The Redwood Grove is one of the largest collections of Sequoia sempervirens, the coastal redwood, outside its native range and is the best place to go in the Arboretum if you want to feel enveloped in trees. It is nothing, of course, compared to some of the old growth forests in other parts of the state but, come on, this is Davis. If you want to see the real thing, Muir Woods, in Marin County, is a reasonably close choice, and has 225' tall trees in something close to their natural state.
During the summer and fall of 2003, the Redwood Grove was renovated, thanks in part to generous donations from members of the class of 2000. The renovation included: new picnic tables and benches; new lighting; improved irrigation; new paths and improvement of existing paths; installation of educational signs; a new gathering circle with a small fountain.
There are educational signs for:
The genus name for redwoods (Sequoia) is probably an homage to ![[wikipedia]](http://wikispot.org/wiki/eggheadbeta/img/inter.png){kind=small}
Sequoyah, the Cherokee linguist who invented the syllabary for the Cherokee language.
Pictures
A view looking into the grove from the northwest.
A water fountain 
bench made of old growth redwood 
Thank you for not carving on the benches Benches, Memorials
