The spring/summer issue of Ironwood is now available online. Ironwood, the Garden’s biannual magazine, beautifully celebrates the power of native plants and their impact on people and the planet. As a friend of the Garden, you’re invited to explore our digital issue featuring a closer look at island mallow (Malva assurgentiflora). You can also go…
Linda Ann Vorobik, Ph.D. is a botanist, botanical illustrator, and frequent collaborator with Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. At the Garden, we feel lucky to have her support as both a professional illustrator providing technical illustrations for the Garden’s floristics (including the forthcoming, comprehensive flora of all eight California Channel Islands) and an instructor providing guidance…
The fall/winter issue of Ironwood is now available online. In this latest issue you’ll get an inside look at lichens in a captivating story about how our Tucker Lichenologist Rikke Reese Næsborg, Ph.D. approaches her research. You’ll also hear from our horticulture team regarding some of the best planting and pruning tips for this fall…
When Santa Barbara High Students Lana Lilienstein and Julian Gaede reached out to the Garden, you could almost hear the passion and optimism in their voices. As students of the school’s Multimedia Arts and Design Academy, affectionally referred to as MAD on campus, they were tasked with creating a documentary. The topic of their choice…
THE GARDEN’S ONLINE TALKS ADDRESS BIODIVERSITY, CLIMATE CHANGE, AND CALIFORNIA NATIVE PLANTS AND ANIMALS This summer, the Garden hosted a series of talks called Summer Virtual Lecture Series. In the series, our team of scientists presented information and research about the twin threats of biodiversity loss and climate disruption as a result of human activities,…
To Inspire the Next Generation of Stewards of Our Planet… Our program strives to support California’s Common Core State Standards, California Education and the Environment Initiative, and Next Generation Science Standards by aligning our tours with in-class curriculum requirements. Classes with over 50% of students on free or reduced lunches are eligible to receive a…
Garden Activities for your Classroom We are collecting information to see which resources are most valuable for educators! We’ve created units and activities to support teacher’s science and environmental curriculum both in the classroom, at the Garden, and virtually. If you are interested in getting access to any of the educator resources listed below, please fill out…
I’ve been told tales of people who can hear things in nature that most of us would call “silent.” It’s not just that they have acute hearing and are capable of registering very low decibel levels. It’s a skill that gets developed through deep observation of the natural world and time spent opening oneself to…
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