Tour — Simple Secrets for Great Container Gardens. 10 a.m. Sept. 12, Arboretum Terrace Garden, Davis Commons shopping center, First Street and Richards Boulevard.

Folk Music Jams — Play or listen. Noon Sept. 18, and Oct. 2 and 16. Wyatt Deck.

Tour — Australian Plants for Central Valley Gardens. 10 a.m. Sept. 19, Arboretum Terrace Garden, Davis Commons shopping center, First Street and Richards Boulevard.

Poetry in the Garden — Thomas Centolella reads some of his work. He is the recipient of the 1996 Poetry Medal from the Commonwealth Club of California and the 1992 Lannan Literary Award for Poetry, and he received the Stegner Fellowship at Stanford University. 7 p.m. Sept. 24, Wyatt Deck.

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

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