California Poppy: The Spring Trumpet
What better way to announce the spring wildflower season than with the golden poppy. They seem to appear everywhere – out of cracks in the pavemen...
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Sandstone in Santa Barbara
What would Santa Barbara be without its protecting rampart of sandstone mountains rising above the city to the north? The rock on our majestic moun...
Read morePacific Pickle Works: Local artisanal pickles!
Here at The Santa Barbara Company, we have developed a bit of a passion for the pickles from Pacific Pickle Works. We have friends and family stopp...
Read moreCeanothus of Santa Barbara: Early spring blossoms
If you've looked up at the mountains from town lately, you may have noticed what looks like a light snowfall. How can that be? Every spring, the ...
Read moreAcacias: Santa Barbara's Yellow Trees
Just when the short, dark days of January begin to drag down your spirits, acacias announce that spring is coming. They burst into bloom, illuminat...
Read moreToyon: California's Christmas Berry
Glowing red berries ripening around Thanksgiving, bouquets of tiny white flowers loved by the bees in the spring, Toyon grows naturally almost eve...
Read moreBeautiful Winter Days in Santa Barbara
For most Santa Barbarians, the end of the fall heat is welcome, especially because winter is considered by many to be the finest season of all. Wit...
Read moreBOUGAINVILLEA!
Bougainvillea is not a name you should say softly. Any plant with flowers as garish, brilliant, fluorescent, strident – the adjectives go on and o...
Read moreState Street Farmers Market + Squash Blossoms in Santa Barbara
The Tuesday market in the 500 and 600 blocks of State Street is one of our favorite markets in the Santa Barbara area. It is quintessential Santa B...
Read moreThe Easton Gallery: A Profile
The Easton Gallery is housed in Ellen Easton's quiet and incredibly charming Montecito home on an unassuming lane off Hot Springs Road. You enter t...
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