Another destination I wouldn't have wanted to miss was the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. It's a beautiful natural area covering nearly 70 acres with walking trails, and some landscaped areas.
The name may be a bit misleading to some folks. I have visited botanic gardens all over, and most of them tend to be heavily landscaped and often everywhere you look seems to be a focal point of someone's flower garden. The Santa Barbara gardens aren't like that. They are more like a huge nature area, with walking trails, etc.
The park is dog-friendly, which you may count as a good thing, or a bad thing. I didn't have a dog with me, but I didn't mind.
I do enjoy the native plants of California, and so for me it was beautiful everywhere I looked. It was also nice to enjoy the coolness of walking along under the trees, since it was still blazing hot in my home state when I took this trip. They offer native plants at the shop there as well, which make nice keepsakes of the trip.
If you decide to go, be sure to wear comfortable shoes and take along a light jacket (even in summer) if you are going to be there through the afternoon. If you are like me, you will also want to bring a camera along. A bottle of water for the walk isn't a bad idea either.
Enjoy!
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