Stop and smell the roses on a romantic date at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. Take your special someone for a stroll on winding stone pathways through an array of whimsical gardens. Explore more than 1,000 rare and native plants across 65 acres in the city’s historic Mission Canyon. Ah, love is in bloom.
Casa del Herrero welcomes home and garden lovers to see this legendary estate built in 1925. The rambling 11 acre estate is today, as it was in its heyday, a magnificent example of Spanish Colonial Revival architecture. Along with its stylish furnishings and lush gardens, this house museum easily rivals any astonishing home on the covers of Architectural Digest.
Catch fun at the Santa Barbara Harbor & Seafood Festival. The waterfront festival hooks thousands of festival goers in to eat the best fresh crab, succulent lobster and other seafood fare. The one-day seafest celebrates local fisheries and charitable giving which is the trophy catch of the day.