Following the Fire Garden Calendar

Home , Sherpa Fire, Thomas Fire, Zaca Fire

VOLUME 26, NUMBER 1 SPRING 2018

Also inside Replanting Guidelines Following the Fire Garden Calendar

PHOTO: B. COLLINS SPRING 2018 Ironwood 1 DIRECTOR’S

1212 Mission Canyon Road MESSAGE Santa Barbara, CA 93105 Tel (805) 682-4726 sbbg.org Following Fire GARDEN HOURS n December 2017, the Thomas Fire Mar – Oct: Daily 9am – 6pm Nov – Feb: Daily 9am – 5pm caused us to close for two weeks. However, thanks to the heroic efforts REGISTRATION Ext. 102 I Registrar is available: M – F / 9am – 4pm of firefighters, the fire was stopped more than a mile away from us, and the Garden GARDEN SHOP Ext. 112 Hours: Mar – Oct, Daily 9am – 5:30pm suffered no damage. After having more Nov – Feb, Daily 9am – 4:30pm than 70% of the Garden burn and losing

GARDEN NURSERY Ext. 127 several structures in the 2009 Jesusita Fire, Selling California native plants to the we feel fortunate to have escaped—this public with no admission fee. time. Our only losses were financial. Hours: Mar – Oct, Daily 9am – 5:30pm Unfortunately, many of our members Nov – Feb, Daily 9am – 4:30pm and supporters were not so lucky. We DEVELOPMENT Ext. 133 extend our deepest sympathy to all those EDUCATION Ext. 160 FACILITY RENTAL Ext. 103 who lost loved ones, homes, and businesses MEMBERSHIP Ext. 110 due to the fire and floods. We know what they are going through VOLUNTEER OFFICE Ext. 119 and we understand the effort it will take to recover. It will not be easy but with community support, recovery will happen. Our open IRONWOOD | Volume 26, Number 1 | Spring 2018 spaces and wild lands will recover too, and with some rain, the ISSN 1068-4026 “fire followers” will bloom this spring and the coming years. EDITOR Flannery Hill DESIGNER Paula Schaefer Fire management and restoration are complex issues. In this edition of the Ironwood, we explore the role of fire in our environ- Ironwood is published quarterly by the Santa ment. What can we expect in the future, given climate change, Barbara Botanic Garden, a private nonprofit institution founded in 1926. prolonged extreme drought, and unprecedented fire and weather The Garden fosters the conservation of events? How can individuals, communities, businesses, and govern- California native plants through our gardens, ments best aid the natural fire recovery process? It is not as easy as education, and research, and serves as a role model of sustainable practices. Smokey the Bear led The Garden is a member of the American us to believe. We extend our deepest sympathy to all Public Gardens Association, the American There is much Alliance of Museums, the California Association of Museums, and the American Horticultural more to learn and those who lost loved ones, homes, and Society. ©2018 Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. understand about businesses due to the fire and floods. All rights reserved. how native systems recover from infre- BOARD OF TRUSTEES quent fire, as well what could happen if fires are more frequent CHAIR Peter Schuyler in the future. What might the central coast look like in 50 or 100 VICE-CHAIR Tom Craveiro SECRETARY John Parke years with more extreme weather events, leading to more frequent TREASURER Edward Roach fires and droughts? We don’t know yet, but we will be here to Samantha Davis help our native species and habitats make it through this time Lou Greer Frost Gil Garcia of change. The Garden conducts research and works to facilitate Elaine Gibson informed decisions on these big questions. Thank you for being a Sarah Berkus Gower part of this effort. Valerie Hoffman William Murdoch Gerry Rubin Sincerely, Kathy Scroggs Jesse Smith Susan Spector Susan Van Atta

FOLLOW THE GARDEN! Steve Windhager, Ph.D. FACEBOOK.COM/SBGARDEN Executive Director

YOUTUBE.COM/SBBGORG

@SANTABARBARABOTANICGARDEN

1 Ironwood SPRING 2018 B. COLLINS

Jute netting used for erosion control at the Garden WEED DON'T SEED

PROPOSED GUIDELINES FOR REPLANTING AFTER THE THOMAS FIRE BY BRUCE REED, HORTICULTURIST

The California Flora is good at responding after intense different environmental conditions than those in the wild 1 burning. The best choice for homeowners and land manag- and it is impossible to predict which genetic characteristics ers alike is to allow the natural germination of seeds and will be favored by these conditions. Whereas in developed resprouting of surviving perennial species. Perennial survi- areas adding commercially produced native seed is fine, vors, like oaks, California lilacs, chamise, and many others and even good for wildlife, doing the same in wildlands are very robust–often beginning to sprout before rainfall. may cause more harm than good. The seedbank—long-fallen seeds from past years buried in the top inch or two of soil—is a part of these plants’ coevo- Allow the natural vegetation to flourish and expand. It lution with fire, and will germinate, even with very modest 3 will do this best without interference. The best influence amounts of rain. Allow these natural dynamics to unfold. we can have is to watch for and remove young, resprout- Achieving 60% soil coverage in the first rain season after ing invasive plants. (See Cal-IPC’s site on plants invasive in a fire is common. And 90% or better in the second year is California, www.cal-ipc.org/plants/profiles). This may be also common. No added seeding is necessary in previously the most important action we can take in the first growing undisturbed or semi-wild areas. season after a fire.

