2015 SBBG Annual Report

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2015 ANNUAL REPORT

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FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

2015 was a year focused on building –our internal capacity, our gardens, and a new structure. The Pritzlaff Conservation Center (PCC) was under construction all year long, moving from nothing but a hole in the ground, to a truly recognizable structure. As the PCC took shape,

it was a wonderful metaphor for all the other work going on at the Garden behind the scenes.

Our Education Department added more classes and workshops to reach a diverse audience, while also attracting significant grant support. Frédérique Lavoipierre was promoted to Director of Education in recognition of successes, and the department continued to grow to 2.5 staff. This increased capacity allows us to broaden our curriculum which includes horticulture, botany, and family programming.

We saw similar success in our Conservation and Research Program, with the addition of a Research Technician early in the year, and the selection of our new Rare Plant Botanist in December (though she will not start with us until April 2016). This will bring the number of full time conservation staff

to four, in addition to the many fantastic research associates who will move into the new Conservation Center in May 2016.

Our gardens grew as well, as we installed both the Maze and the Wooded Dell (both projects funded by the Garden Club of Santa Barbara) as well as the hardscape and initial planting for the redevelopment of our Water Wise Home Garden. All three of these gardens will be ready for their grand opening May 1, 2016. And to keep up with our growing garden, we added additional part time staff in accounting, the Garden shop, and our visitor services department.

Most importantly, all the change and growth this year at the Garden had one goal – to safeguard the future of California’s native plants. We are grateful to all the generous supporters of our mission who make this possible.

Sincerely,

Steve Windhager, Ph.D. Executive Director

Pritzlaff Conservation Center phases of construction


Channel Islands plant specimen

The red color in this San Nicolas Is-land landscape is from invasion of crystalline iceplant.

Catalina mariposa lily (Calochortus catalinae) on Catalina Island

CONSERVATION AND RESEARCHFlora of Catalina Island Draft CompletedThe Garden's Plant Systematist, Matt Guilliams, complet-ed a draft version of the book A Flora of Santa Catalina Island. The draft was submitted to the Catalina Island Conservancy at the end of 2015, and has an anticipated publication date of late 2016. This book will serve as the authoritative reference for all plant species of the island, providing island visitors and biologists alike with detailed information on the island and its incredible flora.

Nearly 3,000 Channel Islands Plant Specimens ProcessedThe Garden's Herbarium was a bustle of activity in 2015. With a National Park Service contract to process over two thousand specimens from the Channel Islands into the col-lection as well as an impending move to expanded space in the new Pritzlaff Conservation Center, Matt Guilliams and new Conservation Technician Chris Garoutte worked with a greatly expanded volunteer group to meet our deadlines. We accessioned nearly three thousand plant specimens into the collection over this last year, many of which came from the long career of former Garden tax-onomist, Steve Junak.

Building capacity to conserve the central coast’s rarest plantsDirector of Conservation Denise Knapp worked hard to bolster our rare plants program in 2015. Begun two de-cades ago by Dr. Dieter Wilken, this important program has never had the luxury of a full-time position. This year, we were able to hire a new full-time Rare Plant Biologist, Dr. Heather Schneider, who will start in early 2016. We also continued population and pollinator monitoring for three locally rare species, focused on rare plant conserva-tion at our annual Pritzlaff Conservation Symposium, and brought six new plant species into our long-term seed bank, which can be used for future restoration, research, or just as an insurance policy against extinction. This last effort was part of a new state-wide collaborative, the Cal-ifornia Plant Rescue, which aims to safeguard all of the state’s rarest plant species through seed banking.

Native plant hedgerows on 3 local farmsWe made great progress on our native plant hedgerows project this year, which harnesses the power of natives to support on-farm pollinator and pest control biodiver-sity, making them more sustainable. After networking to find progressive farms willing to try this practice and con-

ducting pilot pollinator monitoring in 2013 and 2014, we worked to remove legal barriers to the practice in 2015, and got deeper into planning the outreach components of the project. By year’s end, Chris Garoutte and Denise Knapp (along with dedicated volunteers and one high school intern) installed hedgerows on three local farms, which we will maintain and monitor in 2016 and beyond.

New restoration project on San Nicolas IslandCrystalline iceplant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum) invades California coastal habitats, displacing native plants and making soils more saline -- and likely alter-ing insect communities as well. In 2015, Denise and Chris began a project on San Nicolas Island that will see how these impacts change as the iceplant becomes more domi-nant. Then we will use experimental techniques aiming to restore native biodiversity, including not only the plants and insects, but also biological soil crust organisms like cyanobacteria and algae.

13 Active research & restoration contracts

4 Active research & restoration grants

9 New contracts secured

2 New grants secured

2,997 Specimens curated into the Herbarium

10,588,342 Hits on our herbarium specimens via CCH

6 Rare plants species conserved with long-term seed collections

24,487 Seeds in those collections

10 Public lectures/presentations given

20 Professional presentations given

2 Classes offered (including one quarter-long University level)

1 Peer-reviewed journal articles published

1,942 Insect specimens collected and curated

Conservation Benchmarks

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EDUCATION

Education at the Garden continues to offer a broad range of opportunities to a diverse audience. An increase in staffing expanded our reach, and we have increased and improved classes, certificate programs and public tours, and built on our well-established School Tour Program. We have greatly improved public visibility of our education programs, with a redesign of both the Classes and Events listings on our website, and the Ironwood Calendar. To maximize our mission impact, we developed a plan for the Garden to incorporate contemporary interpretive techniques into our signage, volunteer and staff training, and digital and printed media, and developed tools for evaluation of Garden programs.

