Dani Hahn & Dan Bifano

Insight into roses provided by our illustrious Club Rosarians

May 2024

 

Steve Windhager

Plant with Purpose: Encourage 30% of native plant cover

April 2024

Meredith Hendricks

Santa Barbara Land Trust

Learn how the Land Trust of Santa Barbara expands protection for habitat, local food systems, cultural resources and recreation

March 2024

 

Simon Kerry

Author and relative of Pearl Chase

‘Miss Chase: Santa Barbara’s Trailblazer’

February 2024

 

Dr. Anabel Ford

Anthropologist

Ancient Mayan Agricultural Practices: How they Apply Today

January 2024

 

Carolyn Bennett

GCA Speaker and Hancock Park Garden Club Member

Artists in the Shadows: Women whose botanical art was

overshadowed by men

November 2023

 

Loria Stern author

“Eat your Flowers”: Cooking and Baking with Botanicals

October 2023

 

 Alice Van de Water

Garden Club Historian & GCSB Member

“History of the Hedgerow” insight on GCA history as well as

local Santa Barbara history

May 2023

 

Joseph Marek

Landscape Architect

“Garden Transformations: Before, During and Beyond”

February 2023

 

Melissa Wilson

Director of Science & Innovation at Riviera Ridge School

"The Value of the Trail Corridors for Bold Conservation Planning”

January 2023

 

Valerie Rice

Master Gardener, Chef, Author

Her book: Lush Life: Food & Drink from the Garden

November 2022

 

Tina Nieves

Professional Photographer & GCSB Member

Botanical Photography & iPhone Tip at Lotusland

October 2022

Chipper Wickman

President National Tropical Botanical Garden, Hawaii

March 2022

 

Carolyn Bennet 

GCA Speaker and Hancock Park Garden Club Member

“Your Garden Bed: Time to Change the Sheets”

February 2022 

Bob Cummings, PhD

Professor of Botany, Emeritus

Santa Barbara City College

The Evolution of Plant Groups: “Forecast:Widespread Spores,

Developing Seeds, Flowers Likely.”

January 2022

 

Allyson Hayward

GCA Speaker, Author & GCSB Member

Her new book: Celebrating Olmsted: A Primer

November 2021

 

Lindsay. Johnson

Director

Explore Ecology

The school garden programs and conservation work with children,

includes onsite tours of 2 gardens

October 2021