Links to other garden clubs, garden authors, garden blogs, garden podcasts..
OUR PHILOSOPHY - SB Garden Club
The purpose of the Santa Barbara Garden Club is the stimulation of gardening practice as it applies to the amateur by the interchange of suggestions, lectures by experienced gardeners and authorities, and the enjoyment of social fellowship.
Other Santa Barbara Garden Clubs
Master Gardener Program of Santa Barbara County - LINK
Check their LINK for additional events - pests, orchids, tomatoes, bees, canning, and more.
Get monthly Advice to Grow By at the following locations:
Check their LINK for additional events - pests, orchids, tomatoes, bees, canning, and more.
Get monthly Advice to Grow By at the following locations:
- Sundays from 1PM-3PM at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden--look for our Water-Wise Discovery Station!
- 2nd & 4th Tuesdays from 9AM-11AM at the Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden, where we have our Butterfly Garden!
- Wednesdays from 9AM-12PM at La Huerta Historic Garden at the Santa Barbara Mission! Park in the lot at Laguna & Los Olivos and walk through the picnic area.
- Saturdays from 9AM-12PM at Mesa Harmony Garden- at Meigs Rd. & Dolores Dr. in Santa Barbara!
- 4th Saturdays from 8:30AM-12:30PM at the downtown Santa Barbara Farmers Market!
Santa Barbara Cactus and Succulent Society - LINK
Guest Lecture meeting the First Friday of each month, 7:30 PM
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 909 N La Cumbre Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Santa Barbara Horticultural Society - LINK
Guest Lecture meeting the First Wednesday of each month, 7:00 PM
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 909 N La Cumbre Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Santa Barbara Orchid Society - LINK
Guest Lecture meeting the Third Wednesday of each month, 7:30 PM
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 909 N La Cumbre Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Santa Barbara Rose Society - LINK
Guest Lecture meeting the Second Thursday of each month, 7:00 PM - (except July, August and December)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 909 N La Cumbre Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens - LINK
1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara CA 93105 | 805.682.4726
Lotusland - Gardens of Ganna Walska - LINK
Recognized as one of the world’s top 10 gardens. Guided tours at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday, February 19 through November 14, 2020
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED - Phone: (805) 969-9990
California Native Plant Society - LINK
Channel Islands Chapter Serves Santa Barbara
Guest Lecture meeting the First Friday of each month, 7:30 PM
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 909 N La Cumbre Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Santa Barbara Horticultural Society - LINK
Guest Lecture meeting the First Wednesday of each month, 7:00 PM
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 909 N La Cumbre Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Santa Barbara Orchid Society - LINK
Guest Lecture meeting the Third Wednesday of each month, 7:30 PM
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 909 N La Cumbre Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Santa Barbara Rose Society - LINK
Guest Lecture meeting the Second Thursday of each month, 7:00 PM - (except July, August and December)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Fellowship Hall, 909 N La Cumbre Rd, Santa Barbara, CA 93110
Santa Barbara Botanic Gardens - LINK
1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara CA 93105 | 805.682.4726
Lotusland - Gardens of Ganna Walska - LINK
Recognized as one of the world’s top 10 gardens. Guided tours at 10 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday through Saturday, February 19 through November 14, 2020
RESERVATIONS REQUIRED - Phone: (805) 969-9990
California Native Plant Society - LINK
Channel Islands Chapter Serves Santa Barbara
Garden Authors of California
Check out the annual fall Planned Parenthood sale at Earl Warren for gently used books.
Designing with Succulents, Succulents Simplified, Container Gardens - Debra Lee Baldwin - https://debraleebaldwin.com/succulent-books/
Aloes & Agaves, Spiny Succulents, Under the Spell of Succulents - Jeff Moore - https://sunbeltpublications.com/authors/jeff-moore/ California Trees, California Plants, Eucalyptus, Plants of SLO - Matt Rittter - http://www.mattritter.net/ Field Guide to Common Plants of Santa Barbara — Hugh Margerum and David Powdrell Wildflowers of the Santa Barbara Foothills - David Powdrell and Hugh Margerum - https://www.davidpowdrell.com/ Wildflowers of California - Larry Ulrich - https://www.larryulrich.com/ Huntington Gardens Desert Plants 2007 - Gary Lyons - Curator's Introduction Getty Villa Gardens 2011 - Patrick Bowe - https://www.smithsonianjourneys.org/experts/patrick-bowe/ () Robert Irwin Getty Los Angeles Gardens June 2020 - Lawrence Weschler - http://lawrenceweschler.com/books/#robert-irwin-getty-garden Montecito Gardens 1993 - Elizabeth Vogt - The California Garden Tour: 50 Best Gardens - Donald Olson - http://www.donaldstevenolson.com/ |
Garden Blogs & Podcasts
Margaret Roach - https://awaytogarden.com/ (also, Great book, the Way I Garden)
Debra Lee Baldwin - https://debraleebaldwin.com/succulent-blog/
The Huntington - https://www.huntington.org/verso/2018/08/around-world-succulents
The California Garden Podcast is the greatest garden show centered on the unique needs of gardeners in the Golden State.
Davis Garden Show - http://davisgardenshow.com/
Cultivating Place - cultivatingplace.com
On the Ledge (Houseplants) - janeperrone.com
National Trust UK - (nationaltrust.org.uk)
Growing Wild - audioboom.com/channel/growing-wild
The Sod Show - sodshow.com
In Defense of Plants - indefenseofplants.com
Debra Lee Baldwin - https://debraleebaldwin.com/succulent-blog/
The Huntington - https://www.huntington.org/verso/2018/08/around-world-succulents
The California Garden Podcast is the greatest garden show centered on the unique needs of gardeners in the Golden State.
Davis Garden Show - http://davisgardenshow.com/
Cultivating Place - cultivatingplace.com
On the Ledge (Houseplants) - janeperrone.com
National Trust UK - (nationaltrust.org.uk)
Growing Wild - audioboom.com/channel/growing-wild
The Sod Show - sodshow.com
In Defense of Plants - indefenseofplants.com