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The sun is shining on the Pritzlaff Conservation Center. The mountains in the back are sprinkled with lush greenery and the rock remaining is a pinkish hue. It's golden hour, the island plants cast soft shadows across the Island View Lawn. There are blue and orange lounge chairs on the patio. The bushes are blooming with white pink and sage colored flowers.
May 29, 2025
Member Exclusive: Behind The Scenes Tour of the Pritzlaff Conservation Center with Garden Executive Director | Sold Out

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…

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The sun is shining on the Pritzlaff Conservation Center. The mountains in the back are sprinkled with lush greenery and the rock remaining is a pinkish hue. It's golden hour, the island plants cast soft shadows across the Island View Lawn. There are blue and orange lounge chairs on the patio. The bushes are blooming with white pink and sage colored flowers.
May 29, 2025
Member Exclusive: Behind The Scenes Tour of the Pritzlaff Conservation Center with Garden Executive Director

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…

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The sun is shining on the Pritzlaff Conservation Center. The mountains in the back are sprinkled with lush greenery and the rock remaining is a pinkish hue. It's golden hour, the island plants cast soft shadows across the Island View Lawn. There are blue and orange lounge chairs on the patio. The bushes are blooming with white pink and sage colored flowers.
May 29, 2025
Member Exclusive: Behind The Scenes Tour of the Pritzlaff Conservation Center with Garden Executive Director | Sold Out

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…

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The sun is shining on the Pritzlaff Conservation Center. The mountains in the back are sprinkled with lush greenery and the rock remaining is a pinkish hue. It's golden hour, the island plants cast soft shadows across the Island View Lawn. There are blue and orange lounge chairs on the patio. The bushes are blooming with white pink and sage colored flowers.
May 29, 2025
Member Exclusive: Behind The Scenes Tour of the Pritzlaff Conservation Center with Garden Executive Director

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…

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Fire scar area in Thomas Fire are
May 22, 2025
Ready for Wildfire | Smart Strategies for Fire-Safe Living

Details: Join a panel of countywide experts for an important discussion on fire resilience and how to prepare your home, landscape, and neighborhood to better withstand future wildfires. The panel will be facilitated by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden with the generous support of Allen Construction. Speakers include the Garden’s Executive Director Steve Windhager, Ph.D., Santa…

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Two women in mid-calf skirts and blouses sit in the meadow. It's a historic moment, captured in black and white, there's a stone tower in the center of a dirt circle. The expansive meadow is just dirt at this time, but the mountains still stand tall in the background and large bushy trees flow down into the garden.
May 1, 2025
Member Exclusive: Coffee & Pastries with Susan Van Atta | Sold Out

Details: Have you ever wondered how Santa Barbara Botanic Garden came to exist in such a beautiful setting? Would it surprise you to learn that much of it is a designed landscape? Join landscape architect Susan Van Atta, FASLA, as she explores 100 years of landscape planning at the Garden. In 2012, Susan prepared a…

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May 1, 2025
Student Tea Session: Observation Opportunity

Details: Visitors are welcome to step inside the gates of the Tea Garden and observe while Sensei (an instructor) teaches her students the art of Chanoyu, Japanese Tea Ceremony. This is an opportunity for visitors to observe a private lesson. As the focus is on teacher and student, please enjoy silently. Practice will take place approximately…

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May 1, 2025
Student Tea Session: Observation Opportunity

Details: Visitors are welcome to step inside the gates of the Tea Garden and observe while Sensei (an instructor) teaches her students the art of Chanoyu, Japanese Tea Ceremony. This is an opportunity for visitors to observe a private lesson. As the focus is on teacher and student, please enjoy silently. Practice will take place approximately…

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