Adding seed is problematic for the native vegetation on Most rains we experience locally are small in quantity 2 two fronts. It risks the possibility of introducing plants 4 and quick. This pattern is perfect for natural revegetation that may become invasive (like the introduction of black of our foothills. However, long-lasting and heavy rainfall mustard decades ago to “control” erosion after fires) even if totals can happen. While a growing, resprouting hillside they are native elsewhere in the region and also may intro- is better than most man-made strategies for controlling duce species not present in your locale before, requiring erosion, this growth can take time. There are a number of surviving plants to compete. temporary erosion control methods that can be effective in On very disturbed sites where it is demonstrated that immediately stabilizing soils without reducing the regenera- the native seedbank is not adequate, the best choice is tion of native plants: to reseed with seeds collected locally. Many restoration- a. straw rolls, or wattles ists would consider “local” on the south coast to be seeds b. jute netting collected from Rincon to Point Conception, for instance c. air-dropped soil tackifiers, like paper mulch, intended and representing species already present on the site. It is to last through the first couple of rain events, do not inhibit seedling germination. However there are few often underappreciated how fragmented populations of studies demonstrating how effective they may be in our native plants are becoming because of development stabilizing bare soils. Note that no fertilizer or seeds and other land-use practices. It is common to have small should be included in such applications. populations of some species that are more vulnerable to a “swamping” effect when commercially grown seeds are Straw mats or plastic sheeting will impede seedling germination to planted nearby. Commercially produced seed is subject to different degrees and are not recommended.

SPRING 2018 Ironwood 2 FOLLOWING THE FIRE by Sonia Fernandez

THE RECENT THOMAS FIRE reminds those of us who live on Santa Barbara’s South Coast of the sobering reality that we live in a place where wildfires are a part of life. What started as a small brush fire some 40 miles away was joined by a second blaze ignited by a power line, and together they burned through both urban and wildland terrain for weeks. The fire ate up about 282,000 acres, and became the largest wildfire in California’s history.

ll of us in Santa Barbara County JUST ADD WATER watched the blaze march west across However, before the trees and shrubs come back the foothills, aided by warm and dry to restore the hillsides, we can look forward to

F. LAMBRECHT F. northerly offshore winds and fed by a bloom, as herbaceous flowering plants take Afuels that hadn’t burned in decades. In the end, advantage of the clearing and the release of nutri- c. 2000 BEFORE JESUSITA FIRE what remained was a charred landscape of ash ents into the soil to spring from seeds that have and blackened trees. lain dormant for years. But one community’s devastating disaster is “Botanists get pretty thrilled at the prospect another’s regenerating spark. The local coastal of a fire because there are certain wildflowers sage and chaparral are fire-adapted plant commu- that you see only after a fire,” Collins said. nities that have evolved to depend on fires to set It’s a well-orchestrated process that these the stage for their renewal. plants, called “fire followers,” have developed “Even though we view it as tragic, there's in response to their ecology, Collins explained. actually a great rejuvenating aspect to a fire,” Their seeds are tough enough to withstand said Betsy Collins, the Santa Barbara Botanic intense heat and they respond to temperature Garden’s Director of Horticulture. Because it's so and chemical cues brought on by fire, ash and dry in this region during the warm season there's smoke. Awakened by these cues, and moist- not a lot of decomposition the way there is in ened by the rains that come with California’s the wetter regions of the world, she said. Jungles wet season (which typically starts in November), and forests have armies of snails and fungi and they take advantage of the access to light and the

J. WARDLAW worms to dive through leaf litter and old plant influx of nutrients to germinate and rush to the surface for their moment in the sun. MAY '09 DAY AFTER FIRE material and turn them into nutrients in the soil; we have fire. In addition, fire also destroys soil “There's a plant called a fire poppy that is one pathogens and destructive insects. that everyone likes to go in search of,” Collins One need look no further than the Garden said. The flower is yellower than the more famil- iar orange version that is the state flower. Bright to understand what Collins is talking about. In yellow canyon sunflowers, ceanothus in various 2005, the Jesusita Fire ripped through about 70 shades of blue, and lupines that may vary in percent of it, destroying not just various sections, color from blue to yellow to pink also may but also the director’s house and the historic appear. These plants will dominate the landscape building whose site is now occupied by the the first year after a fire and deposit their seeds Pritzlaff Conservation Center. Now, California into the soil to await the next blaze. bay and coast live oak trees have reclaimed their In addition to the flowers, the rapid growth territories, sprouting from their old stumps. of these plants stabilizes the soils loosened by It won’t take long before the same happens lack of moisture and the burning of plants whose in the wildland areas. In fact, it is happening roots held the dirt together. So effective are they right now, from behind charred bark, as with the at their job that the practice of re-seeding the oaks, and with manzanitas and chamise, whose hillsides with non-native ryegrass seed to prevent B. COLLINS underground burls release the energy they have erosion has been discontinued at the federal MAY '10 ONE YEAR LATER stored there to resprout anew. and state levels. It is now seen as unnecessary,

