Details: Join the Garden’s restoration and bug science teams as they each share fun facts about their favorite insect groups. Terrestrial Invertebrate Ecologist Dr. Sarah Cusser will speak about butterflies, including common butterflies found around California and tips to identify them. Dr. Zach Phillips will share details on a common species of invasive spider, and…
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…
Details: In celebration of International Women’s Month, join landscape architect Susan Van Atta and Garden Archivist Hannah Barton as we recognize the women that have shaped the Garden over our hundred year history. From our founder Anna Dorinda Blaksley Bliss, to landscape architect Beatrix Farrand, and former Garden Director Dr. Katherine Muller, our Garden would…
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…
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…
Details: Curious about container gardening? Join Matt Straka, retail manager, to learn all about growing native plants in containers. We’ll gather at the Arbor Terrace for morning coffee and pastries before heading to the Garden’s nursery, where Matt will share tips and tricks for creating your own native plant habitat—even in small spaces. Looking for…
Learn all about native plants and explore the Garden. Sign up for our newsletter.
Donate