The California Poppies Are Blooming In The Meadow!

     The California Poppies are blooming in the meadow of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden!

Poppies blooming in the meadow of the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

California Poppy

California Poppy

Mike is among the poppies.

Island Pink Yarrow

Sisyrinchium bellum - Blue Eyed Grass

A busy bee!

Bountiful Seaside Daisy

The view from the top looking back down the meadow.  In the background you can see the top of Santa Cruz Island.

A visit to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden isn't complete without a walk through the grove of Coast Redwoods.

Billy Blue Jay Iris

Mike found a quiet place to read a book at 'The Hawk's Nest and Little Library'!

The lawn is being redone at the Pritzlaff Conservation Center

The view from the Pritzlaff Conservation Center.

You can see the Santa Barbara Channel, Santa Cruz Island and the tower of the old Saint Anthony's Seminary.

Tower of the old Saint Anthony's Seminary.

We live less than a mile southwest of the garden and this is our view of the tower of the old Saint Anthony's Seminary.

California Poppies Are Blooming

 The California Poppies Are Blooming in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden!

California Poppy

California Poppy

California Poppy

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Meadow

California Poppy

California Poppy

Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Meadow

Wildflowers at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden!

 The first week of April is actually the latter part of the wildflowers in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.  The California Poppies and Blue-eyed-grass are still going strong.

The Meadow in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

California Poppies

Blue-eyed-grass

California Poppies and Blue-eyed-grass

Blue-eyed-grass

The Meadow in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

California Poppy

California Poppy and green seed pods.
When the pods turn brown, they will be ready to harvest and available for sale in the gift shop!

The bees like the California Poppies.

Wooly Bluecurls

A lizard hanging out under the Wooly Bluecurls

 Iris PCH Blue

 Iris PCH Blue

Golden Lupine, (Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus)

Golden Lupine, (Lupinus microcarpus var. densiflorus)

Fairyduster (Calliandra eriophylla)

The Meadow in Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

Guadalupe Island Senecio (Senecio palmeri)
Rare endemic of Guadalupe Island, off the coast of Baja California, Mexico. Grows on rocky volcanic slopes.  Numbers were reduced by goats, now recovering after goat removal.

Gum-plant

Gum-plant

Dudleya brittonii

Red-flowered Buckwheat

Red-flowered Buckwheat

Patio of the Pritzlaff Conservation Center in the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden,
looking out over the Pacific Ocean.

This photo was taken from the edge of the lawn next to the patio of Patio of the Pritzlaff Conservation Center.  You can see Santa Cruz Island and the Pacific Ocean in the background. If you look closely on the right-hand side, you can see the tower that was originally part of Saint Anthony's Seminary. Then on the left side you can see the top of the two dome towers of the Old Mission Santa Barbara.