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Visit Our Beautiful Garden Design Center
To help customers create beautiful gardens that also conserve water,
we offer our attractive water Garden Design Center on the grounds of
the Goleta Water District Office at: 4699 Hollister Avenue, Goleta
(across from San Marcos High School)

The plants in the garden are groups according to water use in a series of
“rooms” including: Perennial Border, Mediterranean Garden, Exotic Garden,
Traditional Garden, Southern California Native Garden, and Desert Garden.

Plant lists and a self-guided tour brochure is available at the front desk during regular business hours.

One Secret Is Choosing the Right Plants
You can have a beautiful garden and still conserve water. The secret is choosing the right kinds of plants, which
are native and drought tolerant. Check out our garden for ideas or click here

Planning Wisely Makes a Difference
To help you plan your garden, you may want to check out the District’s attractive waterwise demonstration garden
on the grounds of the District Office at 4699 Hollister Ave., Goleta, across from San Marcos High School.

Variety of Options
On display at the acre-plus demonstration garden is a variety of water-conserving landscaping with groupings of
plants that are compatible, express numerous styles and grow well here. To see a list of other demonstration
gardens click here

Don’t Forget Irrigation Methods
The best types of irrigation systems, among them drip and low-profile sprinklers, for each plant grouping is
demonstrated. Go to bewaterwise.org and sbwater.org
 
And It’s All Free
The garden is open free to the public during regular business hours. No reservation is needed.

Demonstration Gardens
The public demonstration gardens in Santa Barbara County provide living examples
of resource efficient landscaping. Take your class to a garden in your area for an
afternoon outdoors.

Alice Keck Park Memorial Garden
City block bounded by Arrellaga, Santa Barbara Garden and Micheltorena Streets, Santa Barbara.
Self-guided tour only. This 4.6 acre informal park emphasizes exotic flora. The planting areas are
separated according ot cultural conditions, ranging from boggy to arid, with a section of low-water
using plants. A plant directory is near the center of the park, above the pond.
Open 8:00 a.m. to sunset every day. Free.

Firescape
2411 Stanwood Drive/Route 192 (corner of Mission Ridge Road), Santa Barbara, For information,
call (805) 564-5703. Located acrtoss the street from Fire Station #7, this 1.7 acre labeled model
garden demonstrates how risks of wildfire can be reduced through appropriate planting, irrigation,
and management. Open 8:00 a.m. to sunset every day. Free.

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden
1212 Mission Canyon Road, Santa Barbara,. A 65-cacre garden of native plants of California,
representing a variety of plant communities and important botanical and horticultural collections.
The Home Demonstration Garden is a working model of year-round drought-tolerant landscaping
for residential settings. The Garden Growers’ Nursery sells native and Mediterranean plants every
day except Monday and Wednesday. Numerous classes on drought-tolerant planting and landscaping.
Open Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. and until 5:00 p.m. on weekends.
Small admission fee. To arrange a tour, call (805) 682-4726.

Santa Barbara City College Garden/Chumash Point Ethnobotanic Preserve
721 Cliff Drive, Santa Barbara. The Lifescape Garden features a variety of low water using and edible plants,
as well as composting systems and efficient irrigation. Chumash Point emphasizes native plants from the
range of the Chumash Indians. These plants have medicinal, nutritional and spiritual importance to the Chumash.
Open sunrise to sunset every day. Free. To arrange a tour, call (805) 965-0581.