DESERT SECTION and potentially a threat to the natural ecology of “The slopes are steep and the area hasn't those areas. burned in a long time, so there's a lot of accumu- “The evidence is overwhelming that seeding lation of dry-ravel on the slopes that is held by with ryegrass will do absolutely no good,” said the shrubs,” Keeley said. “And then when the Jon Keeley, a scientist with the U.S. Geological shrubs are burned down, that gives way.” That Survey and an expert in fire ecology. “It’s a waste phenomenon was apparent with the El Capitan of money and it’s a distraction because it takes Canyon mudslides that occurred after the 2017 people away from thinking about real solutions Sherpa Fire and more recently with the tragedy that work.” These solutions are the more physical in Montecito after the Thomas Fire. means of deflecting rain and preventing erosion, Can we avoid these devastating wildfires? including hay bales and jute netting. While they are a natural part of the California climate, lightning-ignited fires are relatively uncommon, and occur typically at the higher NOWHERE TO GO BUT DOWN elevations, Keeley said. The vast majority — 99 What makes Santa Barbara a paradise for the percent — of the ones that occur in Santa Barbara people that live here — mild Mediterranean and Ventura Counties are of manmade origin. “That means there is the potential to alter climates and year-round sunny skies — makes it these fires by better prevention mechanisms,” fertile ground for fires. We have a long dry period Keeley said, “and I think in terms of our future "...it's so dry in that climaxes near the end of the fall season, of fire management that is probably the area that this region during compounded by warm and dry sundowner winds needs far more investigation.” the warm season that can gust up to 60 miles per hour, Keeley Meanwhile, the Santa Barbara Botanic there's not a lot of explained. In the case of the Thomas Fire, an Garden will take advantage of the opportunity decomposition the anomalously long sundowner wind event was to better understand the behavior of the local way there is in the the main factor in the devastation. Usually these ecology in the wake of wildfires. This spring, wetter regions of sundowners last about three days; in the Thomas researchers are conducting a survey of plants that the world. Jungles Fire, that event lasted almost two weeks. have sprung up in the Santa Barbara backcoun- and forests have In the foothills of Santa Barbara, the vulner- try a decade after the 2007 Zaca Fire and 2009 armies of snails and ability is made worse in the wet season that Jesusita Fire. “We are looking for both rare plants fungi and worms immediately follows the dry season. With to protect, and invasive plants that are threat- to dive through nothing to hold them in place — and subject to ening them, along with other warning signs leaf litter and old gravity — the soils have nowhere to go but down like erosion,” said Denise Knapp, Director of plant material and in a strong rain. As a result, creeks fill up with Conservation and Research for the Garden. turn them into water and silt, debris basins overflow and the “This information will guide the Forest Service in nutrients in the lower-lying areas become flood zones. restoring any areas that need our help.” soil; we have fire." B. COLLINS B. COLLINS

PORTER TRAIL DAY AFTER JESUSITA FIRE ONE YEAR LATER

SPRING 2018 Ironwood 4 Commemorative Benches

Garden Commemorative Benches are a special way to celebrate a R. WRIGHT big anniversary or birthday, honor family and friends, remember loved ones who have passed away, or simply show the community your commitment to conserving native plants. These meaningful tributes and memorials help us create beautiful places to rest and enjoy nature throughout the Garden. Gifts of Commemorative Benches are 20-year leases and the gift range is $25,000 to $100,000 depending on the location in the Garden. Bench gifts are fully tax deductible to the extent allowed by law and provide critical financial support for the Garden’s core programs. If you would like to learn more about gifting a bench and tour available spaces, please contact Heidi Whitman, Director of Development & Communications at [email protected], or (805) 682-4726, ext. 133.

Anna's Bench on the Pritchett Trail

Patti Jacquemain Exhibition Walking Through the Seasons at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden At the Pritzlaff Conservation Center Gallery, April 6–July 29 Opening Reception: Saturday, April 7, 4–6pm Book Signing: Wednesday, May 23, 5–7pm

atti Jacquemain was raised on a in Santa Barbara in 2003. Both nonprof- ranch in Santa Barbara, attended its are devoted to creating an awareness of PChouinard Art Institute in Los our fragile environment and its vanishing Angeles, and received a Master of Fine Arts wildlife through the development of educa- degree from the University of California tional programs and art. at Santa Barbara. As a professional artist, Jacquemain is married to David Jacquemain had over 30 one-woman shows Gledhill, a retired Colonel in the U.S. of her original woodblock prints across the Army. country. Images of her artwork have been distributed nationally and internationally ABOUT THE EXHIBITION through the publication of greeting cards On January 1, 2017, Patti Jacquemain, a and calendars. She has written and illus- Santa Barbara artist, began a one-year trated four books including two children’s project in which she walked over 325 books. miles throughout and around the Garden. Along with private mosaic commis- She documented her walks each day in sions, she has created permanent her journal which has been the inspira- installations in several public institutions tion for the upcoming exhibition of her including the Santa Barbara Maritime artwork Walking through the Seasons at the Museum, Santa Barbara and Goleta Valley Santa Barbara Botanic Garden at the Pritzlaff Cottage Hospitals, First Presbyterian Conservation Center Gallery. The exhibi- Church, Wildling Museum of Art and tion will portray her vision of the year, Nature, and her own Creekspirit garden of from the subtle changes in weather, the art. blooming of flowers and plants, wildlife Jacquemain’s passion for wildlife and people encountered. It will feature and the environment in which they live watercolors and drawings from her journal, is well known. In 1997, she founded the augmented with her unique mosaics and Wildling Museum of Art and Nature, woodcut prints of the Garden. presently located in Solvang, California, Opening reception and exhibition are and the Creekspirit Wildlife Foundation free with Garden admission.

