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December 9, 2025
Free Senior Day | October 14, 2026
Welch-Ryce-Haider invites Seniors to be our special guests and enjoy Santa Barbara Botanic Garden free of admission.
Category: Free
November 20, 2025
100 Years In, 100 Years to Grow!
Details In 2026, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden will celebrate 100 years of conserving California’s native plants. Join us for hands-on crafts and activities honoring our history and looking ahead to the next century of native plant science and advocacy. The first 100 participants will receive a free native plant to take home! Price This event…
November 3, 2025
Pathfinders: Cutting Clones | Sold Out
Details: Pathfinders will create clones from plants as they do vegetative cuttings. They’ll discover how plants have special structures for regrowth that can be used to create entirely new plants. They’ll wrap up by taking their own cuttings to bring home. What does it mean to be a Backcountry Pathfinder? A Pathfinder is an explorer,…
October 23, 2025
From the Ground Up: Planting for Birds and Birding for PlantsÂ
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…
October 23, 2025
Community Planting Event
Help us beautify the Garden during community planting event. This activity is free with admission and all materials are provided. Meet behind the Maze. This opportunity takes place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. or while supplies last. Participants must pay Garden admission to attend. Make a reservation today! Thank you to Montecito Bank & Trust for…
September 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…
September 19, 2025
Pathfinders: Finding Feathered Friends
Details: In this program, Pathfinders will spread their wings and soar as we discover how to get in tune with our feathered friends. From binoculars to bird language basics, Pathfinders will learn new tricks to better observe and understand our woodland birds. Registration is limited to 12 youths, ages 8-13. Pricing: This event is free…
September 19, 2025
Pathfinders: From Acorns to Oaks || Canceled
As Pathfinders explore various forms of horticulture, the act of growing plants, they’ll become familiar with the basics of plant reproduction while developing their skills. In this program, Pathfinders will receive firsthand experience germinating an oak acorn. They’ll explore how oaks are keystone species and support an abundance of organisms before planting an acorn to care…