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| 2024 | Tropical house in the UC Botanical Garden was renovated, featuring tropical plants of economic value and unique specimens like the giant corpse lily Amorphophallus. |
| 2024 | A powerful storm damaged the Asian Plant Collection, toppling a colossal redwood tree and causing significant harm to rare and critically endangered plant specimens, including a Parana pine tree, a Queensland eucalyptus, and a gum-leaf cone bush from Southern Africa. |
| June 2023 | The garden successfully raised US$150,000 to repair the Japanese Pool to protect the resident newt populations. |
| 2015 | The garden celebrated its 125th anniversary with the renovation of the Redwood Amphitheater. |
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