Santa Barbara Green Guide Archives

Spring Is Here!

A letter from this year’s Santa Barbara Green Guide, a collaboration between Bluedot Living and the Santa Barbara Independent.

Features

Home & Garden

An English Garden, Santa Barbara–Style

Best-selling author Susan Branch built the garden of her dreams in her backyard, complete with tomato plants, roses, manicured pathways, birdbaths, and milkweed for the monarchs.

Conservation

Redrawing the Future of the Ocean

Tyler Hayden -

Good News

Environmental Wins Worth Celebrating

Ella Heydenfeldt -

Nature

Five Great Santa Barbara–Area Hikes

Ethan Maday -

Food

Where Conservation Meets Cultivation

Hilary Dole Klein -

Farming

Taking Tomatoes to the Next Level

Victoria Riskin -

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FIELD NOTES

Field Notes

Get Oil Out!: Stopping Sable

Field Notes

Channel Islands Restoration: Safeguarding Rare and Endangered Plants and Animals

Field Notes

Santa Barbara Sea Center: Ecoliteracy and Empowerment

Field Notes

Explore Ecology: Reducing Waste With Creative Reuse

Field Notes

Santa Barbara Audubon Society: How to Protect Area Birdlife

CUT KITCHEN WASTE

A Culinary Cycle to Reduce Waste

Trimmings from a vegetable roast become a stock that’s integral to a soup in these three recipes.

RECIPE: Grilled Peach and Tomato Salad with Peach Bellini Vinaigrette

RECIPE: Romanesco Broccoli and Leek Soup

RESOURCES

Guides

Your Guide to Green Resources in Santa Barbara

5 Eco-Savvy Gift Ideas

Tyler Hayden -

These products are locally sourced and sustainably made, so you can feel good about buying with the Earth in mind.

Community Counts

Lizzy Fallows -

Our columnist learns a lesson about playing well with others at school.

EAT LOCAL

RECIPE: Ogo Martini

RECIPE: Pan-Fried Abalone With Preserved Lemon and Pistachio Gremolata

Fish the Season: Santa Barbara

The Living Laboratory That Aims to Change Central Coast Agriculture

A regenerative farm at Jalama Canyon Ranch seeks to capture the spirit of Santa Barbara’s landscape by striking harmony between the new and the old.

HOME AND GARDEN

Climate Champs

The Guerilla Gardeners Planting Oxnard Back to Life

Emily Cain - April 17, 2026

Conservation

A Fly Solution to the Cape Ivy Invasion

Tyler Hayden - April 17, 2026

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