5 Ironwood SPRING 2018 ADDITIONAL CLASSES MAY BE ADDED Find up-to-date information and register at CALENDAR sbbg.org/classes-events or call (805) 682-4726, ext. 102 THE SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN

Free Public Docent Tours every Saturday and Sunday at 11am & 2pm and Mondays at 2pm / Discovery Station Saturdays 10:30am-1:30pm Pricing: member / non-member / volunteer | = classes that are part of a series, see sbbg.org for more information

MARCH plants found on the popular hiking trail, Rattlesnake Canyon, in this 3-hour field identification course. Herbal Medicine of Spring Flowers MAR 9am-noon. $20/$30/$10 3 Take a walk around the Garden with experienced herbalist Native Plant Palette: Salvias Emily Sanders, as she shares the medicinal and edible MAR properties of many of our beautiful native spring flowers. 17 Join us for this unique Garden walk focused on the 10am-12pm. $25/$35/$15 diversity of California’s native Salvias. Instructor Steph- anie Ranes discusses the cultural care of Salvias in home The Buzz about Native Bees MAR landscapes, including how to choose the best varieties for 3 Join Rich Hatfield, Senior Endangered Species Conser- your garden, the role these plants play in our chaparral vation Biologist for the Xerces Society, in this special and sage scrub ecosystems, and more! 10am-12pm. workshop focused on California’s native bees. Learn about $20/$35/$15 threatened species, how to support them with native Meet the Insects of Mission Creek: Part II plants, thoughtful garden design, and how to recognize MAR common bees. University students and California 17 Explore Mission Creek, and learn about the remarkable Naturalists may register at volunteer price. 10am-4pm. insects that live there. What do they tell us about stream $40/$60/$25 health? How do they rely on native plants? We bring living specimens back to the Plant Lab for a closer look through Volunteer Orientation MAR the microscope. 1-3pm. $20/$35/$15 5 Explore our diverse volunteer opportunities. Bring a Anacapa Island: Celebrate the Wildflowers friend and get a behind-the-scenes tour. 5pm-6:30pm in MAR the Volunteer Cottage. Free 20 The Garden invites you to hike Anacapa’s plateau-like terrain with island expert and botanist, Steve Junak. Herbal Spa Kit - Lecture MAR Explore the unique flora that makes our islands the 10 Join herbalist Emily Sanders for a presentation on 10 California Galapagos. 9:30am-4:30pm. $95/$125 native herbs used for natural skin care. 10am-1pm. California Native Plant Society Meeting $30/$45/$20. Series of lecture & Medicine Making MAR member price $80. 20 The Garden’s Director of Horticulture is the featured speaker for this month’s Channel Islands Chapter Herbal Spa Kit – Medicine Making MAR meeting; the topic is Botanical Treasures of the Channel 10 Herbalist Emily Sanders leads this hands-on workshop Islands. The Garden hosts Society meetings on alternate using California native plants to create your own herbal months. 7pm-8:30pm. See cnpsci.org for more informa- spa kit to take home. 2-5pm. $65/$85 tion. Free

Teahouse Open Spring Morning Bird Walk MAR MAR 10 Visitors and members are invited to experience our 21 Expert naturalist and birder Rebecca Coulter leads this ShinKanAn Teahouse and Garden and witness the rich morning group in watching and listening for the diverse traditions of the Japanese tea ceremony. 11am-1pm. Free and beautiful birds that make the meadow, woodlands, with paid Garden admission. and creek side their home. Bring your own binoculars, or borrow the Garden’s. 8:30am-10am. $10/$15/$5 Fire in Paradise MAR Explore the botany of wildfire in California. Covers Afternoon Art in the Garden: Drawing the Natives 16 MAR & adaptations and patterns of fire recovery and the human 23 Join JoAnn Metzger for her first spring art class of the 23 dimension of wildfire and the consequences to plant year, when she demonstrates botanical drawing techniques. communities. The class concludes with an optional field Arrive 30 minutes early for a Garden walk to select the trip (date is rain dependent) to view recent wildfires sites. native plants you will use in class. 12-2pm. $15/$20/$10 California Naturalists and students may register at volun- Santa Barbara Beer Garden teer price. 5:30-6:30pm. Lectures: $15/$20/$10 Lectures + MAR Optional field trip (date TBD). $45/$65/$30 24 Enjoy one-of-a-kind, craft beers from local breweries while exploring the Garden. Indulge in finger foods and treats MAR Spring Plant ID for Hikers: Rattlesnake Canyon as well as live music all while experiencing California 17 Learn how to identify common riparian and chaparral native plants. Find details at sbbg.org/beer

SPRING 2018 Ironwood 6 CALENDAR THE SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN

Free Public Docent Tours every Saturday and Sunday at 11am & 2pm and Mondays at 2pm / Discovery Station Saturdays 10:30am-1:30pm

