| Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | |
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 The central meadow region of the Botanic Garden, looking north | |
  Santa Barbara Botanic Garden  Santa Barbara Botanic Garden | |
| Type | Botanical garden |
| Location | Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Coordinates | 34°27′13.63″N 119°42′33.96″W / 34.4537861°N 119.7094333°W |
| Area | 78 acres (32 ha) |
| Opened | 1926 |
| Website | www |
The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden is a 78-acre botanical garden (32 ha),[1] containing over 1,000 species of rare and indigenous plants.[2] It is located in Mission Canyon, Santa Barbara, California, United States.
The purpose of the Garden is to display California native plants in natural settings. There are approximately 9.2 km (5.7 mi) of hiking trails within the garden. Mission Creek flows through the premises, and includes a rock dam which was constructed in 1806[1] by Native Americans (mainly Canaliños) under the direction of the Spanish padres of the adjacent Mission Santa Barbara.[3]
- ^ a b Fodor's (December 21, 2010). Fodor's Northern California 2011: With Napa, Sonoma, Yosemite, San Francisco & Lake Tahoe. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 54. ISBN 978-1-4000-0503-1. Retrieved December 25, 2011.
- ^ "Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Collections". Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. 2008. Archived from the original on February 16, 2008. Retrieved March 31, 2008.
- ^ DaBoss (May 11, 2015). "Mission Santa Bárbara Aqueduct". MissionTour. Retrieved March 22, 2021.