Citizen Science Club & California Naturalists We have established a Citizen Science Club, acting as a hub for training and dialogue on citizen science in the community. We’ve added a citizen science page to our website that features projects that can be conducted on Garden grounds and at other sites. The UC Certified California Naturalist Program, launched in 2012, serves as a foundation for docent training, both at the Garden and at other regional organizations. We now have over 100 program graduates who have enjoyed lectures, labs and field trips with regional experts in natural history.

School Programs A new web page features teacher resources that facilitate watershed education in the classroom and includes an extensive annotated list of resources (with links), with instructions on writing place-based, environmental curriculum, examples of activities for both in and out of the classroom, and background information. In 2015, our school tours served 1,741 students from 25 elementary schools in 10 districts, including the Santa Barbara, Goleta Union, and Hope School Districts. In addition, we offered 8 Science Nights – doubling the number of schools visited in 2014 – serving another 1,673 students who may not have access

to our onsite Garden education. In addition to our school tours, we launched our summer tour program for local camps offering five tours to 157 campers.

Docent & Self-guided Tours Our docent corps is growing, and we offered 215 Do-cent-guided public tours serving 1,577 participants in 2015, and an additional 10 private scheduled tours for 170 adults. Self-guided group visits, including class-es from UCSB, SBCC, Antioch and Westmont colleges served 2,423 participants over 112 visits.

Public Education We offer classes, workshops, field trips and lectures that include horticulture, botany, family programming, arts & letters, and travel. We offered 41 classes to 484 par-ticipants in 2015, and hosted 16 lectures for 583 partic-ipants. Our travel to the Channel Islands and on private domecar train trips reached 295 participants. We host regular meetings of the California Native Plant Society Channel Islands Chapter.

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HORTICULTURE

2015 was a year of building at the Garden with sever-al new gardens installed and building of the Pritzlaff Conservation Center in full swing. The Garden was full of energy even though our normally quiet and peaceful atmosphere was regularly broken by the sound of trac-tors, jack-hammers and saws! A beautiful new redwood bench, built by our master bench maker Dave Kershaw, was installed at the entrance in honor of former director Katherine Muller. In response to the continuing drought we stopped watering on the Porter Trail and Tunnel Tri-angle and reduced watering Garden wide. For the most part the living collections have survived but a wet 2016 would be a welcome event.

Home Demonstration Garden In late 2015 we completely overhauled the Home Demonstration Garden installing new paths with permeable paving, removing some of the hardscape elements and creating a new entry courtyard, dry creek bed and rain garden. We removed most of the existing plantings and revitalized the soil with compost and organic fertilizers. The garden was replanted with a palette of easy-to-grow, beautiful natives including monkey-flowers (Diplacus), buckwheats (Eriogonum), sages (Salvia), and manzanitas (Arctostaphylos). New signage and exhibits demonstrate how to store and retain rainwater on site, and how to use mulch and worm composting to create a more sustainable, water-wise home garden.

Wooded Dell and Maze The Garden partnered with the Garden Club of Santa Barbara to create two new gardens to commemorate the Club’s one hundredth anniversary. The first installed was the Maze which is located in the canyon at the Garden’s old island section. The maze was designed by artist and Garden Club member Lenore Hughes and planted in December 2014 using coyote brush (Baccharis pilulariss).The Maze represents the anchoring element for the future Backcountry Adventure Garden where children will experience and learn about nature in an informal way.

The Wooded Dell surrounds the Lockwood de Forest designed Campbell Bench, one of the Garden’s historic landmarked features. This beautiful bench had effective-ly been hidden for years by the overgrown vegetation along the Campbell Trail. We took inspiration from the Trail’s dedication plaque which reads: “A Trail through a Wooded Dell dedicated to Peace and Meditation” when designing the garden. A variety of large-leaved, decid-

uous trees and shrubs were planted to give the space a lush, light-green look that contrasts with the dark green of the surrounding live oak woodland. The Dell will have its big, bright moment in early spring when the maples (Acer macrophyllum), ashes (Fraxinus dipetla and F. ve-lutina), redbuds (Cercis occidentalis), and currants (Ribes) burst into leaf and flower. An understory of coral-bells (Heuchera), ferns (Polypodium, Woodwardia and Drypo-teris) columbine (Aquilegia), and iris are tied together by an ingenious ribbon of leafy reed grass (Calamagrostis foliosa) and California fescue (Festuca californica).

Meadow Revival Project Renovation of the Meadow display has been underway for the last three years and is still a work in progress. Our goal is to return the Meadow to its historic condition and reestablish the beloved wildflower shows of years past. We have successfully restored the original outline of the Meadow and meadow borders, removed lawns, paths and large shrubs and worked mightily to reduce the weed load. The spectacular show of California poppy that graced the Meadow during

the spring of 2015 invoked memories of decades past. We are still working to establish the Meadow’s base planting of blue grama grass which will hold the space and provide visual interest during the dry season. About1000 new plugs were planted in late summer to replace those that had not survived from the initial planting in 2014.

Building Project We grew a building this year! Slowly, but surely, the Pritzlaff Conservation Center has emerged from the ground. Starting as a big hole in the ground in January, the building was fully formed – though not completed - by the end of the year. Along the way there was a tremendous amount of below-ground infrastructure installed including three 15 thousand gallon water tanks to collect rainwater off the site. A mountain of soil was generated by all this work - most of which was used to create a new, level work yard at the Hansen site. The former work yard on the ridge above the horticulture nursery is now a paved 35-space staff parking lot which will help alleviate crowding in our main visitor lot.

The only impact to the main garden occurred when the new sewer line was run up the main path in the Arroyo. All the buildings on the west side of the Garden our now connected to the sewer. The Horticulture department has been busy planning and growing plants for the Is-land View garden which will surround the new building. The garden will be comprised primarily of plants endemic to the California and Baja California Channel islands. We expect to install this garden in April 2016.


