Step into a once-in-a-lifetime evening beneath the redwoods. On October 2 from 6–9 p.m., the Redwood Section transforms into an open-air dance floor for a 21+ silent disco experience unlike any other. Slip on a pair of wireless headphones and tune in as DJ Darla Bea spins a high-energy mix of hits across the decades,…
Details: Part of the Garden’s Free Community Days! Every Sunday in October, admission to the Garden is free for everyone. Reservations are required. The community is invited to get creative and help repaint the Garden’s symbolic “100” year sign for the next season for visitors to enjoy!
Details Celebrate 100 years of Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s work studying, protecting, and championing California’s native plants. Still Growing draws from the Garden’s own archives to present a century of fieldwork and care through hundreds of archival photographs. Visit the exhibition and join the Native Plant Movement by signing the Native Plant Steward pledge. Make a Reservation…
Details: Enjoy the creative search for artistic natural subjects at the Garden, recording the life that abounds, in your sketchbook through drawings and writings. We will explore subjects both near and far, using lightweight art materials such as pencil, pen, watercolor and colored pencils. Botanical Illustration is encouraged: leaves, flowers, trees. A list and sources…
Discover the intricate connections between birds, native plants, and the health of our local ecosystems at the Garden’s newest gallery exhibit. Drawing from Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s landscape transformation work at Elings Park, From the Ground Up reveals how restoring native plants helps bring wildlife back home. Explore how birdwatching, field notes, and scientific observation…
Details: Join us for the 20th anniversary celebration of the ShinKanAn Teahouse at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Registered guests can enjoy matcha tea and Japanese sweets for $10 a person. Admission to the Garden is required in addition to the $10 fee. Garden visitors are welcome to observe the celebration for free. Seatings will be available from 12 p.m. to…
Have you noticed patchworks of orange on boulders? Tangled strands of silver-blue clinging to twigs? Shag carpets of pale green draped across tree branches? These are lichens — living art hiding in plain sight. This exhibition blends science, storytelling, and creative expression to pull back the curtain on Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s lichen research. Members of…
Details: Enjoy the creative search for artistic natural subjects at the Garden, recording the life that abounds, in your sketchbook through drawings and writings. We will explore subjects both near and far, using lightweight art materials such as pencil, pen, watercolor and colored pencils. Botanical Illustration is encouraged: leaves, flowers, trees. A list and sources…
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