Field trip with Sally Isaacson

Sunday, March 8, 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Arroyo Hondo Preserve
Advance registration required at synature@west.net or 693-5683. (limit of 20 participants)

The 782-acre Arroyo Hondo Preserve is packed with botanic diversity. Come explore this richness during a leisurely botany hike through the canyon with Sally Isaacson. We’ll look for early blooming wildflowers as well as unusual species that are tucked away in this scenic canyon, which supports riparian woodlands, coastal sage scrub, and chaparral.

Sally Isaacson has been a botanist, gardener, rancher, and educator on the Gaviota Coast for most of her adult life. She has a MA in Botany from UCSB, and was the Education Director during a long career at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Sally is currently the coordinator of volunteers at Arroyo Hondo Preserve.

Owned by the Land Trust of Santa Barbara County, Arroyo Hondo is located along Highway 101, 20 miles from Buellton and 27 miles west of Santa Barbara between Refugio State Beach and Gaviota State Park. Registrants will receive detailed information with directions to the Preserve.

Image: Sonoran maiden fern (Thelypteris puberula var. sonorensis), one of the County’s rarest plants, is found at Arroyo Hondo. The nearest population to the south is in the San Gabriel Mountains. Photo credit: John Evart