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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…
Category: Botany
October 27, 2023
The Journey to Save Rare Plants: From Endangerment to Recovery Success
Update: As of November 2023, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has declared the Santa Cruz Island Dudleya (Dudleya nesiotica) and the Island Bedstraw (Galium…
July 24, 2023
Ironwood | Issue 33
The spring/summer issue of Ironwood is now available online. Ironwood, the Garden’s biannual magazine, beautifully celebrates the power of native plants and their impact on…
March 9, 2023
My Talk with Botanist and Illustrator Linda Vorobik, Ph.D.
Linda Ann Vorobik, Ph.D. is a botanist, botanical illustrator, and frequent collaborator with Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. At the Garden, we feel lucky to have…
January 31, 2023
Matt Wang: From Cancer to Conservation
There are many great quotes about living your life’s passions. For some, simply finding what lights them up is a long and winding journey that…
December 6, 2022
Ironwood | Magazine of Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | Issue 32
The fall/winter issue of Ironwood is now available online. In this latest issue you’ll get an inside look at lichens in a captivating story about…
November 19, 2022
Rare Lichens in California
California is home to over 2000 species of lichens, but only 15 are considered rare or endangered by the state. This tiny percentage (0.73%) gives…
September 30, 2022
The Garden Hosts WeDigBio Community Science Day
Thousands of people worldwide work together in an annual event to digitize biodiversity collections called WeDigBio. This event, which stands for Worldwide Engagement for Digitizing…