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351 Sycamore Drive $729,000 Mary Layman 805.448.3890 Beautiful Sycamore Ranch 5BD/3BA 2-story home in Buellton. Featuring a gorgeous manicured backyard & spa. A wonderful community just 35 min from SB.

136 W Haley St $585,000 Bryan R. Uhrig 805.331.3191 NEW PRICE! Vintage California Classic - Brinkerhoff Bugalow Triplet III - 1BD/1BA, redone in 2012. www.136WestHaleyStreet.com

New Listings!

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OPEN BY APPT.

773 Park Ln Dan Encell

$6,500,000 805.565.4896

6544 Camino Venturoso Sharol Mulder

$1,029,000 805.259.7988

3034 Calle Rosales The Easters

$939,000 805.570.0403

2007 Robbins St

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1046 Miramonte Ave #2 $565,000 Heather Martineau 805.231.3558 Updated 2BD condo with newer kitchen & baths, flooring. Conveniently located near the Mesa.

SATURDAY OPEN HOUSES

$879,000

Freed/Roche

805.895.1799/805.705.5334

927 W Valerio St Angela Moloney

$799,000 805.451.1553

SATURDAY OPEN HOUSES (Cont.) $5,995,000 805.280.9797

632 Dara Rd, Open Sat 2-4 Steve Heller

$1,029,000 805.252.2749

1931 Eucalyptus Hill Rd, Open Sat 1-3 Randy Glick

$2,495,000 805.563.4066

1835 Chapala St, Open Sat 1-4 Dan Encell

$995,000 805.565.4896

3054 Calle Noguera, Open Sat 2-4 The Easters

$1,199,000 805.570.0403

3034 Calle Rosales, Open Sat 1-4 The Easters

$939,000 805.570.0403

218 Santa Barbara St, Open Sat 2-4 Marsha Kotlyar

$1,175,000 805.565.4014

332 W Alamar Ave #B, Open Sat 2-4 Ken Switzer

$859,000 805.680.4622

4509 Auhay Dr A, Open Sat 1-4 Kathy Strand Spieler

$1,175,000 805.895.6326

927 W Valerio St, Open Sat 1-3 Angela Moloney

$799,000 805.451.1553

222 Calle Granada, Open Sat 1-4 Joel Butera

$1,145,000 805.448.4831

1098 Golf Rd, Open Sat 1-3 Jason Streafeild

For additional open houses this weekend, check out: www.BHHSCalifornia.com

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1170 Coast Village Road Montecito, CA 93108

2933 San Marcos Avenue, Suite 102 Los Olivos, CA 93441

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Address: 525 Miramonte Drive Status: On the market Price: $1,350,000

tain-drive-by-the-sea became an area where houses have been passed down through generations, and families tend to stay put. Kenneth died in 2003, and when Elaine passed away earlier this year at the age of 101, the sisters decided it was time to let a new owner take over the house. Having been in their family all these years, it is now on the market for the very first time. The three-bedroom, three-bath home is still in its original condition, and a new owner will probably want to redo the baths and kitchen. The quirky kitchen boasts colorful patterned wallpaper that has a story of its own. The Urtons were said to enjoy preparing elaborate meals with their friends, including actor Vincent Price. They admired Price’s kitchen wallpaper so much that they copied its

design for their own kitchen walls. The house also sports custom skylights fashioned by Kenneth and built-in cabinetry in almost every room. Despite whatever details the home’s next owner might decide to change, the huge living-room windows of this house will continue to look out over the neighborhood and the harbor beyond and tell the stories of this home for generations to come.

525 Miramonte Drive is currently for sale in Santa Barbara, listed by Linda Mason of Home Realty & Investments. Reach Linda at 698-8335.

