Details: Join Santa Barbara Botanic Garden for a free, family-friendly celebration of pollinators at Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden — the site of our exciting new native plant transformation. Together with the City of Santa Barbara Parks and Recreation Department, we’re showcasing how native landscapes can be both beautiful and beneficial, creating a living model…
Details: Join Ellwood Friends and the Garden’s Director of Education and Engagement, Scot Pipkin, for a guided walk through Ellwood Mesa to explore the beauty and benefits of native California plants. Learn how these resilient species support pollinators, conserve water, and strengthen ecosystems — at Ellwood and in your own garden. This walk is free…
Details: What does it mean to be a Backcountry Pathfinder? A Pathfinder is an explorer, someone who respects nature and inspires others through example and leadership. Children ages 8-13 are invited to join our group of Backcountry Pathfinders where they’ll grow skills and become leaders in caring for nature. Participants who complete Pathfinder activities qualify…
Details: Garden members receive FREE admission to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art for the entire month of September as part of a special reciprocal agreement in celebration of membership month. Members of the Santa Barbara Museum of Art also receive free admission to visit the Garden this month. Reservations to the Santa Barbara Museum of Art…
Details: Join Keith Nevison, Director of Horticulture and Operations, for a morning of coffee, pastries and learning as we discuss one of Santa Barbara Botanic garden’s newest projects: The 805 Initiative. This year, the Garden is launching a “local natives” project to collect seed, grow out and make available for purchase, plants with genetic adaptations…
Details: Garden members will have an opportunity to meet Executive Director, Steve Windhager, Ph.D., and gain behind-the-scenes access to the Garden’s Pritzlaff Conservation Center. This tour will include interactions with scientists at work in the center’s labs, and a peek at our extensive herbarium collection. Please take advantage of this exclusive insight into our conservation…
Garden visitors have the opportunity to view the Tea House while practice is not in session.
Garden visitors have the opportunity to view the Tea House while practice is not in session.
Learn all about native plants and explore the Garden. Sign up for our newsletter.
Donate