by students. In 2022, the Arboretum received a one-million-dollar gift from a former Provost and her husband.
Collections are arranged primarily by nativity and feature a diverse array of trees, shrubs, and other landscape plants appropriate for the Central Coast of California region. The gardens display hundreds of plants, primarily from the Mediterranean forests, woodlands, and scrub Biome in the world's five Mediterranean climate regions located in areas of: Australia, California, Chile, the Mediterranean region, and South Africa. The arboretum also has a New Zealand garden, a dwarf and unusual conifer garden, a formal garden, and displays of cycads, palms, and succulents.
The arboretum is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday–Saturday. Admission is free.
== Academics ==
=== Colleges ===
As of 2020, the university offers 65 bachelor's degrees, 39 master's degrees, 84 minors and 13 credentials in six colleges:
College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences
College of Architecture and Environmental …