Native Trees and Shrubs: Design 101 MAR ture and beauty of native wildflowers in vibrant watercolor. 25 Join Patrick Wiley, Garden nursery staff, in this tutorial Arrive 30 minutes early for an optional Garden walk to on native tree and shrub care. Practical demonstrations select some of the natives you will illustrate. 12-2pm. cover how to choose healthy plants, site preparation, plant $15/$20/$10 care, and pruning techniques. 10am-12pm. $20/$35/$15 Walking through the Seasons at the Garden APR Garden Tour: Spanish Tour Exhibition of watercolors, drawings, unique mosaics and MAR 6 25 El Jardín Botánico invita a la comunidad a dar una vuelta thru woodcut prints of Santa Barbara artist Patti Jacquemain. del Jardín con guía en español. Explore los distintos JUL 9am-6pm. Free with Garden admission. See description paisajes del Jardín, incluyendo el Bosquecillo de Secoyas 29 and artist biography on page 5. de la Costa, La Pradera, y el Arroyo de la Misión. 2-3pm. Opening Reception: Walking through the Seasons Gratis, con el precio de entrada. APR 7 Celebrate the opening of the newest exhibition in the Botanical Toolkit: MAR Pritzlaff Conservation Center Gallery. Meet the artist and 30 Documenting California’s Biodiversity enjoy light refreshments. 4pm-6pm. Free Conservation staff scientists share plant collection and Botany Basics note taking techniques in the field in this day-long profes- APR sional development workshop. 9am-5pm. $175/$195 7 Join botanist Natalie Rossington for this short course. Topics include basic plant form and function as well as an Spring Native Plant Sale 14 introduction to California’s ecology and diversity. 9-11am. MAR 21 31 Shop from a huge selection of native plants and fill your $75/$95/$50 volunteer & university students thru garden with water wise color, beauty, and butterflies, 28 APR Garden Planning with the Experts including native milkweed, matilija poppies, and iris. New APR 30 shipments arriving weekly. 9am-5pm daily. 7 The Garden’s native plant experts lead inspiring tours of the Water Wise Home Garden and then head to the Designing with Water Wise Natives MAR Garden Grower’s Nursery to offer guidance on making the 31 California native plants offer nearly limitless uses in best plant choices for your garden. 10am-12pm. $10/$15 your residential garden, from creating wildlife-attracting, Spring Plant ID for Hikers: Tunnel Road Trail naturalistic landscapes to cottage, contemporary or tradi- APR tional style spaces. Learn the steps used by professional 8 Explore Tunnel Road Trail with local botanist Natalie designers. Taught by landscape architect and author Billy Rossington, and learn to identify the dominant chaparral Goodnick. 9am-noon. $30/$45/$20 plants of Santa Barbara. 9am-12pm. $20/$30/$10

Good Fungi, Healthy Roots, Happy Natives Hands-On Drip Irrigation Workshop MAR APR 31 Join author Robert Kourik, as he discusses the amazing 8 Water wisely by tuning into your garden’s needs and beneficial fungi that promote the healthiest roots of native tuning up your irrigation system! Learn how to start from and ornamental plants. Discover the relationships between scratch, make repairs or retrofit your drip irrigation system beneficial fungi and plants, where in the roots it happens, in this fun hands-on workshop with water resource special- and how to promote it. 2pm-3:30pm. $30/$45/$20 ist for the city of Santa Barbara Cathie Paré. 3-5pm. Free

APR Introduction to California Plant Families APRIL 13 Mary Carroll leads this overview of common California 20 plant families and how to recognize its members. Learn Volunteer Orientation 27 APR MAY the basic terminology of plant identification. 1-3pm. See March 5. 5pm-6:30pm. Free 2 4 $90/$110/$80 11 Wildlife Tracks at the Garden 18 APR Join expert tracker and author Michael Kresky on a quest 6 Enjoy Matcha: The Urasenke Way of Tea for animal track and sign in the Garden. An inspiring APR Enjoy the spirit of ShinKanAn, the Japanese Teahouse, introduction that emphasizes a holistic perspective in the 14 with a demonstration of the Way of Tea. Make a bowl study of natural history. 9am-1pm. $30/$45/$20 Volun- of Matcha, Japanese powdered green tea, and serve it to teers & California Naturalists your guest, in the spirit of appreciation and hospitality, the cornerstones of the tradition of Urasenke. 11am-1pm. APR Afternoon Art in the Garden: Painting the Natives $20/$30/$10 6 Join the Garden’s Spring Art class as we capture the struc-

7 Ironwood SPRING 2018 ADDITIONAL CLASSES MAY BE ADDED Find up-to-date information and register at sbbg.org/classes-events or call (805) 682-4726, ext. 102

Pricing: member / non-member / volunteer | = classes that are part of a series, see sbbg.org for more information

Domecar Botanical Day Trip APR plant species helps us understand the effects of climate 14 A rare glimpse of some of the last original native coastal change on native plants and habitats. Become a citizen landscape in southern California. Ride in style for a scientist – join the California Phenology Project and learn narrated scenic adventure with botanist and storyteller how to collect data on seasonal changes in the Garden Steve Junak. Catered buffet lunch including beer and and at other sites. 11am-3pm. Free wine. 11:30am-7pm. $175/$195