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the Arlington Theatre, the original Santa Barbara Airport, and many other classic buildings. It was built by Kenneth and his father, Charles Urton, the wellknown builder of the Granada Theatre. Kenneth and Elaine had moved to Santa Barbara as newlyweds in 1935. Their two daughters were born shortly thereafter. Charles brought Kenneth on as a partner in his business, and they built the home together in 1939. It has been in the family ever since. Elaine was an artist in many media. One of the most striking features of the house is her art studio, which is now a legally permitted guest house plus studio, full of natural light and custom cabinetry. One of the neighbors reminisced that Elaine would dress her young daughters in red so that she could keep an eye on them as they played and scrambled on the hills above their house. The sisters grew up in the house and walked to nearby McKinley School together. Apparently the neighborhood was a somewhat Bohemian enclave, filled with artists, writers, and professors. This moun-

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he home at 525 Miramonte Drive is full of stories. If you’ve lived in the Santa Barbara area for more than a few years, you’ve probably driven by and noticed its sharp angles and huge windows gazing down from its distinctive façade. The house sits on the hill above City College near Loma Alta, a neighborhood marked by vintage streetlights and, as I recently learned, the longevity of its residents. When I visited last week, there was a steady stream of visitors to the open house. Eavesdropping on snippets of their conversations, I could tell that almost all of them were neighbors, and almost all of them had stories about the home and the family who had lived there all of its life and all of their lives. The family home of Kenneth and Elaine Urton, the house was designed by Joseph Plunkett, who also designed

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girsh Park’s Creative Map to Success

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Dennis Allen is chair of Allen Construction, an employee-owned company committed to building and operating sustainably. He also serves as chair of the Dean’s Council at the Bren School of Environmental Science & Management at UCSB and as a boardmember of the Community Environmental Council.

improvements. “At this point we are basically the parks and rec department for the City of Goleta,” said Harrington. “We don’t facilitate our own programs, but we maintain and oversee the facility. We focus on what we’re good at. We’re a recreation enterprise.” And Girsh Park does seem like an enterprise: innovative, inventive, and responsive to community needs. As we walk around outdoors, Harrington shows me where the Goleta Chamber of Commerce hosts its annual Lemon Festival, where the Rotary Club offers fireworks on the Fourth of July, and the meadow where the Easter-egg hunt happens. He mentions the use of reclaimed water and explains the advantages of synthetic turf on Goleta’s clay soil as a superior playing surface and water-saving measure. He points out a fountain with a fitting that facilitates refilling water bottles, observes places where good shade trees will thrive, and espouses his thoughts on playground equipment. He contemplates how welcome food and refreshments will be at baseball games, as well as the potential revenue of leasing the kitchen space to a provider. “In general, parks don’t make money,” Harrington said. “It’s really difficult to make them self-sustaining.” But by combining fee-for-service income, private donations, endowment interest, and city contributions, Girsh Park succeeds, and the collective good it yields cannot be measured. “I think it’s fair to say we’re mitigating problems of obesity, drug use, even depression …” mused Harrington. The park generates upward of 350,000 visits per year and, in Harrington’s view, may well be the true heart of Goleta.“It’s one place to go for most of your recreational needs,” he said. “We’re a multigenerational facility with people from all different backgrounds. When they get here and use the park, they’re all on the same level. They’re all playing by the same rules. It’s kind of a beautiful thing.” n See girshpark.org.

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indows perform more func- being essential —it is important to get tions than any other compo- separation, still seeking a low U-value nent of our buildings. They but getting as high a SHGC number as provide daylight, natural ventilation, and possible to let in more heat radiation. glare control. They control fading, sound There are many types of coatings now intrusion, water tightness, and thermal added to glass. The most common, a buffering. They determine condensation, low-E coating (low emittance), improves durability, clarity of views, and mainte- the insulating value of a window, roughly nance schedules. And, of course, they equivalent to adding another pane of need to be attractive and affordable. glass. These coatings keep the summer Because of all these functions, it is heat out and the winter heat in. Most new advisable to purchase the highest-per- houses today have windows with two formance windows you can afford. Most low-E coatings (called low-E squared). windows now carry In designing for pasrating labels developed sive solar, placement by the National Fenesof these low-E units on the north and west tration Rating Council orientations is good (NFRC). They tell the U-value, which reflects practice. But a different insulating effectiveness; configuration is needed the solar heat gain coef coeffor south and east ficient (SHGC), which exposures — one that tracks how much heat still has good insulatradiation passes through ing value (low U-value) a window; and the visibut allows infrared ble transmittance, which radiation to enter (high covers daylight, views, SHGC). glare, and fading. The frame materiby Dennis Allen California building als (wood, vinyl, metal, codes now require that fiberglass), quality of all windows be dual glazed (have two construction (strength and tightness of layers of glass) with a U-value no higher corners), type of hardware, and number than .32. (The lower the number, the bet- of layers and durability of weather stripter the insulating performance.) The ping are other factors to consider in winSHGC varies between 0 and 1. A lower dow purchase. And it all adds up; over the number reduces cooling costs. Usually, past 30 years, windows have transformed U-values and SHGC numbers move up from being one of the worst-performing or down together, but for passive solar elements of a home to now being one of design — winter heating from the sun the best and most versatile.

