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October 13, 2023
Establishing Your Garden Goals
As the summer season draws to a close, fall ushers in the perfect planting season for California natives. Shorter days, cooler weather, and the promise…
Category: Horticulture
September 29, 2023
Be Local, Plant Local
In celebration of fall 2023, we’re opening the Garden to our central coast community at a special 20% off admission. And, we’ve packed our events…
September 22, 2023
For the Love of the Garden’s Meadow
The Meadow is one of the most iconic sections at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. In spring, it provides the opportunity to view our own local…
July 24, 2023
Ironwood | Issue 33
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…
February 3, 2023
Stanley Smith Plant Establishment Trials
Why Study Native Plant Gardening? California native plant horticulture is an open frontier. There are still lots of basic questions that we haven’t been able…
January 30, 2023
After the Rains: California’s Rain Season
The 2023 rainy season has been marked by a series of atmospheric rivers that have brought abundant moisture to California. With this, the Garden experienced…
January 6, 2023
New Living Conservation Collections Planted at the Garden
This December, a collaboration between The Nature Conservancy and the Conservation and Horticulture departments at the Garden resulted in the addition of 56 new plants…
December 6, 2022
Ironwood | Magazine of Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | Issue 32
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…