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December 31, 2024
Creating Belonging: From Grief to Gratitude
When I began as a guest services associate at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 15 years ago, I never imagined how deeply I’d come to love…
Category: Member & Donor Stories
July 12, 2024
Celebrating Ironwood 35 | Now Available Online
The digital edition of our latest Ironwood, the Garden’s bi-annual magazine, is now available. Celebrating a new chapter in our journey to conserve native plants…
December 21, 2023
A Family Tree: The Baker Family and its Torrey Pine
For nearly a century, we’ve not only worked to establish our conservation mission that ensures biodiversity can thrive, but we’ve also acted as stewards for…
December 18, 2023
Seven Questions with Grounds Manager Stephanie Ranes
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…
December 18, 2023
Ironwood | Issue 34
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…
December 4, 2023
Seven Questions with Senior Rare Plant Conservation Scientist Heather Schneider, Ph.D.
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…
November 26, 2023
Seven Questions with Board of Trustees Chair Mark Funk
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…
November 13, 2023
Seven Questions with Tucker Lichenologist and Curator of the Lichenarium Rikke Reese Næsborg, Ph.D.
In the pursuit of her doctorate in Sweden, Rikke Reese Næsborg, Ph.D., became fascinated with lichen and was determined to turn her passion into a…