VOLUNTEERS

Horticulture Unit Team As we looked forward to our 90TH Anniversary in 2016 and the five new planned public garden displays, we knew this meant growing our volunteer support team in the Hort Unit that help supply the plants for the garden grounds. As a result, the volunteer hours in our Horticulture Nursery increased nearly 45% in 2015.

Volunteers in our Hort Unit, located on the east side of Mission Canyon, propagate plants from seeds and cuttings. Our volunteers collect and clean seeds from the grounds and from scheduled field trips. Volunteers staff the Hort Unit four days a week working alongside our Plant Propagation Manager, Heather Wehnau and Bonnie Whitney, Plant Propagation Assistant. The vol-unteers enjoy learning techniques for propagating and growing native plants.

Research and Conservation Team In preparation for the move into our new Pritzlaff Research & Conservation Center new volunteers were added to our Research & Conservation team helping to mount & press the dried plant specimen collection for our Herbarium. As a result, the volunteer hours in this department increased.

Volunteers are key across all departments:Garden Growers Grounds Citizen Science (LFM, CPP)Education/Docents Education/Teen Program Education/Special Projects Library & Digital Photography Living Collections/GISAdministration Garden Gift Shop Garden GreetersGarden Guild Corporate/Group Community Service DaysTeahouse Special Events Court Appointed Community Service

Top: propagating plants for the new

display gardens including Wooded

Dell, Home Demonstration

Garden, Meadow, and Maze.

Right: mounting dried-pressed

plant specimens for our Herbarium

collection.

216

16,708.25

$434,414.50

# OF VOLUNTEERS

HOURS CONTRIBUTED

TOTAL VALUE(HOURS X $26)

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FINANCIALS

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ASSETS December 2015 December 2014Current Assets Cash and cash equivalents 109,161 444,074 Accounts and contracts receivable, net 41,644 34,985 Short-term pledges receivable, net 400,136 563,114 Inventory 82,905 65,225 Prepaid expenses and other assets 129,706 116,149Total Current Assets 763,552 1,223,547

Non-Current Assets Long-term pledges receivable, net 514,926 698,637 Investments 7,687,334 10,637,361 Interests in charitable remainder trusts 247,383 431,276 Interests in perpetual trusts 1,271,703 1,264,617 Property and equipment, net 29,455,282 26,059,147 Collections 118,275 118,275Total Non-Current Assets 39,294,903 39,209,313

TOTAL ASSETS 40,058,455 40,432,860

LIABILITIESCurrent Liabilities Accounts payable 21,722 211,163 Accrued expenses 885,853 830,264 Deferred revenue 112,343 148,356 Current portion of long term debt 2,599,881 2,596,761Total Current Liabilities 3,619,799 3,786,544

Notes Payable Notes payable 865,877 885,266Total Notes Payable 865,877 885,266

TOTAL LIABILITIES 4,485,676 4,671,810

NET ASSETS Unrestricted Undesignated 24,810,090 21,287,641 Designated 5,098,802 4,627,381 Temporarily restricted 2,254,334 6,342,625 Permanently restricted 3,409,553 3,503,403TOTAL NET ASSETS 35,572,779 35,761,050

TOTAL LIABILITES AND NET ASSETS 40,058,455 40,432,860

2015 Expenses by Program2015 Revenue

.2%

-.2%

3.7%

2.3%

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BLAKSLEY BLISS SOCIETY

Anna Dorinda Blaksley Bliss and her daughter Mildred were both passionate about establishing the Santa Bar-bara Botanic Garden and ensuring its ongoing success. The Blaksley Bliss Society honors their legacy by recog-nizing donors who include the Garden in their estate plans. In 2015, we were especially saddened by the loss of Society member Connie Harvie. Her vision and com-mitment to the Garden will continue through her gift to our endowment fund. We are honored to have the listed individuals as Blaksley Bliss Society members.

Angus & Jeri AndrewsAnnonymous (2)Mary Lou ArdohainMichael R. BenedictPeter & Charis BrattJohn & Ann BrinkerMarne Coggan & Debra FreidenbergPatrick & Luella ConnellyJohn Cotton & Anne CushingVictoria DillonJim DowningGary & Rebecca EldridgeJohn & Martha GabbertCorinne GallagherTom & Elizabeth GerigConstance HarvieEd & Carolyn HendersonJohn & Shirley HobsonNancy JohnkeAnne JonesAnn KoepfliJim & Patricia LawsonArthur Lindo & Julien StuartDorothy MacCullochRand & Gloria MolnarChapin & Cynthia NolenAlfred & Arleen NoreenAnuja Parikh & Nathan GaleJoy Ellen PodgerRichard & Beth RogersCatherine RoseBarry & Susan SpectorRobert & Eileen SweetDavid & Karen Telleen-LawtonBetsy ThiesPeggy K. ThompsonMary Jean ThomsonShirley TuckerRobert & Linda Van Buren Jill Vander HoofLawrence WallinGeorgia Young