Spring Plant ID for Hikers: Coal Oil Point MAY APR Discover some of the common plants that make up 15 Botanical Toolkit: Santa Barbara’s coastal sage scrub communities in this MAY Techniques for Vegetation Research & Monitoring field identification course at Coal Oil Point. 9am-12pm. 4 Join the Garden’s conservation experts at Sedgwick $20/$30/$10 students, volunteers, and California Reserve for this day-long professional training on vegeta- Naturalists tion research and monitoring techniques. 9am-5pm. $175/$195 Day Trip to Scorpion Ranch APR Join us for an exciting trip to Scorpion Ranch on Santa 16 Introduction to Botanical Drawing Cruz Island. Tour the historic buildings and surroundings MAY Learn the basics of botanical illustration with Dr. Linda and explore some of the eastern end of the island on foot 4 Ann Vorobik. All levels welcome. 9am-4pm. $150/$175 with island expert Steve Junak. 7:30am-5pm. $100/$125 Finesse Your Botanical Drawings Free Senior Day MAY APR Advanced botanical illustration drawing techniques, Welch-Ryce Haider invites those 60 and better to visit the 5 1718 with emphasis on creating accurate drawings and using Garden as their guests. Seniors pay no admission today pen-and-ink. 9am-4pm. $150/$175 and can enjoy special programming. For groups of 10 or more, please make a reservation by calling (805) 682-4726, Herbal Medicine of Desert Plants ext. 161. 9am-6pm MAY 5 Many of our California native plants have traditional uses. Join local herbalist, Emily Sanders, and learn about some Spring Morning Bird Walk APR of the medicinal uses of native desert plants. 10am-12pm. See March 21. 8:30am-10am. $10/$15/$5 18 $25/$35/$15 Tell Better Stories with Your Camera APR A Day of Botanical Watercolor Award-winning landscape photographer Saxon Holt MAY 26 Botanical watercolor with emphasis on taking your paint- leads this hands-on workshop to help experienced 6 ing skills to a new level. 9am-4pm. $150/$175 photographers tell better stories with their camera. Ideal for designers, architects, and garden enthusiasts. 7-11am. Volunteer Orientation $175/$200 MAY 7 See March 5. 5pm-6:30pm. Free Meet the Insect Kin APR Santa Cruz Island Trip An introduction to millipedes, centipedes, and other MAY 28 Celebrate spring on the largest and most diverse of the arthropods such as spiders, harvestmen, sowbugs, and 14 California Channel Islands. Explore pine forests, isolated pillbugs. What are they all doing in the Garden? Learn thru coves, and more with botanist Steve Junak. Stay at the how to grow a native plant habitat to attract beneficial 17 University of California station in the Central Valley for garden allies. 1-3pm. $20/$35/$15 three nights. 8:30am-5pm. $750/$900 Garden Planning with the Experts APR California Native Plant Society Meeting See April 7. 10am-12pm. $10/$15 MAY 28 15 The Garden hosts the California Native Plant Society, Channel Islands Chapter for their monthly meeting. Garden Tour: Chumash Ethnobotany APR See the CNPSCI webpage for further information. Explore the Garden through a new lens as our docent 28 7pm-8:30pm. Free guide shares Chumash uses of our native plants. 4-5pm. Free/$10 with admission Spring Morning Bird Walk MAY See March 21. 8:30am-10am. $10/$15/$5 California Phenology Project Training Workshop APR 16 29 Understanding changes in the seasonal cycles of native

SPRING 2018 Ironwood 8 ADDITIONAL CLASSES MAY BE ADDED CALENDAR Find up-to-date information and register at THE SANTA BARBARA BOTANIC GARDEN sbbg.org/classes-events or call (805) 682-4726, ext. 102

Coal Oil Point–Secrets in the Cliffs Native Plant Palettes: Buckwheats MAY JUN 19 Explore the cliffs of Isla Vista to see up close how seismic Walk the Garden and for an in depth look at the various activity creates a marine terrace. We will also examine 2 species of Eriogonum and learn their role in our ecosys- an extensive marine invertebrate fossil layer, which will tem, buckwheat identification and how to use them in a offer hints of the prehistoric environment. 11am-3pm. home landscape. 10am-noon. $20/$35/$15 $50/$65/$40 JUN Volunteer Orientation Meet the Native Bees See March 5. 5pm-6:30pm. Free MAY 4 19 California has over 1,600 species of native bees! Learn to recognize some of our common bees, and learn about JUN Bring the Wild Inside their busy bee lives, in this introduction to these beneficial 8 Create a beautiful flower arrangement to take home with insects. 1-3pm. $20/$35/$15 California native plants. Perfect for beginner to advanced floral designers. 1-4pm. $30/$45 Santa Rosa Island Trip MAY Experience the unique botany and landscape of Herbal First Aid: Lecture 20 JUN thru second-largest of the eight California Channel Islands. 9 This introductory course covers 7 useful native California Participants will explore the island’s pristine beaches and herbs for cuts, scrapes, burns, bites & stings. 10am-1pm. 23 coastal terraces and learn about the island’s history of $30/$45/$20. Series of lecture & Medicine Making land use, and major plant associations from island expert members $80 Steve Junak. 9am-6pm. $900/$975 Herbal First Aid: Medicine-Making JUN Walking through the Seasons at the Garden Create herbal remedies using California native plants MAY 9 23 Book Signing and take home your own herbal aid kit of salves, oils, & Celebrate the launch of Patti Jacquemain’s newest book extracts. 2-5pm. $65/$85 featuring her journal pages from her year-long journey through the seasons in the Garden. Meet the artist as she Summer Sips JUN shares her inspirations behind both the book and her Enjoy an afternoon with friends, tasting Santa Barbara accompanying exhibition. 5pm-7pm. Free 9 area wines with appetizers, then adjourn to the Blaksley JUL Library for a presentation. 4pm-6pm. $25/$35. Special Afternoon Art in the Garden: Painting the Natives 14 members series price (tickets transferable) $60/$90 MAY AUG Join JoAnn Metzger for this second opportunity to paint 25 JUNE 9: Oaks in Agriculture, Jesse Smith, owner, farmer, some of our gorgeous native spring wildflowers in vibrant 11 consultant at Casitas Valley Farm watercolor. Arrive 30 minutes early for an optional Garden walk to select the native plants for the class. JULY 14: Botanical Treasures of Santa Cruz Island, Steve 12-2pm. $15/$20/$10 Junak, botanist and tour leader AUGUST 11: Designing Native Gardens, Carol Bornstein, Channel Island Plant Conservation Tour MAY Director of the Nature Gardens, Natural History Museum The rare Channel Island plantings surrounding our 26 of Los Angeles new Pritzlaff Conservation Center are showcased. The tour focuses on the Gardens ongoing conservation and Meet the Wasps restoration work to protect these endangered and unique JUN Part of the Entomology for Botanists and Gardeners series. Island plants. 4-5pm. Free with admission 16 Class includes an introductory lecture, hands-on lab, and Garden exploration. 1-3pm. $20/$35/$15 JUNE Trails Less Traveled: Rattlesnake Canyon JUN Botanical Toolkit: Seed Collections Join naturalist Alan Prichard on an exploration of lower JUN 23 1 Learn how to plan and implement seed collections for Rattlesnake Canyon. Discover some of the side trails that both conservation and restoration purposes. 9am-5pm. reveal the geology (and archeology!) of one of Santa Barba- $175/$195 ra’s most popular hiking spots, and witness firsthand how debris flows have shaped the local landscape. 9am-1pm. Wildlife Tracks at the Garden JUN $50/$65/$40 1 See April 6. 9am-1pm. $30/$45/$20

