foundation.
currents.ucsc.edu /05-06/11-14/glacier.asp   (1109 words)

  
 NBII California Node - Plants   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
From the developers of the most recent California Flora: the latest information on identification, taxonomy, distribution, ecology, relationships, and diversity of California vascular plants.
Suprageneric Classification of California Monocots Includes list of southern CA botanic gardens.
The University of California Berkeley Jepson Herbarium UC Berkeley and Jepson Herbariums, collections for the Jepson Flora, CA.
cain.nbii.org /plants_animals/plants   (249 words)

  
 New Zealand Lord of the Rings Tours - Pacific Pathways
Sponsored by the San Francisco Botanical Gardens and the University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum
He is presently Curator of the nine-acre New Zealand Garden at UCSC.
She is a member of the San Francisco Botanical Gardens at Strybing Arboretum.
www.pacificpathways.com /garden.htm   (380 words)

  
 California Garden & Landscape History Society
Conferences are held throughout California and focus on a landscape region or theme.
Lectures by invited speakers, receptions, and tours of private gardens, parks, nurseries, and cultural landscapes are highlights of the conferences.
Other organizations are invited to partner with the Society to present the history of California’s gardens and cultural landscapes.
www.cglhs.org /pages/Conferences.html   (267 words)

  
 South African Flower, UCSC Santa Cruz Arboretum, Santa Cruz, California - San Miguel Photography: Fine Art Photographs   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
University of California - Santa Cruz Arboretum, Santa Cruz, California
PROTEA magnifica "Giant Woolly Beard" grow in the heat and the grassy terrain of South Africa.
The University of California - Santa Cruz Arboretum's South African Garden is home to one of the largest collections of South African flowers outside South Africa.
www.sanmiguelphoto.com /HTML/Nature/Flowers_Detail2.htm   (79 words)

  
 University of California Santa Cruz Arboretum - Brief Article Sunset - Find Articles
Located on a hill high above Santa Cruz, the Arboretum enjoys some of the finest weather in the Bay Area, and the plant collection here thrives in this near-perfect Mediterranean climate.
The native plant section includes many varieties that originate along the West Coast, including those plants from the islands off California.
You will also find rare conifers and hundreds of other unusual plants in this garden, all of which is seen against views of Monterey Bay and the Pacific Ocean.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1216/is_5_206/ai_74827049   (161 words)

  
 UC Santa Cruz Arboretum - mediterranean climate gardening throughout the world   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
UC Santa Cruz Arboretum - mediterranean climate gardening throughout the world
The mission of the UC Santa Cruz Arboretum is to be a University and community resource that is a biogeographically focused plant collection in a series of beautiful research gardens.
The rare California Bay Area endemic Calochortus tiburonensis
www.mediterraneangardensociety.org /gardens/uc.santa.cruz.arboretum.cfm   (72 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Plant Resins: Chemistry, Evolution, Ecology, and Ethnobotany: Books   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-27)
Dan Harder University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum Bulletin : Has something impressive for everyone who ventures into its pages.
Dan Harder University of California at Santa Cruz Arboretum Bulletin : I never expected to be so captivated by the singular subject.
This outstanding work is comprehensive and detailed yet there is something for everyone to appreciate.
www.amazon.ca /exec/obidos/ASIN/0881925748   (1073 words)

  
 Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
The campus is located on Monterey Bay, which has the largest concentration of marine research programs in the country.
Terrestrial biologists have access to all of California's natural environments through the University of California's Natural Reserve System.
More than two-thirds of our faculty participate actively in field studies throughout the Pacific Basin (from Alaska to Antarctica), in Pacific Rim nations (Latin America, the Far East, and Australia), and beyond.
www.biology.ucsc.edu /eeb   (230 words)

  
 The UCSC Arboretum
The Arboretum is open each day from 9 am to 5 pm.
at the Arboretum include volunteering, internships, work-study positions, free lectures, research, weeding, and use of the Arboretum library.
Because of the quality of the collections and the beauty of the site, visitors come from many countries each year to see the gardens.
www2.ucsc.edu /arboretum   (424 words)

  
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Santa Cruz City Museum of Natural History on East Cliff Drive
Santa Cruz Mission State Historical Park - restoration of Native American living quarters
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