On Sunday, November 17, celebrating National Hiking Day, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is opening the new Tipton Trail, a pathway connecting Garden members and guests to the eastern portion of the Garden’s 78-acre property. This 1.3-mile long, out-and-back trail begins in the Garden’s Pollinator Garden Section, north of the Pritzlaff Conservation Center and east of Mission…
This spring, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden proudly presents “Arriving Home,” a new exhibition of prints and paper cut collages by multidisciplinary environmental artist, Justina Freel. Through her unique artistic expressions, Freel invites us on a journey into the intimate lives of birds, connecting us with the native habitats that are essential for their survival—and ours.…
Invasive species are one of the biggest contributors to a decline in biological diversity that is happening across the globe, and we’re seeing this play out right here on the central coast at Elings Park. Having been tilled and farmed years ago, the southern Elings Park Mesa has a long legacy of soil disturbance. This…
From the beginning, when Anna Dorinda Blaksley Bliss purchased the first 13 acres in Mission Canyon in 1926 with a request that it become a botanic garden, the Garden’s mission has been driven by the generosity of its fiercest supporters. Only with this support can we realize our mission – to conserve native plants and…
Since 1926, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden has understood the interdependency between people and plants. Driven to preserve our natural world, our mission was established to conserve the foundation of all life on Earth — native plants. Today, the Garden is home to more than 974 unique native species, subspecies, and cultivars found only within the California…
Sometimes, when you’re so busy doing the work, it’s hard to slow down and celebrate the progress, people, and supporters behind it all. Our biannual magazine, Ironwood, is changing this script and we’re proud to introduce our latest issue, #34. With each new issue we put a spotlight on our latest wins, explore topics near…
Few people can call the natural world their office. However, Heather Schneider, Ph.D., the senior rare plant conservation scientist at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden, isn’t one of those people! Her full-time job is to understand, protect, and restore California’s rare native plants – and she’s been growing her team and the Garden’s collection of rare…
As the Garden’s Board of Trustees chair, Mark Funk is committed to nurturing the Garden’s growth and ensuring we do everything we can to fulfill our mission. That’s why he wanted to join us for our year-end appeal season with an important message for Stock Monday (November 27), a day highlighting the benefits of giving…
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