ven in the midday heat, Girsh Park is humming with activity: There’s a lively pickup basketball game in progress, a group of kids practicing soccer, and a mother reading to two little boys in the welcoming shade of a tree. The 25-acre park is a landscape people engage with, a setting that draws folks of all ages and income levels, and Executive Director Ryan Harrington is understandably proud. “This is one location that brings everyone together,” he said. “Kids and adults with different norms, values, socioeconomic levels, all gathering for games, picnics, birthdays … even quinceañeras and weddings.” The park was originally envisioned in 1998 as a buffer of open space on land owned by Dr. Lester Girsh between the Camino Real Marketplace and the neighborhood around it. Girsh entrusted the project to developer Mark Linehan, who saw the need for an active community park in Goleta and went beyond mere buffer, creating a 12-acre park that included a soccer field, softball field, basketball courts, picnic area, playground, and community room. When the County of Santa Barbara declined to take over the park, Linehan organized it as a nonprofit entity with a board of community-minded citizens, and the Foundation for Girsh Park was born. A creative business model evolved. “The foundation relies on user fees from entities such as Dos Pueblos Little League and AYSO, an endowment, fundraising campaigns, corporate sponsors such as MarBorg Industries, and funding from the City of Goleta,” Harrington explained.“It’s an unusual partnership of private and public entities.” An additional 12 acres for Little League baseball, now called Elings Fields, was acquired in 2003; a subsequent capital campaign helped finance the building of a state-of-the-art soccer field; and a current campaign will fund a field house, a concession stand with a commercial kitchen, and other

