Everything about The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden totally explained
The
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is a 26 ha (65 acre) garden, containing over 1,000 species of rare and indigenous plants. It is located in
Mission Canyon,
Santa Barbara,
California,
USA.
The purpose of the Garden is to display
California native plants in natural settings. There are approximately 9.2 km (5.5 miles) of hiking trails within the garden.
Mission Creek flows through the premises, and includes a rock dam which was constructed in 1806 by
Native Americans (mainly
Canaliños) under the direction of the Spanish padres of the adjacent
Mission Santa Barbara. From now until 2007, the Garden is home to
Patrick Dougherty's latest sculpture, Toad Hall, a two-story tower and a maze of pathways and chambers made of twisted and woven willows.
The Garden was founded in 1926 and designed by noted landscape architect
Beatrix Farrand. By 1936 its focus had narrowed to plants native to the
California Floristic Province (which includes a bit of southwestern
Oregon and part of
Baja California, as well as most of the state of California). The Garden became a Santa Barbara County Landmark in 1983 (the dam on Mission Creek was already designated as a State Historic Landmark).
The Garden has a plant breeding program. Plant introduction include
Aesculus californica 'Canyon Pink',
Agave shawii, Arctostaphylos 'White Lanterns',
Arctostaphylos 'Canyon Blush',
Arctostaphylos insularis 'Canyon Sparkles',
Artemisia californica 'Canyon Gray',
Berberis aquifolium 'Mission Canyon',
Ceanothus 'Wheeler Canyon', Ceanothus 'Far Horizons', Ceanothus arboreus 'Powder Blue',
Eriophyllum nevinii 'Canyon Silver',
Fremontodendron 'Dara's Gold',
Heuchera 'Blushing Bells', Heuchera 'Canyon Belle', Heuchera 'Canyon Chimes', Heuchera 'Canyon Delight',Heuchera 'Canyon Duet', Heuchera 'Canyon Melody', Heuchera 'Canyon Pink', Heuchera 'Dainty Bells', Heuchera 'Pink Wave',
Iris 'Canyon Snow',
Lessingia filaginifolia 'Silver Carpet',
Leymus condensatus 'Canyon Prince',
Salvia 'Dara's Choice', Salvia cedrosensis 'Baja Blanca', Salvia leucophylla '
Amethyst Bluff', and
Verbena lilacina 'De La Mina'.
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