CONTRIBUTORS

$500,000 - $999,000 Anonymous $250,000 - $499,000 Mrs. Constance Harvie $100,000 - $249,000 The Ann Jackson Family Foundation $50,000 - $99,000 Mr. and Mrs. John GabbertElizabeth Bixby Janeway Foundation Ms. Sara Miller McCune The Mericos Foundation Mrs. Nancy Poyourow Dr. Charles J. Rennie and Dr. Teresa K. Nakashima Dr. Shirley C. Tucker $25,000 - $49,999 Mr. and Mrs. David H. Anderson Mrs. Natalya Y. Antonova Mrs. Gloria Bryant The Garden Club of Santa Barbara The Godric Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Hugunin Hutton Parker Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Chapin Nolen Santa Barbara Foundation Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation WWW Foundation $10,000 to $24,999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Scott T. Deardorff Mrs. Lou Greer Frost Mrs. Marilyn Magid S & S Seeds Steinmetz Foundation The Walter J. and Holly O. Thomson Foundation Mrs. Louise Tighe UnionBank Mr. Dana White Wood-Claeyssens Foundation $5,000 to $9,999 Anonymous Roy E. Crummer Foundation Frank Schipper Construction Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gardner Dr. and Mrs. Jerry D. Gibson Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jim Kennett Dr. Ed Henderson and Mrs. Carolyn Kincaid Montecito Bank & Trust Dr. Anuja Parikh and Dr. Nathan Gale Mr. Edward F. Roach and Ms. Elizabeth O'Rourke Mr. and Mrs. Gary W. Robinson Mr. Peter Schuyler and Dr. Lisa Stratton

Mr. Steve Senesac and Ms. Ann Steinmetz The Chanticleer Foundation The Raintree Foundation The Towbes Foundation Ms. Susan Van Atta and Mr. Kenneth RadtkeyMr. Steve Windhager and Ms. Pamme Mickelson $2,500 to $4,999 Anonymous City of Santa Barbara Water Conservation Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Cohen Corbu Construction Deckers Outdoor Corp Dr. Bob Haller and Dr. Nancy Vivrette Mr. and Mrs. Sean Hutchinson Ms. Marian D. Jones Mr. and Mrs. Jim Koopmans Mrs. Lillian Lovelace Riviera Insurance Services, LLC Room & Board VCA CARE Animal Hospital Welch-Ryce_Haider Funeral Chapels Mr. Hall F. Wilkie


$1,000 to $2,499 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Adams Advanced Veterinary Specialists Mr. and Mrs. Jim Andelman Aveda Ms. Margaret Baker Mr. Michael R. Benedict Mr. and Mrs. Philip L. Bernstein Mrs. Barbara Bonadeo Mr. and Mrs. John A. Brinker Ms. Shari Chambers Mr. Thomas Craveiro Damitz, Brooks, Nightingale, Turner & Morrisset Mr. and Mrs. Jim Drasdo Ehlen, Spiess & Haight, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. R.H. Donnelley Erdman Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gerig Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hazard, Jr. Ms. Valerie Hoffman and Mr. Ronald Noe Mr. and Mrs. Palmer G. Jackson, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. S. R. Jammalamadaka Mr. and Mrs. Rich Janssen Mr. and Mrs. Josiah C. Jenkins Ms. Nancy Johnke Mrs. Madge Kelley Mr. Roger M. Perlmutter and Ms. Joan M. Kreiss Mr. George Leis and Ms. Laurie Parker Dr. and Mrs. Robert G. Logan Mrs. Ann Lorimer Mr. and Mrs. Bob Marshall Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. John A. McClure Mr. Hank MitchelMr. and Mrs. John C. Mithun Mr. and Mrs. Rick Mohun Mr. James O. Moore Preston & Sterling Morton Fund Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Norberg Paydirt Pictures LLC Mr. Marc Soltan and Ms. Carolyn Pidduck Lady Leslie Ridley-Tree Mr. and Mrs. Stefan Riesenfeld Mr. Christian Stepien and Mrs. Melissa Riparetti-Stepien Mr. and Mrs. Gerrold Rubin Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Russell Santa Barbara County Humane Society Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Scalapino Ms. Kate Schepanovich Mrs. Jean K. Schuyler Dr. and Mrs. David A. Siegel Ms. Beverly M. Smaniotto Mr. and Mrs. Barry Spector Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stapelmann Steele Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Eric Stern Mr. Gebb Turpin Mr. and Mrs. Hisashi Wakita Mr. Lawrence Wallin Mrs. and Mrs. Peter Warshaw Dr. and Mrs. John M. Wiemann

The Woodward Fund Mr. Oran R. Young and Ms. Gail Osherenko $500 to $999 Mrs. Susan G. Adams Anonymous Arcadia Studio Ms. Tanya Atwater Mrs. Ruseell Bolton Mr. and Mrs. Tom T. Bolton Ms. Susan E. Bower Ms. Wendel M. Bruss Mr. and Mrs. Roland F. Bryan California Community Foundation Carl E.Wynn Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Dave Carlberg Mrs. Juanita Carney Mr. and Mrs. G. Donald Chandler Mr. and Mrs. George Chelini Mr. and Mrs. John M. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Salvador De La Mora Mr. M. Christopher Derick and Ms. Dana L. Diehl Mr. and Mrs. Jim Downing Ms. Nina L. Dunbar Mr. and Mrs. David A. Evans Flowers and Associates, Inc. Ms. Corinne Gallagher Mrs. Virginia L.T. Gardner Dr. and Mrs. Donald Gillies Dr. Michael A. Glassow and Dr. Anabel Ford Mr. and Mrs. Louis Gonda Ms. Margie Grace Lenny Gumport and Wendy Munger Mr. and Ms. Steven Hill Mrs. and Mr. Joseph Jannotta Ms. Mary Ann Jordan Mr. and Mrs. David Kershaw Mr. and Mrs. William Kincaid Mr. and Mrs. Charles King Ms. Gayle Kopitzke Ms. Sheila Lodge Mr. A. Michael Marzolla and Ms. Rose Wills Mrs. Colleen Mathews Mr. and Mrs. Jim M. McClure Mr. and Mrs. Joel Mendelsohn Mr. Peter L. Morris Dr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Mulroy Mr. and Mrs. Charles Newman Peaceful Pets Aquamation Mr. Fred Perner Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Peteler Mrs. Susan B. Plumer Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Power Dr. and Mrs. Dennis Power Mr. Jim Rivera Mr. and Mrs. Stephen P. Robeck Mr. and Mrs. Dave Robison Mr. Rudy Rodriguez and Ms. Carolyn Horsman Ms. Catherine Rose Ms. Diane Ross