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How to Choose a

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Neighborhoods

Santa barbara county SaleS area

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buyer

price

date

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buellton/solvang

MenDIZZa MICHael eu

KoRte JaCQuelIne J

$405,000

8/18/15

646 FloRal DR

HollanD tHoMas W tRustee

MuRPHY WIllIaM a eu

$1,525,000

8/17/15

1325 vIa DIneRo

CaRPInteRIa

MCIntYRe sHeRYl a l ea

WIlDe laRRY eu

$1,865,000

8/18/15

7390 sHePaRD Mesa RD

MCKee PeteR tRustee

West baRbaRa M tRust

$650,000

8/21/15

5446 eIgHtH st 17

CuYaMa

CuYaMa PRoPeRtIes InC

alManZa osCaR s

$98,000

8/21/15

4844 sIsQuoC st

goleta

$1,400,000

8/18/15

5266 JaMes RD

$929,000

8/18/15

773 Dos HeRManos RD

tRensCHel toM l tRustee

taPPeIneR DavID J eu

$1,499,000

8/19/15

1155 vIa bolZano

sCRone DanIel F ea

HoPe bRYan eu

$477,000

8/18/15

568 MIlls WaY

toWleR MelIta eu

tHoMPson MaRY D tRust

$505,000

8/19/15

129 s ellWooD statIon RD

FaCunDus saMuel P

FaCunDus DanIel W eu

$600,000

8/18/15

123 KaMala WaY

HansMa Helen g tRust

sPItZeR RICHaRD a eu

$762,500

8/19/15

6284 PaRKHuRst DR

olY CHaDMaR sanDPIPeR8

so Young Ha eu

$775,000

8/20/15

HollIsteR ave

olY CHaDMaR sanDPIPeR8

sHeloR aDRIan

$131,000

8/21/15

HollIsteR ave

olY CHaDMaR sanDPIPeR8

nYMan RobeRt D tRustee

$914,500

8/21/15

HollIsteR ave

PeteRson KIRK l tRustee

PoRtnoY elIZabetH s

$505,000

8/21/15

7624 HollIsteR ave 325

anDeRson saunDRa J

gaRCIa Jose a

$189,000

8/21/15

131 n D st

eagle vIst eQuItIes llC

MItCHell ClauDIa

$272,000

8/20/15

509 n PoPPY st

saWYeR RanDal l JR

Deleon Ruben eu

$275,000

8/21/15

721 n seventH st

West PoInte HoMes InC

vasWaMI MotI

$194,500

8/19/15

1422 PluM ave

West PoInte HoMes InC

MeDIna geoRge s

$324,000

8/20/15

1417 CRoWn CIR

FIelDs RaYMonD t

FloRes teResa R

$167,000

8/18/15

282 vIllage CIRCle DR

ZoHRabIan eDWaRD tRustee

FRanZ baRbaRa C tRust

$1,550,000

8/18/15

1157 HIgH RD

tHoMas RebeCCa tRustee

Dugan DanIel s tRustee

$1,628,500

8/21/15

105 Calle bello

santa baRbaRa

golDneR JuDItH ea

CaRRoZZo MICHael J tRustee

$1,010,000

8/21/15

2840 KenMoRe Pl

santa MaRIa

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MonteCIto

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loMPoC

CRooKs nan H tRustee taPPeIneR DavID J

sCHellIng JaMes g tRustee

tuCKeR ben P ea

$1,060,000

8/21/15

903 CHeltenHaM RD

MCFaRlanD eFale a

PelloW DavID n eu

$1,049,000

8/19/15

2324 CHaPala st

WooD JennIFeR4 l tRustee

DeMPseY bRIan tRustee

$2,050,000

8/20/15

1618 gRanD ave

baDone susan R tRust

seReboFF steven C tRustee

$964,000

8/18/15

530 De la vIsta ave

ReDDICK stReet PRoPeRtIes

ReDDICK llC

$1,400,000

8/20/15

723 ReDDICK st

bRoIDa aleXa

tRevIllIan teRRI l

$2,900,000

8/19/15

527 MeIgs RD

CaMPbell elIZabetH tRust

loZa IgnaCIo III eu

$270,000

8/21/15

21 CaMIno CalMa 1

sHaCKelFoRD KIMbeRlY C tRustee

DReW RegInalD e

$415,000

8/19/15

217 W gutIeRReZ st

RolanD tHoMas C tRustee

KusHneRov Paul J

$900,000

8/19/15

1111 ManItou RD

neWenDoRP PeteR W tRustee

CoX bRanDon

$1,407,000

8/20/15

136 olIveR RD

anDeRson RobeRt e

MaRgolIs Paul eu

$600,000

8/21/15

235 vIsta Del MaR DR

PelonIs CHRIs a

sHaW CaRol F eu

$1,020,000

8/17/15

23 WaDe Ct

neWton alICIa v

WRobleWsKI eDMunD eu

$920,000

8/18/15

3007 saMaRKanD DR

beCK MICHael

Reaves MIRIaM l

$522,500

8/20/15

2727 MIRaDeRo DR #310

