Category: Gardening Tips & Tricks

White poppies with yellow centers in sunny garden.
May 12, 2025
Landscape Graphics for DIY Designers with Scot Pipkin

Details: When it comes to improving and communicating design, visualization is a critical tool for ensuring that your ideas become a reality on the ground. In this workshop, we will explore some graphical techniques for visualizing and improving our design ideas. From conceptual diagrams to more technical renderings, this class will explore a variety of…

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Cluster of creamy white yucca flowers under blue sky
April 23, 2025
Summer Gardening: Native Plant Irrigation | Sold Out

Details Have you been mulling over whether or not manzanitas need water in the summer? Curious about ceanothus watering care? Wondering how to water woolly blue curls during their first summer? As we move into the warmer months of the year, it is important to know when and how to water California native plants. Join…

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Purple wildflowers in foreground with orange flowers behind.
April 18, 2025
Member Exclusive: Home Garden Tour – Sold Out

Details We’re thrilled to share that our beloved Home Garden Tour is blooming into something new this year! Traditionally a special day reserved for volunteers, we’re excited to open the gates a little wider and invite Garden members to join in the fun. This year’s hosts include both volunteers and members, and all Garden Members…

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Young lady with gloves and a bucket kneeling down to plant native plants with green leaves and tall stalks with pink tubular flowers.
March 31, 2025
Certificación de Paisajismo con Plantas Nativas de California-2025 | Agotado

Agotado Details: Nuestro Programa de Certificación de Paisajismo con Plantas Nativas de California es un completo programa de formación laboral diseñado para profesionales del paisajismo y para quienes aspiran a entrar en este campo en el sur de California. Desarrollado e impartido por expertos en plantas nativas respetados, el programa proporciona a los participantes los conocimientos y…

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Hummingbird hovering near flowering plant with vibrant green leaves.
March 13, 2025
Morning Bird Walk

Details: Join birding expert Rebecca Coulter as she leads a group walk through the Garden for a morning of watching and listening for a variety of birds. During this walk you may see several types of bird species that migrate through our region, changing season to season. The year-round resident species are always doing something…

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Lush garden with colorful wildflowers and distant mountains.
March 13, 2025
Identifying Plant Families in the Garden | Sold Out

Details: Get to know the California native plants in your yard! This class will help you learn and refine your plant identification skills as we go over the characteristics that unite some of the most commonly found plant families in backyards, nurseries, and at the Garden! Living Collections Curator Christina Varnava will show you how…

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Group of people learning how to prune a tree for the Native Plant Certification Program
March 13, 2025
Seasonal Native Plant Maintenance | Sold Out

Details: As we move into the winter season, it’s time to start thinking about maintenance and other seasonal considerations in your garden. We invite you to join us for a morning of learning about the seasonality of native plant maintenance. Topics covered in this class include planting techniques and strategies, maintenance specifications, seasonal irrigation considerations,…

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Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Meadow in full bloom, featuring mixed plantings of Island Pink Yarrow (Achillea ‘Island Pink’) and CA poppy (Eschscholzia californica)
February 8, 2025
Wild at Heart with Wildflowers – Sold Out

Details: Spring is the season of wildflowers! From the iridescent blue-violet hues of annual lupines to the orange blossoms of our iconic state flower, the California poppy, spring is the time of year to go out and admire the beauty that annual wildflowers provide to the landscape. Join us to learn all about the horticulture…

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