Mr. Ray Sawhill and Ms. Polly A. Frost Mr. Robert Schowe and Ms. Christina A. Schowe Urban Eco Design Mr. and Mrs. Steve Varney Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Weber Mr. Jerome Weingartner and Dr. Carol Weingartner Mr. Jules M. Zimmer

$100 to $499 7 Day Nursery Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Abbott Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Abela Mr. and Mrs. Neil Ablitt Dr. Paul Abramson and Ms. Tania Bjornlie Mr. Henry P. Adams Mr. and Mrs. John Ahlman Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Alexander Ms. Lesley J. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. William A. Allard Mr. Dennis Allen and Mrs. Jenny Cushnie Mrs. Julia Allen Miss Gloria Almeida Mr. and Mrs. Joel Altschul Amaya's Pupcakes Mrs. Elizabeth B. Ames Mr. and Mrs. Corey Anderson Mr. and Mrs. David E. Anderson Mrs. Linda Anderson Mrs. Ken Ando Mr. and Mrs. John Andren Mr. and Mrs. Brian Anfinsen Anonymous Money Arenz Foundation

Dr. Joan Ariel and Dr. Ellen Broidy Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Aronson Mr. Michael Avenali and Ms. Panter Dr. and Mrs. John M. Bachar, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Bacharach Ms. Jill K. Barnitz Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Barrymore

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baxter Dr. Christy L. Beaudin and Ms. Judy Ann Dutcher Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Beaver Mr. Jack C. Bechtel Ms. Mary Bergen Mr. and Mrs. Ted Bergstrom Mr. Mark Bessey and Ms. Yvette Keller Mr. George W. Smith and Dr. Victoria Bessinger Mr. and Mrs. Dave Bettles Mr. and Mrs. Adam Bianchi Mrs. Sheila Block Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Boehm Bonsai Club of Santa Barbara Mr. and Mrs. Ronald V. Book Ms. Carol J. Bornstein Mr. Charlie Boss and Ms. Judy Wong Boss Mr. and Dr. Richard R. Boulette Ms. Melissa Bower Mrs. Stephen R. Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Boyle Maggie & Gary Bradley Ms. Hannah G. Bradley Mr. Steve Schaefer and Ms. Debra Brandon Mr. Raymond Bransfield and Ms. Connie Rutherford Mrs. Elinor Brelsford


Ms. Jody Brkich and Ms. Michele Isomura Mrs. Patricia P. Broome Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Brown Mr. and Mrs. Gary L. Brown Ms. Tara Brown Ms. Hope Bryant Dr. and Mrs. David L. Buchanan Mr. Richard Buchen Dr. Harry Burger and Ms. Dawn Bridgeman Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Burgess Mr. Rick Burgess and Mrs. Tricia Munro Mrs. Susan Burian Mrs. Deborah A. Burns Ms. Jessica Burrows Mr. and Mrs. Dan Burstain Mr. and Mrs. Tom Calkins Dr. and Mrs. Bill Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Jack Camiel Ms. Robin Carbaugh Mr. and Dr. Bob Carlson Ms. Dorinda M. Carr Mr. and Mrs. Claude Case Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Casey Dr. and Mrs. Stebbins B. Chandor Mr. Daniel Richards and Ms. Sarah Chaney Dr. and Ms. Charu Chaubal Ms. Darlene Chirman Mr. and Mrs. Michael Christeson Mr. Marc Chytilo and Mrs. Nancy Weiss CJM::LA Ms. and Mr. Jean Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Charles Clouse Mrs. Susan Cochrane Levitsky Mr. Marne Coggan and Ms. Debra Friedenberg Ms. Kathleen Conlon Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Connell Ms. Kathy Cook Mr. and Mrs. A. Crawford Cooley Mr. and Mrs. C. Michael Cooney Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Cooper John and Patricia Coppejans Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Coppin Mr. Corwin Corpuz and Dr. Donna Kell Ms. Sophie Craighead Mrs. Barbara Crane Ms. Kathleen Crean Mr. and Mrs. Peter Cross Mr. and Mrs. Daniel L. Crotty Dr. and Mrs. Robert Cummings Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Cupples Mr. Oswald J. Da Ros and Ms. Christine Neuhauser Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dallett Ms. Laurie Dalton and Ms. Brooke Kennedy Ms. Carolyn Danforth Mr. John D'Angona Mr. Tom Dudley and Dr. Carla D'Antonio Mr. Christopher Davies and Ms. Nancy Whittaker Mrs. Eileen Davis Mr. and Mrs. Rodger Dawson Mr. Michael Day and Ms. Kelly Knight

