 The UCSC Arboretum has gardens
with plants from Australia, New
Zealand, and South Africa, as well as
California natives, cactus and succulents,
and a world conifer collection.
For Art enthusiasts there are two primary art galleries on
campus: the Mary Porter Sesnon
Art Gallery at Porter College, and
the Eloise Pickard Smith Gallery at
Cowell College. Open during the
academic year, both schedule exhibitions
of work by contemporary artists and
important collections of historic
interest.
The 25 -acre Farm, a project of
the Center for Agroecology &
Sustainable Food Systems, is
located on the hilly slopes to the west of
the main entrance road, 14 . Fruit trees,
vegetables, flowers, herbs, berries, and
other crops are used to study organic
methods of sustainable agriculture.
Similar work is done at the four-acre
Alan Chadwick Garden just below
Merrill College, 6 . Produce is sold
at the main campus entrance late
spring through early fall on Tuesdays
and Fridays. Both facilities are open
year-round 8 a.m.–5 p.m. and welcome
visitors.
The Seymour Marine Discovery
Center at Joseph M. Long
Marine Laboratory is major research
facility for UC Santa Cruz’s Institute of
Marine Sciences, and is located
three miles from campus at 100 Shaffer
Road at the west end of Delaware
Avenue in Santa Cruz. Visitors can
learn about marine life in Monterey
Bay and the Pacific through aquaria,
exhibits, and touch tanks. On view
is the skeleton of an 87-foot blue
whale, the largest blue whale skeleton
on display in the world.
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