gRoss CaRol s

sKaFte DIanne M

$876,000

8/18/15

3721 gReggoRY WaY 1

guglIelMo DaRIn ea

WIlson RanDall H tRustee

$1,500,000

8/18/15

233 aRgonne CIR

KusHneRov Paul J

HaHn JaClYn

$508,000

8/19/15

3663 san ReMo DR #5J

basHaM MaRK C tRustee

HollanD tHoMas W tRustee

$2,100,000

8/18/15

1230 noRtHRIDge RD

RoDRIgueZ albeRto tRustee

anDeRson CHRIstIne H tRust

$2,300,000

8/21/15

1020 la vIsta RD

FaRIsH CHaRles tRustee

sCHoCK JoHn R tRustee

$700,000

8/18/15

116 noRtHRIDge RD

gIRon FRanCIsCo J tRustee

MCDonalD JeFFReY l eu

$680,000

8/21/15

5860 IMPala tRaIl

MIlleR JustIn C

HeRnanDeZ FRanCIsCo a eu

$356,000

8/20/15

584 luPIn ln

KellY teRRI a

WatKIns RanDY D eu

$417,500

8/21/15

1144 vIllage DR

HesteR gIna

gaRDneR aRtHuR l eu

$225,000

8/20/15

4072 HIlltoP RD a

sCHultZ steven D

HeRnanDeZ stePHanIe l

$360,000

8/20/15

3858 ventana Ct

CHannel IslanDs HolDIng Co

gIDeon MaCHelle C

$147,500

8/21/15

3350 santa MaRIa 202a

solano JunentIno M eu

lagunas MaRtIn eu

$289,000

8/21/15

2067 tangleWooD DR

nelson Janet tRustee

DotY Jesse W eu

$485,000

8/18/15

4531 CoaCHMan WaY

gaRIbaY antonIo eu

HeRnanDeZ J guaDaluPe eu

$260,000

8/19/15

505 W Donovan RD

HeRnanDeZ, CHRIstoPHeR JaMes

esCaRsega antoInette

$330,000

8/21/15

2406 n bentleY ave

CPH HaRvest glen llC

DHalIWal JasPal s eu

$356,500

8/17/15

925 W ClaRenCe Ct

CPH HaRvest glen llC

MaDIson tHoMas eu

$434,500

8/18/15

1841 s olYMPIa DR

ContReRas FRanCIsCo eu

ContReRas JoRge

$295,000

8/21/15

1019 RoseWooD DR

MeYeRs MICHael a eu

beCeRRa albeRto o eu

$240,000

8/21/15

1138 W FRanK ln

bootH MICHellle v ea

gonZaleZ HenDRICK

$492,500

8/21/15

820 RaabeRg ave

CItY natIonal banK

lIXeY eDWaRD J eu

$300,000

8/21/15

725 e MCelHanY ave

u s banK na

Mann Ken eu

$243,000

8/17/15

735 e CYPRess st

evans tRenton J

guZMan Jose v eu

$290,000

8/21/15

833 e MaRIPosa WaY

CHannel IslanDs HolDIng Co

DoMIngueZ auRea

$158,500

8/21/15

828 e boone st 1

santa YneZ

loCKHaRt Dan eu

MoRaDIan tonY H

$2,050,000

8/18/15

5176 baselIne ave

Motta sIlvIo l tRustee

MaRtIn WIllIaM M eu

$1,645,000

8/20/15

4126 CaseY ave

unInCoRPoRateD

bRoWn lInDa

eDWaRDs baRbaRa

$245,000

8/21/15

1332 W WIlloW ave

PoHlMan bRanDon eu

CaRuana MaRCel J

$365,000

8/21/15

713 ColeMan DR

PolleY Ian ea

JosePH KevIn a eu

$399,000

8/19/15

1801 W loQuat ave

HuIICoCHea MaRCos C eu

HeRReRa MonICa

$255,000

8/19/15

3584 vIa seMI

WHeeleR JaMe s tRust

JenKIns tRavIs eu

$295,000

8/21/15

4021 altaIR Pl

ReIgle tHoMas J eu

PoHlMan bRanDon eu

$465,000

8/21/15

965 CRaIg DR

eDgaR luCIlle n tRustee

PoHlMan JoCelYn t eu

$380,000

8/21/15

40 galaXY WaY

DeWeIl FRanCes tRustee

galatI CaRMelo eu

$469,500

8/21/15

1250 CRaIg DR

Hale RobIn M

MIlleR MInDY

$455,000

8/21/15

760 HIll st

This data is provided to The Santa Barbara Independent by an outside third-party source and represents a partial list of recorded residential sales in Santa Barbara County on the dates listed. While this information is public record, The Santa Barbara Independent cannot guarantee the accuracy nor the completeness of this list.

FoR SaLE 7549 Sea Gull Drive, Goleta, CA 93117 4 bd/2 ba, Santa Barbara Shores Home, $835,000 Open Saturday & Sunday 12-3pm 39 Dearborn Pl. #100, Goleta, CA 93117 2 bd /1 ba, Nicely Updated Goleta Condo, $415,000 Open Saturday & Sunday 12-3pm

Coming Soon! Duplex in amazing quiet location! 2 bd/1 ba each unit, $950,000 We know of many homes not yet on the market.