Mr. Paul Deal and Ms. Laurie EuseyMs. Jean DebettigniesMr. Neill DeClercq and Ms. Deborah Moritz Mr. Edward S. DeLoreto Mr. and Mrs. James DeVenne Dioji Ms. Joan K. Domingue Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery Donahue Mrs. Allena Donati Mr. Jeff Hartlove and Ms. Alexsana Donne Ms. and Ms. Terese Ann Doordan Mr. and Mrs. Allan Dougherty Dr. Peter Hasler and Dr. Elizabeth Downing Mr. and Mrs. David S. Dvorak Mr. William Klansek and Ms. Sheri Eckmann Mr. Albert Hirschmann and Ms. Dorothy Edminster Mr. and Mrs. Roy S. Edwards, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Ron J. Ehmsen Ms. Della Jean Elden and Ms. Margaret J. Dawes Mr. and Mrs. Gary Eldridge Mr. Robert F. Else and Ms. Ann Dundon Dr. and Mrs. Fred B. Emerson, Jr. Ms. Julia Emerson Mr. Brendan Barnwell and Dr. Patty L. Erbe Mr. and Mrs. John Erickson Mrs. Adrian Erler Mr. David Escamilla and Ms. Sarah Haile Mr. George Eskin and Ms. Hannah-Beth Jackson Ms. Betty Jane Evans Mr. and Mrs. Keith Evans Mr. and Mrs. Lendon Everson Mr. and Mrs. Ray F. Evert Mr. and Mrs. Garold Faber Mr. John A. Faulkner Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Mr. Walt Fidler Ms. and Mrs. Alison Flewell FLIR Commercial Systems Division Mrs. Barbara Ford and Mrs. Holly Ford Emerson Mr. and Mrs. Earl Fordam Mrs. Brigitte Forssell Ms. Wendy Foster and Mr. Pierre Lafond Mr. Randall Fox and Ms. Terry A. Bartlett Mr. and Mrs. George H. Frampton Mr. and Mrs. Bart Francis Ms. Barbara C. Franz and Ms. Kristen Franz Ms. and Ms. Maureen Freeman Mrs. Joan Fried Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Friederich Mr. and Mrs. Edward Funsten Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Furuike Mr. Peter Gajewski and Ms. Suzanne Siskel Ms. Peter Gallway Mr. Larry Disharoon and Ms. Diane Galvan Mr. and Mrs. Jim Garrett Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gaspar Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Getto Mr. and Mrs. John Gillett Ms. Sally Giloth Mr. and Mrs. Brad Ginder


Day campers enjoy the shade of a sycamore tree

Mr. Jeb Gist and Ms. Jane Mertens Mr. Paul F. Glenn and Mrs. Nancy M. Lessner Mr. Robert Goda and Mrs. Kim Seward-Goda Mr. Joel Goldberg Mrs. and Mr. Eunice Goodan Mr. Tom Gordon and Ms. Joanne Ng Graham Holdings Mrs. Alma Gray Dr. and Mrs. Charles R. Greene Ms. Elisabeth Greenwald and Mrs. Ethel King Dr. and Mrs. David Grether Ms. Dorothy J. Griffin Growing Solutions Ms. Donna Grubisic Mr. Bruce Grussing Mr. Steve Gully and Ms. Michelle Taylor Mr. Ara Guzelimian and Ms. Janet Clough Ms. Susan Gwynne Mrs. Gloria Hall and Mr. F. D. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Steven Handelman Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Hanrahan Ms. Karen Harding Ms. Pat Hardy and Ms. JoAnn Bell Mrs. and Mr. Letitia Harper Mr. Douglas Harris Mr. Andreas Hauke and Ms. Claire Monaghan

Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Hawkins Mr. Robert Hecht Mr. and Mrs. Dean Heck Mrs. Lorna S. Hedges Mr. and Mrs. Joe Henderson Ms. Catherine Henley Ms. Alice Henry Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Hester Mr. Charles Hill Dr. and Mrs. David Hill Mr. Kenneth R. Himes Ms. Denise Hinkle and Mr. Don Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Doug Hogg Mr. and Mrs. David Holt Mr. and Mrs. David T. Holzman Mrs. Alice Homan Mr. Michael A. Honer and Ms. Katherine Miller Mr. and Mrs. Terry Honikman Mr. Himmel and Ms. Jennifer J. Horinek Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hromadka Mr. and Mr. Richard W. Hurst Mr. and Mrs. David Hybert Mr. and Ms. Ray Ilgunas Mr. John Illgen and Ms. Kandace Illgen Mr. and Mrs. David M. Irwin Mr. and Ms. Don Jack

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2012 photo contest entry by

Ronald L. Wil-liams

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Jackson Mr. Randolph N. Jaffe and Ms. Dana Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnson Ms. Sally Jones Mr. and Mrs. Peter C. Jordano Ms. Marilynn Jorgensen Ms. Susan Jorgensen and Ms. Alice Gillaroo K Nine Solutions Ms. Karen M. Kahn Mr. Rudy R. Machuca and Mrs. Chihiro Kaiho Mrs. June S. Kambach and Ms. Roseanne Chambers Mr. and Ms. Len Kamlet Mr. and Mrs. Joe Karl Ms. Susan M. Keats Mrs. Jean Keely Mr. Hugh Kelly and Ms. Katya Bloom Mr. and Mrs. Van R. Kelsey Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. John Kinnear III Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kirschbaum Mrs. Mara Schiff Kohn Dr. and Ms. Charles D. Kolstad Mr. and Mrs. Gary Kravetz Mr. Allan Kroeker and Ms. Iverson Mr. and Mrs. Marc Kummel Ms. Suzi Kuromiya La Paloma Ranch Ms. Liana Landru and Mr. David M. Dwelley Mr. and Mrs. James Langer Mr. Lee McCarthy and Ms. Shana Lauer-McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Launie Mrs. Blair Lawlor Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lawson Mr. David Lebell and Mrs. Vicki Blum Ms. Shirley Lehrer Ms. Alexis Lettington and Ms. Vicki Klassen Ms. Nancy Levin Mrs. Margaret Levine Mr. Aaron J. Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Lewis Dr. and Mrs. James Lilligren Mr. and Mrs. George Lilly Dr. Grace Lin Dr. and Mrs. Albert Lindemann Mr. George A. Lindsay Mr. William R. Livingstone Mr. Michael Loftis and Mr. Erik Nickel Mr. Bill Lombardi Dr. Tremper Longman and Mrs. Alice Longman Mrs. Penelope P. Luce Mr. and Mrs. Don MacLeod Caroline and John Macomber Mr. and Mrs. William T. Mahan Ms. Sharyn F. Main and Mr. James Hodgson Dr. and Mrs. Roger Manasse Mrs. Margaret D. Marble Mr. and Mrs. Paul Margolis Dr. and Mrs. James W. Markham Mr. and Mrs. Michael Marshall Reverend and Mrs. John Martin

