An Insider's Guide to the Courthouse
The beloved Santa Barbara County Courthouse is a designated National Historic Landmark and one of the most photographed buildings in the country. T...
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5 Pieces of Public Art Not to Miss in Santa Barbara!
Alongside the charming Spanish colonial architecture and stunning coastal geography, there’s a surprising abundance of public art scattered around ...
Read moreJune Gloom: Early Summer Fog in Santa Barbara
Summer comes to Santa Barbara, not with stifling heat or enervating humidity, but with gentle ocean fogs. Though fog can visit the Santa Barbara co...
Read moreJacarandas in Santa Barbara: Purple Bells of June
As the I Madonnari festival nears and the city fills to the brim this Memorial Day weekend, Santa Barbara's glorious jacarandas are bursting into b...
Read moreCalifornia 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...
Read moreSandstone 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...
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