Past Events & Classes

Details: This webinar, co-hosted between Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and Santa Barbara Audubon Society, will share ways to record breeding bird activity in your yard and community, as well as best practices for maintaining your…

About the Backcountry Casitas Project: Whether you’re an architect, contractor, design-build team, artist, hobbyist, or student, the Garden needs your help building nature playhouses that encourage the community – especially families – to get outdoors…

Details: Join instructors Steve Junak and Sabina Thomas for an exciting day trip to Scorpion Cove on Santa Cruz Island. Our group will depart from Ventura Harbor via Island Packers. After the boat docks at…

Details: Visitors are welcome to step inside the gates of the Tea Garden and observe while Sensei (an instructor) teaches her students the art of Chanoyu, Japanese Tea Ceremony. This is an opportunity for visitors to…

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…

Details: Join us for a celebration of the exhibition Seed: A Living Dream on May 4, from 2-3 p.m. Artist Rosie Brand invites you to return for The Opening of the Pods, a playful activation of…

Details: May is Bird Month at the Garden! Visit the Santa Barbara Audubon Society's table for invaluable bird-watching tips and insights on cultivating a native plant garden to attract birds. Engage with experts passionate about…

Details: In this program, Pathfinders will spread their wings and soar as we discover how to get in tune with our feathered friends. From binoculars to bird language basics, Pathfinders will learn new tricks to…

Details: Enjoy the creative search for artistic natural subjects at the Garden, recording the life that abounds, in your sketchbook through drawings and writings. We will explore subjects both near and far, using lightweight art…

Details: Visitors are welcome to step inside the gates of the Tea Garden and observe while Sensei (an instructor) teaches her students the art of Chanoyu, Japanese Tea Ceremony. This is an opportunity for visitors to…