9 Ironwood SPRING 2018 MEMBERS PICNIC MAY 17 | 5-7pm

enjoy delicious food | meet other members fun for all ages | rsvp at sbbg.org S. BLOODWORTH T S. HOL

free R. MORDINI SENIOR DAYS for those 60 years old and better Picture your next event at the Garden

APRIL 18 | JUNE 20 corporate meetings • conferences AUGUST 15 | OCTOBER 17 lectures • special events DECEMBER 19 PLEASE CONTACT Learn more at sbbg.org/seniors Natalie Wiezel Events Coordinator [email protected] (805) 682-4726, ext. 103

SPRING 2018 Ironwood 10 GARDEN People

THE GARDEN IS PLEASED to WELCOME to the BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Gil Garcia of ecology at UCSB, which was one of the US’s great places for Gil is an award-winning practicing ecology. architect, born and raised in Santa Bill recently retired from UCSB, where his research, both Barbara, and has been intensely theoretical and experimental, centered on the dynamics of involved in civic affairs over the years. populations of predators and their prey – for example how a tiny He has served on many nonprofit insect parasite from Asia has managed to keep California red boards as well as on several boards and scale (an insect also from Asia) under stable biological control for commissions for the City and County 60 years in citrus orchards around the world. He has also had a of Santa Barbara. As a City of Santa long interest in analyzing and solving environmental problems. Barbara Council member from 1992 For example, he edited a widely-used environmental textbook to 2002, he was active in several policy in the 1970s, directed a 10-year study of the effects of the San committees of the National and California League of Cities. Onofre Nuclear Generating Station on behalf of the California Gil is a recipient of several community awards that include Coastal Commission and served on scientific panels including on University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) Honorary endangered bird species. He served on the Board of Directors of Alumni Award, Santa Barbara News-Press 1996 Life Time The Nature Conservancy for nine years. Achievement Award Recipient, 1993 Man of the Year Santa Bill loves the outdoors, including hiking the trails behind Barbara Ad Club and various other civic awards and honors. Santa Barbara and wandering around the Santa Barbara area Gil’s hobbies include dancing, meditating, exercise and travel- with binoculars, checking out its magnificent bird fauna. That ing worldwide with his wife Marti. includes visiting the Garden, which he feels is one of our most beautiful and soul-enriching environments. Kathy Scroggs Kathy Scroggs is a Certified Public Gerry Rubin Accountant (CPA) who supports Gerry Rubin, a native of Evanston, nonprofits, estates, and trusts with Illinois, is co-founder of Rubin Postaer accounting operations and complex and Associates, a billion-dollar full-ser- reporting. Her professional affilia- vice independent advertising agency tions include the California Society of headquartered in Santa Monica, Certified Public Accountants and the California. American Institute of Certified Public Gerry began his advertising career Accountants. in 1962, with the Leo Burnett adver- Kathy is treasurer of the Board tising agency, and then for 18 years of Directors of the California Society of Certified Public with the Needham advertising agency Accountants, serves as Secretary for the Rotary Club of Santa in their Chicago and Los Angeles Barbara Sunrise Charitable Foundation, and is involved with the offices. In his career, he has been responsible for businesses such Rotary Youth Leadership Awards. as Procter & Gamble, Continental Airlines, American Honda Kathy lives in Santa Barbara and enjoys doing yoga, listening Motor Company, Campbell Soup Company, and Armour-Dial. to live music, reading, and hiking the trails. She's an award-win- Today, Rubin Postaer and Associates’ principal clients include ning baker, and loves to gather folks around the table for a good American Honda Motor Company, am/pm, Apartments.com, meal and stimulating conversation. Arco, Farmers Insurance, La-Z-Boy, and Southwest Airlines. In 2013, the American Advertising Federation inducted Bill Murdoch Gerry into its Advertising Hall of Fame. Today, he serves on the Bill Murdoch grew up in a tiny village Board of Directors of the Santa Barbara Center for Performing in Scotland, where he roamed the Arts and is past chairman of the Southern California chapter of countryside and learned to love nature. the American Association of Advertising Agencies (4As), and past He completed an undergraduate chairman of the Western Region 4As Board of Governors. degree in Zoology at nearby Glasgow Gerry and his wife Bobbie reside in Santa Barbara. Bobbie University and a D.Phil (Ph.D.) in served as a docent at the Garden from 1994-2002. They have two ecology at Oxford before immigrating adult children who also live in Santa Barbara. to the US with his wife, Joan. After a postdoctoral year at the University of Michigan he became a professor