Ms. Elizabeth Matthews and Mr. James Merrick Mr. and Mrs. John Matuszeski Ms. Katherine McColm Mr. Paul Connelly and Ms. Anne McInerney Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Melekian Dr. and Mrs. Duncan Mellichamp Mr. Gerardo Menchara and Mrs. Iesha Tannis Mr. Matt Mildenberger and Ms. Leah Stoker Mrs. Janet Millar Ms. and Ms. Judy Miller Ms. Marilyn Miller and Ms. Patty Thompson Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Miller Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Millman Mr. Anthony F. Mills Mr. and Mrs. Jordan Minter Mr. and Mrs. Ted Mitchell Dr. Marianne Mithun and Dr. Wallace Chafe Mr. and Mrs. William L. Mobraaten Mr. Craig Mohan and Ms. Dawn Kirchner Mrs. Katherine Molony Dr. Stephanie Moret and Dr. Derek Booth Mr. Michael Morgan and Mr. Michael Seabaugh Dr. and Dr. Morhardt Mr. and Mrs. David W. Morris Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Morse IV Mr. and Mrs. Darrell P. Morse Mrs. Katherine J. Muckle Mr. Michael Musson and Ms. Amy E. Kovarick Mr. Daniel Nash and Ms. Maia Kikerpill Mr. and Mrs. Albert Nassi Ms. Kim Natzel Mr. and Mrs. Riley Neel Ms. Monica Nelsen and Ms. Christie MacDonald Mr. and Mrs. Jack Nespor Mr. and Mrs. Gary Nett Mr. and Mrs. Marty Neumeier Mr. and Mrs. Don Newmark Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Noreen Mr. and Mrs. Ned Oakley Mr. Mark Brzezinski and Ms. Margaret O'Brien Dr. and Mrs. Donald O'Dowd Mr. and Mrs. Donley Olson Mr. Hal Onserud and Ms. Lynn K. Jones Mr. Robert Ornstein and Ms. Barbara Savage Mr. Carl Palmer and Dr. Carrie Kappel Mr. and Mrs. Craig S. Palonen Mr. Greg Pantages and Dr. Rea Goumas Mr. and Mrs. Carl Payatt Dr. David Payne and Dr. J. E. Fowell Mr. and Mrs. Michael Perry Dr. Michael Perry and Dr. Carolyn Butcher Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Phillips Mr. Joseph Phillips Mr. Nick Pierce Ms. Arlene Pinkerton Mr. and Mrs. Victor Plana Mr. and Dr. Martin Plummer Ms. Joy Ellen Podger Dr. and Mrs. Arthur Posch D.V.M. Ms. Pam Price


Ms. Ruth Priest Ms. Virginia Randolph Mr. and Mrs. F. Brian Rapp Ms. Nancy Rapp Mrs. Jaqueline Reed Ms. Lisa S. Reed and Ms. Diane Francis Ms. Jean M. Reiche Mrs. Nancy Renshaw Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Rexon Mr. Gage Ricard and Mr. George Azelickis Ms. Biana Rice and Ms. Mary Ellen McLoughlin Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Richards Mr. and Mrs. Neil Richardson Mrs. Jane C. Rieffel Ms. Regina Rivera and Dr. Tim Sasseen Mrs. Karen C. Robinson Mr. Christopher V. Roderick and Mrs. Carole E. Rollins Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rodrigue Ms. Jean Rogers Ms. Elizabeth Ross Mr. Bruce Russell and Mr. Andrew Oakley Mr. David Rzepinski and Ms. Mona Miyasato Mrs. Jeanette Sainz Ms. Erica L. Salda Sam's Doggie Dude Ranch Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sanders Mr. and Mrs. William Sandlin Mr. and Mrs. Sheldon Sanov Mrs. Judy Sanregret Santa Barbara County Horticulture Society Mr. and Mrs. Jim Satterthwaite Mr. and Mrs. Ken Saxon SBGAL Ms. Mary Scaran Mr. and Mrs. John Scheuermann Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schiffmacher Mrs. Nancy Schlosser Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Schneider Mr. and Mrs. Frederick U. Schroeder Ms. Erlaine H. Seeger

Mrs. Teresa Seiler Mr. and Mrs. Hisaji Sekichi Ms. Jessica Self Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Semegen Mrs. Arthur Shafer Dr. Frances Sharpe Ms. Kathleen D. Shea Ms. Anitra P. Sheen Mr. and Mrs. Jay Shobe Mr. and Mrs. George Shortle, Jr. Mrs. Delia A. Smith and Ms. Joanie Thompson Mr. David Heidelberger and Ms. Shari L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Smith Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Smith Mr. and Mrs. Erwin H. Sokol Ms. Elizabeth Solano and Ms. Marciala Solano Mrs. Mary Somerville Mr. John Sonquist Susan and Kirsten Soria Dr. and Mrs. Michael Spann Ms. Suzanne Spillman Mr. and Mrs. Scott Spivak Mr. and Mrs. Middleton Squier Mr. and Mrs. William H. Stancer Mrs. Ruth Stark Mr. Charles S. Stauffer Ms. Sherry Stearns Dr. Michael L. Steinfeld and Dr. Beverly SteinfeldMr. and Mrs. William R. Stevens, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. K. Martin Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Clark Stirling Mr. and Mrs. Brian Storr Mr. and Mrs. Ryan Stoutenborough Ms. Elizabeth Stretton Ms. Janet Sullivan Mrs. Susan G. Sweetland Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd S. Telleen Mrs. Ann H. Terrell The Pets Pal Ms. Betsy Thies


Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Thorpe Ms. Katherine Thrash Mrs. Carolyn D. Thresher Mr. Brian Tichenor and Ms. Raun Thorp Mr. and Mrs. Michael Tiffany Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Tiffney Mr. Brian Tighe Mr. Timothy Tillman and Ms. Lamara Heartwell Mr. and Mrs. Gary Tobey Mr. Michael Torres Ms. Judy Trejos Ms. and Ms. Lupe Trithara Ms. Suzanne M. Tucker and Mr. Tim F. Marks Mr. and Mrs. George Turpin, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Roger Ulrich Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Van Buren Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Van Dyke Ms. Patricia J. Van Every Ms. Margaret Van Sicklen and Mr. Sven Nebelung Mr. James R. Vincent and Ms. Janet L. Wingate Mr. and Mrs. Lou Visser Mr. and Mrs. Chris Voss Mr. Stuart Walker Mrs. Mary H. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Howard Wang Mr. and Mrs. David R. Waterman Mr. and Mrs. William T. Waters Mr. and Mrs. Stephan Weeks Dr. and Mrs. Tom Weisenburger

Mr. and Mrs. Louis Weller Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Wendel Mr. and Mrs. David Wexler Whimsical Digital Mr. and Mrs. Donovan White Mr. and Mrs. Kevin White Mr. John Fox and Ms. Wini White Mrs. Mary F. Wilk Dr. Dieter Wilken and Dr. Elizabeth Painter Dr. and Mrs. Ronald L. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Norman Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Phil Willis-Conger Dr. and Mrs. Andrew Wilson Wilson Environmental Contracting, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Wilson Mrs. Nancy Winn Dr. and Mrs. Stuart R. Winthrop Mr. and Mrs. Scott Wiscomb Mr. and Mrs. William S. Wise Ms. Helen S. Wong Ms. Laurel Woodley and Dr. Shirley Schwanzara Mr. and Ms. Richard Wormshecher Mrs. Gordon Wright Mr. and Mrs. E. David Yossem Dr. and Mrs. Robert Zappala Mr. Scott Zengel Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ziegler

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STAFFList includes staff who worked any part of the 2015 calendar year.

Administration

Steve Windhager, Ph.D.Executive Director

Kathy Castaneda Manager of Volunteer Programs

Joan EvansEducation Coordinator

Jill FreelandDirector’s Executive Assistant and Coordinator of HR and Special Projects

Gayle KopitzkeController

Marquita MacomberAccounting Assistant

Edward MariniManager, Design and Construction

Conservation & Research

Denise Knapp, Ph.D.Director of Conservation & Research

C. Matthew Guilliams, Ph.D.Ken and Shirley Tucker Plant Systematist

Christopher GaroutteConservation Technician

Education

Frédérique LavoipierreDirector of Education

Katelin Davis Education Assistant

Michelle GeeEducation Office Assistant

Karin HodinEducation Horticulture Assistant

Kelsey WakefieldEducation Assistant

Development & Communications

Nina DunbarDirector of Development & Communications

Brittney BurrowsDevelopment Associate for Events

Michele LingiardiData Management Assistant

Laura MuasherDevelopment Associate for Membership

Rebecca MordiniMarketing Coordinator

Paula SchaeferMultimedia Coordinator

Tricia WardlawInterpretation Coordinator

Garden Shop & Visitor Services

Michaela AckermanVisitor Services Representative

Barbara BacklundVisitor Services Representative Manager

Stacy BloodworthGarden Shop Assistant Manager

Susan BurkeGarden Shop Assistant

Patricia CoxGarden Shop Assistant

Dana CramptonVisitor Services Representative

Mary FloodVisitor Services Representative

Lynda KreutzkampfGarden Shop Assistant

Gail MillikenGarden Shop Manager

Pam NorrisVisitor Services Representative

Thomas RhodesVisitor Services Representative

Horticulture & Facilities Management

Elizabeth CollinsDirector of Horticulture

Jason BemisGardener

Robert CarrilloGardener

John CornejoMaintenance Technician

Heather FederleinPlant Propagation Manager

Hannah GarciaNursery Technician

Manuel GonzalezGardener

David KershawHead Gardener

Riley KriebelGardener

Adam KusterGardener

Kathryn Betsy LapeLiving Collections Coordinator

James LechugaFacilities Manager

Antony LeeGardener

Paige MinneyNursery Technician

Jason NelsonGardener

Gerald OstroffGardener/Security

Stephanie RanesGardener

Bruce ReedHorticulturist

Aimee RossGardener

Bonnie WhitneyPlant Propagation Assistant

Drew WolterGardener

Randy WrightLibrary Collections Coordinator


The Santa Barbara Botanic Garden

fosters the conservation of California’s

native plants through our gardens,

research and education, and serves as a

role model of sustainable practices.

Learn more at sbbg.org

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BOARD OF TRUSTEESJames O. Koopmans, CPAChairman

Peter SchuylerVice Chair

Edward RoachTreasurer

Carolyn Kincaid Secretary

Sue AdamsMargaret Baker John A. BrinkerPatrick ConnellyTom CraveiroMarc FisherLou Greer Frost John GabbertElaine GibsonElizabeth KeateJohn ParkeCharles J. Rennie, III, MDSusan SpectorSusan Van Atta

http://www.sbbg.org

Documents

2015 SBBG Annual Report