With fall being a great time to plant trees, we celebrated our annual Arbor Day at the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden on October 14th! 9 various native trees were donated by generous supporters of the garden and planted in the garden by volunteers. There was a display of some of the top trees of the Santa Ynez Valley provided by local nurseries, Manzanita Nursery and Windmill Nursery. Also in the garden was a scavenger hunt in the garden to locate and identify trees by their leaves, a fun “Thanks Tree” craft project for kids, displays of how to plant trees, a display on how to count the rings on a tree, an on site Arborist answering questions and providing great information reading in the garden with the library and mulching and composting demonstration and information.

In addition to all that, with the amazing community effort, 3 owl boxes were installed into the garden on Arbor Day as well. An exciting addition to the garden that we look forward to watching and learning from. They were very carefully installed by Troop 42 Scouts and Adults. Holes were dug by B&B Landscape, Steel Supplies were donated and welded by Vaquero Energy and many others were integral in making completing this project. We are so thankful for everyone’s contributions for this exciting addition to the garden!