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1815 Bath St #2, Santa Barbara, CA 93101 1 bd/1.5 ba, Great Downtown Condo, $525,000 Open Sunday 12-3pm

486 Evonshire Ave, 4bd/2ba, $739,000 This charming & centrally located 4 bedroom 2 bath home is convenient to shopping, schools and the Goleta bike path! The open and inviting floorplan features smooth ceilings, hardwood floors and great natural light. Sunny, enclosed back yard with concrete patio and large avocado tree! Fabulous location, great layout and the opportunity to add touches to make this home your own!

Stunning PenthouSe single-level â&#x20AC;&#x153;loft styleâ&#x20AC;?. 2 bed, 2.5 spa bathrooms, 1815 sq. ft.! 618 Anacapa Street, Suite 7 $1,669,000 View at anacapavillas.net

Ali Evans 805.980.8007 alievans@kw.com www.alievansrealty.com bre #01846603

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OPEN HOUSES

4527 Carpinteria Avenue A, 2BD/BA, $595,000, Sun 1-4, $595,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg, 805-969-1258 5931 Birch #1, 2BD/1BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $349,500, Prestigious Properties & Inv., Stella Anderson 805-570-8529 realestate.independent.com

4780 Chandler Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $749,500, Assist-2-Sell, Roger Jacobson 805692-5060

2911 Foothill Road, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $939,500, Berkshire Hathaway, Debby Rexford 805-886-8773

5066 Birchwood Road, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun 2-4, $529,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kalia Rork 805-689-0614

632 Dara Road, 4BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $1,029,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Steve Heller 805-252-2749

2960 Glen Albyn, 5BD/3.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $1,695,000, Coldwell Banker, Don Haws, 805-895-7653

5082 Calle Real A, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $599,000, A.J. Addeman Properties, Doug Conrad 805-455-2463

1064 Via Regina, 5BD/4BA, Sun 1:304:30, $1,159,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Joe Stubbins 805-729-0778

Montecito

5248 Plaza Aleman, 4BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $879,000, Foundation Real Estate Group, Norman Popp 805-729-3050

39 Dearborn Place #100, 2BD/1BA, Sun 12-3 SUN 12-3pm, $415,000, Keller Williams, Ruth Ann Bowe Real Estate Team 805-6980354

3553 Padaro Lane, 2BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $5,950,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kathleen Winter 805-451-4663

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2866 Foothill Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $939,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Chris Jones 805-708-7041

203 Serpolla Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,075,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Chierici & Associates 805-680-0501

3375 Foothill Rd #113 & 114, 4BD/4BA, Sun 2-5, $1,898,000, Coldwell Banker, Scott McCosker, 805-687-2436

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1365 Via Veneto, 4BD/4.5BA, Sat 12-3, $3,195,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Karen Davidson 805-320-2489

Goleta

1531 Nantucket Court, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $850,000, Coldwell Banker, Nancy Hussey 805-452-3052

2659 Todos Santos Lane, 4BD/4BA, Sun 1-4, $3,695,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Paula Goodwin 805-451-5699

Carpinteria

1431 Tomol Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $765,000, Coldwell Banker, Gloria Carmichael 805 896-6567

216 Moreton Bay Lane Unit 5, 2BD/1.5BA, Sun By Appt., $439,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Mike Pearl 805637-6888, Gail Pearl 805-637-9595

4747 Camino Del Rey, 3BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $669,500, Coldwell Banker, Patty Colman 805-689-6517 6211 Avenida Ganso, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $825,000, Assist-2-Sell, Roger Jacobson 805692-5060

Downtown Santa Barbara

6836 Fortuna Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $879,000, Coldwell Banker, Jessie Sessions, 805-709-0904

401 Chapala Street 222, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 11-4, $1,325,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876

