Montecito’s plant people came out in force for Lotusland’s Exceptional Plants Auction, where collectors, growers, designers, and garden devotees spent the afternoon bidding on more than 200 rare and remarkable specimens, comparing favorites and talking shop beneath the garden’s famously exotic canopy. The savvy sale ranged from collector treasures to drought-tolerant and climate-resilient plants suited […]

“Every mile was in service of the kids,” said Ray Link, chairman of Rally4Kids, as the signature fundraiser for United Boys & Girls Clubs of Santa Barbara County shifted into high gear for its most successful year yet. On October 9, drivers departed Carpinteria for a 225-mile adventure through Ojai, the backcountry and high desert, […]

“Grief is just the receipts for love,” Scott Galloway told a sold-out Arlington Theatre during an evening that began with masculinity and modern America, but ended somewhere more personal. Presented by UCSB Arts & Lectures, the NYU professor and New York Times bestselling author joined Talk Easy Host Sam Fragoso for a conversation inspired by […]

“If I had the ability, I would buy every one of these.” California Rangeland Trust CEO Michael Delbar had barely arrived at the Faulkner Gallery before the walls of sweeping ranchlands had him smitten. “They have captured so well the open space, the life, the beauty of these amazing landscapes,” he said. Delbar drove down […]

“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” – Mary Oliver It was a fitting question for the 14th annual Heroes of Hospice luncheon at the Hilton Santa Barbara, where #1 New York Times bestselling author Cheryl Strayed joined Hospice of Santa Barbara supporters to reflect on […]

“That’s really the mark of a successful event – that everybody here believes in what we’re trying to do, believes in the vision,” said Dr. Nicole Callahan, board president of State Street Ballet and co-chair, with Alex Nourse, of its Victorian Vogue gala at the Music Academy of the West. The evening was deliciously Dracula-forward, […]

“Do you think we could plant grapes here? I said, ‘I don’t know, but I’ll sure find out.’” For Kiah Jordan of Montecito’s Impact Family Office, the inaugural Bounty Benefit Dinner at Rosewood Miramar came with history. Years before White Buffalo Land Trust acquired the 1,000-acre Jalama Canyon Ranch from Wayne Siemens and David Grotenhuis, […]

“I think that for me, being able to see this community come together, especially in such a historic place in Santa Barbara, it could not be more beautiful here,” said Elizabeth Poett at the Community Environmental Council’s Green Gala at the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. “There is so much room for hope, and with this […]

“Four years ago, Kenny said to me, ‘I want to have a pickleball tournament.’ I was like, ‘Oh my! What is that?’” That was Unity Shoppe Executive Director Angela Miller Bevan’s introduction to pickleball, courtesy of longtime supporter Kenny Loggins, who promptly taught her how to play. Now in its second year, “Pickleball in the […]