Tour — Perennial Plants for the Central Valley. 10 a.m. Sept. 26, gazebo.

Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon Oct. 2, 16 and 30, Wyatt Deck.

Plant Sale — 35th annual Plant Faire. Oct. 3. See separate story for information on this sale plus another on Oct. 17, and a "presale" event Oct. 2 at the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory.

Tour — Planting Perennials. 2 p.m. Oct. 4, gazebo.

Tour — Tips for Successful Container Gardens. 11 a.m. Oct. 10, Arboretum Terrace Garden, Davis Commons shopping center, First Street and Richards Boulevard.

Walk With Warren — With Warren Roberts, arboretum superintendent. Noon Oct. 14, arboretum headquarters, La Rue Road.

Opening Night: Readings by the Creative Writing Faculty — 7 p.m. Oct. 15, Wyatt Deck (or 126 Voorhies Hall, in the event of rain). Award-winning fiction writers and poets open the new academic year with readings from their work. The writers include Lucy Corin, Joshua Clover, Pam Houston, Joe Wenderoth and Alan Williamson. Co-sponsored by the arboretum and the Department of English.

Plant Sale and Warren Roberts Retirement Reception — See separate story for information on this sale plus another on Oct. 3, and a "presale" event Oct. 2 at the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory.

Tour — Meet Some Native California Plants. 2 p.m. Oct. 18, Buehler Alumni and Visitors Center.

Tour — Outstanding Oaks! 11 a.m. Oct. 24, gazebo.

Poetry in the Garden — Emerita Sandra Gilbert, Distinguished Professor of English, the author of seven collections of poetry, a memoir and an anthology of elegies; and Kel Munger, book editor, Sacramento News & Review, and author of the poetry collection The Fragile Peace You Keep. Noon Oct. 29, Wyatt Deck.

Tour — Autumn Colors in the Storer Garden. 11 a.m. Oct. 31, gazebo.

All events are free and open to the public. More information: (530) 752-4880 or arboretum.ucdavis.edu.