11 Ironwood SPRING 2018 THE GARDEN IS PLEASED to WELCOME to the BOARD OF TRUSTEES THE GARDEN IS PLEASED to WELCOME NEW STAFF

Lucie Gimmel working with the local Wilderness Youth Project in Santa Barbara Herbarium Curation Assistant and Ventura counties. She will be working on all things rare plants, both in the field and the lab and she will play a big role in Lucie studied forestry, English, and caring for the Garden's conservation seed collection. natural history education in the Czech Republic before relocating Natalie Wiezel to Arizona, where she volunteered Events Coordinator in the herbarium at Arizona State University. She has worked most After graduating college with a recently at the Santa Barbara theatre degree, Natalie moved to Los Museum of Natural History, where Angeles to start a career in theatre she was both an imaging as well as and production. After a year, she felt a curatorial assistant in the mollusk collection. We are thrilled to that something was missing in her have her skill and expertise here at the Garden to work on two life and decided to find a career that different contracts dealing with specimen processing and imaging. would offer a more creative outlet. It was then that she got involved in a Sarah Termondt couple internships for wedding design- Rare Plant Technician ers, helping them create innovative and exquisite weddings and events. Shortly thereafter, Natalie was offered the position Sarah hails from Ojai, where she of Office Manager/Design and Accounts Manager for SPARK worked as a consulting biologist for six Creative Events and was able to dive into the world of the Santa years. She is an excellent field botanist Barbara event industry and has never looked back. Natalie is very with complementary skills in bird and excited to continue her love of events and nature at the Santa reptile ID/monitoring. Sarah also Barbara Botanic Garden. has education and outreach chops, thanks to her time in the Dominican Republic with the Peace Corps and

FIRST RESPONDER free Sundays

Starting April 1, first responders with ID are invited to visit the Garden free of charge the first Sunday of each month in 2018. Funded in part with proceeds from Santa Barbara Beer Garden ticket sales! S. WINDHAGER

Firefighters stationed at the Pritzlaff Conservation Center during the Thomas Fire

SPRING 2018 Ironwood 12 Garden’s Director of Development The Garden Welcomes Heidi Whitman takes the Reins in San Francisco as New Director of Development

Stephanie Linder, the The Garden is pleased to Garden’s Director welcome Heidi Whitman as its of Development & new Director of Development & Communications has Communications. Heidi comes been appointed as to us from the National Tropical Executive Director of the Botanic Garden (Hawaii and San Francisco Botanical Florida) where she has been the Garden Society. Director of Philanthropy since E. PEPIN SILVA Stephanie served as 2015. Prior to arriving at NTBG, the Garden’s Director of she served as the Director of Development and Communications where she oversaw philan- Development for the University thropic relationships, membership, marketing, communications, of California Santa Cruz’ Coastal events, and more. The Garden wishes to thank Stephanie for her Sustainability Initiative. Heidi has over 15 years of experience in leadership and partnership in caring for the Santa Barbara Botanic development. Heidi is an avid gardener, and has worked as both a Garden and the conservation of California native plants. field botanist and a National Park Service Ranger, sharing her love of plants with thousands of visitors.

In Memory

Jill Vander Hoof (1945-2017) TH S. BLOODWOR 'Lovepops' cards More than a just a card, Lovepops are a gift that people keep and display. Designs for every occasion, Jill Vander Hoof passed away on November 22, 2017, in year round. Bring your Ironwood to the Shop, and Santa Barbara. Jill was devoted to education. She served enjoy 20% OFF your purchase of one unique card as a docent at the Museum of Natural History, Santa design! (Limit one per Ironwood.) Barbara Museum of Art, Lotusland, and here at the GARDEN SHOP HOURS: Garden. In fact, it was Jill who helped build an alliance MAR – OCT: between the Garden and the Museum of Natural History. the 10 a m – 5:30p m She loved to inspire people to see the world in different NOV – FEB: ways, which makes sense given her generous donations of GARDEN 10 a m – 4:30p m microscopes to the Garden’s education program. Jill also (805) 682-4726, e x t . 112 left gifts supporting the Garden, and other organizations. SHOP [email protected]

13 Ironwood SPRING 2018 Saturday, March 24 1–4:30 pm

Alan Noelle Engineering 1616 Anacapa Street Santa Barbara, CA 93101

phone: 805.563.5444 fax: 805.456.5901 [email protected]

Electrical Engineering Lighting Design

SPRING 2018 Ironwood 14 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATION ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED U.S. POSTAGE PAID SANTA BARBARA, CA 1212 Mission Canyon Road PERMIT NO. 451 Santa Barbara, CA 93105-2126 sbbg.org • (805)682-4726

MARCH 31 Spring through NATIVE PLANT SALE APRIL 30

Members Largest selection on the central coast! Shop Early Fill your garden with color, beauty, and FRI. MARCH 30 butterflies, including native milkweed, 9am—5pm matilija poppies, and iris. Don't miss this special shopping 9am – 5pm DAILY opportunity for members only! MEMBER DISCOUNT R. WRIGHT

15 Ironwood SPRING 2018