7549 Sea Gull Drive, 4BD/2BA, Sat 12-3 Sun 12-3, $835,000, Keller Williams, Ruth Ann Bowe Real Estate Team 805-698-0351

401 Chapala Street 302, 1BD/2BA, Sun 11-4, $1,495,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876

Hope Ranch

401 Chapala Street 312, 1BD/2BA, Sun 11-4, $1,275,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876 401 Chapala Street 403, 2BD/2BA, Sun 11-4, $2,200,000, Village Properties, Calcagno & Hamilton 805-896-0876 618 Anacapa St #7, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun open, $1,669,000, Keller Williams, Janice Laney 805-705-6974 725 De La Vina Street, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $1,099,999, Keller Williams, Epstein Partners 805-689-9339 1109 Olive Street, 2BD/2BA, Sun 12-3, $959,000 Berkshire Hathaway, Brett Buschbom 805-451-9108 1815 Bath Street #2, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 12-3, $525,000, Keller Williams, Ruth Ann Bowe Real Estate Team 805-698-0352 1831 Chapala Street, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $749,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jennifer Berger 805-451-5484 1835 Chapala Street, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $995,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Hristo Hristov 805-284-8471 2415 Chapala Street, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $990,000, Coldwell Banker, Jeani Burke 805451-1429

Eastside Santa Barbara 218 Santa Barbara Street D, 2BD/2.5BA, Sat 2-4, $1,175,000, Berkshire Hathaway, David M. Cohn 805-214-8244 426 Por La Mar Circle, 1BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $545,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Gene Archambault , 805-455-1190 611 East Sola Street, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,139,000, Keller Williams Realty, Jon Gilkeson 805-335-4749 641 Por La Mar Cir #B, 2BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $939,000, Village Properties, Billy Mandarino 805-570-4827 645 Costa Del Mar C, 2BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $979,000, Village Properties, Billy Mandarino 805-570-4827 1010 North Nopal Street, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-3, $769,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Mary Whitney 805-689-0915 1305 Blanchard Street, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,095,000, Santa Barbara Estates, Christopher A Page 805-284-8422 1116 North Nopal Street, 3BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $695,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Isaiah J. Polstra 805-722-5085

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4178 Creciente Drive, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $4,195,000, Coldwell Banker, Pat Costello 805-451-3977 4426 Via Alegre, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $2,695,000, Coldwell Banker, , Dave Goldstein 805-448-0468 4509 Auhay Drive A, 4BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 1-4, $1,175,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Bob Ratliffe, 805-448-6642

The Mesa 20 Barranca Ave 2, 2BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,150,000, Mike Richardson Realtors, Mike Richardson 805-963-1704 222 Meigs Road Unit 19, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $1,275,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Diane Waterhouse, 805-886-2988 821 Weldon Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,125,000, Mike Richardson Realtors, Mike Richardson 805-963-1704 1114 Del Sol Avenue, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,350,000, Berkshire Hathaway Home Services, Hristo Hristov 805-284-8471 1266 San Miguel Avenue, 3BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,625,000, Coldwell Banker, Kirk Hodson 805-886-6527

Mission Canyon 224 Vista De La Cumbre, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,485,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jim Alzina 805-455-1941 408 Los Robles Lane, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,649,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Deb Archambault 805-455-2966 715 Mission Canyon Road, Sun 1-4, 5BD/4.5BA, $2,995,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Will Stonecipher 805-450-4821 790 Mission Oaks Lane, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-3, $1,949,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Doug Van Pelt 805-637-3684 858 Cheltenham Road, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,150,000, Coldwell Banker, Jeani Burke 805-451-1429 907 Cheltenham Road, 4BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,250,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258 967 Cheltenham Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-5, $1,200,000, Berkshire Hathaway, John Comin 805-689-3078 2286 Las Tunas Road, 4BD/5BA, Sun 2-4, $3,795,000, Coldwell Banker, Patrice Serrani 805 637-5112 2634 Puesta Del Sol, 1BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $895,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Paula Goodwin 805-451-5699

12 West Mountain Drive, 2BD/2.5BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-4, $1,495,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Toni Sutherland 805-6186880 62 Olive Mill Road, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,439,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Brooke Ebner 805-453-7071

Riviera 116 Orizaba Road, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $2,200,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Joe Boudre 805-319-5364

211 Rametto Road, 4BD/3.5BA, Sun 2-4, $3,395,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jenny Hall 805-705-7125

