Details: Join us for a weekend of free winter-inspired arts and crafts activities using natural materials found around the Garden. Come each day for a different art or craft activity hosted by our Backcountry rangers. Mud Painting: Saturday, December 17th Come exercise your creativity using nature’s free art supplies! We invite you to join us in…
Details: The Garden’s Tucker Lichenologist & Curator of the Lichenarium, Rikke Resse Naesborg, will be giving a talk about her exciting work with tiny critters on giant tress. Coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) supports rich communities of epiphytes growing high in their crowns, including a diversity of lichens, bryophytes, and vascular plants. California Native Plant Societies…
Creators of new gallery exhibition, Interlopings: Colors in the Warp and Weft of Ecological Entanglements Details: Helén Svensson and Lisa Jevbratt use non-native plants that grow on Santa Cruz to dye yarn and wool from Santa Cruz Island Sheep (a breed endemic to, but now removed from the island). The plants they use have a…
About the exhibit: Helén Svensson and Lisa Jevbratt use non-native plants growing on Santa Cruz to dye yarn and wool from Santa Cruz Island Sheep (a breed endemic to, but now removed from the island). The plants they use have a rich history of nutritional, magical, and medicinal uses in their countries of origin. Santa…
Details: Please join noted local arborist and restorationist Dave Muffly for a wide-ranging discussion about climate change and native oaks, including best management practices for oaks at home. Dave has been growing oaks for 33 years, and began his tree journey managing one of the most successful restoration projects in California at Stanford University, where…
Details: Join local composer Cody Westheimer as he gives an informal talk on his commission for the Santa Barbara Symphony. “Wisdom of the Water, Earth, Sky” premieres November 19th and 20th at the Granada. Cody will discuss how his connection with nature shaped the work. And how his collaboration with his friends Ernestine and Marianne…
Details: Celebrate the opening of Connie Jenkins’ newest exhibit, “Thirteen Moons: A Book of Hours,” at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Pritzlaff Conservation Center Gallery. The exhibition features photorealist paintings of native flowers Jenkins created to record the passing seasons. This is a free opportunity to meet the artist and learn more about her work,…
Details: Stop by our California native plant nursery to learn quick tips and tricks for fall planting. Each Sunday in November, Retail and Nursery Manager, Matt Straka, will discuss subjects to ensure your fall planting success. Topics will include how to prep your garden for planting, what defines an “established” plant, soil and mulch techniques,…
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