A Dazzling holiday display Luminaries, Lights, and Good Cheer. Luminary bags will line the walkways guiding visitors from one magical experience to the next.  The sounds of mariachi music will fill the air and homemade tamales and  wine or champagne will be available to warm the soul. There will also be a special children’s activity. Complimentary coffee, hot chocolate and cookies. Café Jardin will be open and offering a special prix fixe dinner menu For information and reservations please call Café…

Take a behind the scenes tour of the Orchid House with Sherman Gardens Orchid Curator Darla Miller.  Don't miss this unique opportunity to discover the many unusual orchids in the Gardens collection. Free event with $5 admission to the Gardens.

The New Orchid Wall A vision brought to life With a vision and a sketch on a piece of paper, the new orchid display wall is finally a reality. Thanks in huge part to the generous donations of Karen Jacoby and the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust. Before the Orchid wall was built there were merely wooden benches tucked in a corner of the conservatory. Hardly the best way to showcase the rare and extensive collection. To celebrate this new addition…

71st Santa Barbara International Orchid Show "Wild World of Orchids" 3 day pass $22 General admission $14  

Now that you have killed your grass, what are you supposed to do? Tree of Life Nursery owner, Mike Evans will share from our booklet, "Creating and Caring for your Native Garden," that you can download here: Creating and Caring for your Native Garden. Bringing his over 30 years of experience with these plants, as well as just as many years of site-prep, initial irrigation techniques and working with tricky landscape situations, Mike will teach you how to create a…

Norman's Orchids' 10,000 sq. ft showroom has thousands of orchids in bloom and all necessary supplies. Bring your own questions for their orchid experts. Free orchid workshops on the weekends.