859 Jimeno Road, 3BD/3BA, Sat By Appt, Sun 1-4, $1,290,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jeanne Palumbo 805-689-1968 Carol Mineau 805-886-9284

298 East Mountain Drive, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 2-4, $2,995,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Daniela Johnson 805-453-4555

936 Garcia Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,295,000, Coldwell Banker, Chris Palme 805-448-3066

352 East Mountain Drive, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 2-4, $3,495,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Linda Brown “Brownie” 805-666-9090

1010 East De La Guerra, 3BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $895,000, Coldwell Banker, Dana Zertuche 805-403-5520

395 Woodley Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $2,575,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258

1545 Knoll Circle Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun 1-3, $1,800,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Bryan Uhrig 805-331-3191

618 Tabor Lane, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,399,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258

1931 Eucalyptus Hill Road, 3BD/2BA, Sat & Sun 1-3, $2,495,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jessica Stovall, 805-698-9416

830 Riven Rock Road, 4BD/3.5BA, Sun 12-3, $7,750,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Ron Brand 805-455-5045

1889 Eucalyptus Hill Road, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,465,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Justin Corrado 805-451-9969

923 Buena Vista Drive, 6BD/6.5BA, By Appt., $5,495,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Frank Abatemarco 805-450-7477

2220 Santiago Road, 4BD/4.5BA, Sun 2-4, $3,195,000, Coldwell Banker, Arielle Assur, 805-906-0194

1098 Golf Road, 5BD/4BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 1-3, $5,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Taylor & Tara Toner 805-451-4801

Samarkand

1211 East Valley Road, 4BD/4BA, Sun 12-3, $2,595,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Yolanda Van Wingerden 805-570-4965 1220 Coast Village Road Unit 110, 3BD/2BA, By Appt., $1,150,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Frank Abatemarco 805450-7477 1420 East Valley Road, 6BD/7BA, Sun 2-5, $6,150,000, Coldwell Banker, Brian Goldsworthy 805-570-1289 1445 South Jameson Lane, 5BD/6.5BA, Sun 1-4, $4,495,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Diane Randall 805-705-5252 1530 Mimosa Lane 6BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $7,750,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Michele White, 805-452-7515 1709 Overlook Lane, 5BD/4.5BA, Sun 1-4, $5,250,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Mark Lomas & Kristin Wolf, 805-845-2888 1775 Glen Oaks Drive, 6BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $3,995,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Barbara Neary 805-698-8980 3055 Hidden Valley Lane, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $2,095,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Paula Goodwin 805-451-5699

Noleta 239 Ribera Drive, 4BD/4BA, Sun 1-4, $1,175,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Olesya Thyne 805-708-1917 536 Pintura Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 2-4, $879,000, Village Properties, Regina Magid 805-451-1994 585 El Sueno Road, 4BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $1,175,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, David Mires 805-705-8986 1045 Ocean Vista Lane, 5BD/5.5BA, Sun 2-4, $1,625,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer, 805-680-4622

3791-E State Street, 3BD/2.5BA, By Appt., $1,279,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Jan Banister 805-455-1194

San Roque 219 Toyon Drive, 2BD/2BA, Sun 1-4, $1,630,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Amie Strickland 805-570-7677 222 Calle Granada, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-4, $1,145,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Alexandra Viscosi, 805-755-9005 332 West Alamar Avenue B, 2BD/2.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1-4, $859,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer 805-680-4622 730 Willowglen Road, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-3, $1,099,000, Village Properties, David Kim 805-296-0662 1228 Manitou Lane, 4BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,525,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Kay Davis 805-440-7254 1333 Santa Teresita Drive, 3BD/4BA, Sun 2-4, $3,250,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Dan Johnson 805-895-5150 2525 State Street 25, 1BD/1.5BA, Sun 1-4, $599,000, Coastal Properties, Sylvia E Miller 805-448-8882 3034 Calle Rosales, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-4 Sun 12-3, $939,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Robert Johnson 805-705-1606 3054 Calle Noguera, 3BD/2.5BA, Sat 2-4 Sun 1-4, $1,199,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Debbie Kort 805-368-4479 3639 San Remo Drive 32, Sun 1-4, 2BD/2BA, $435,000, Goodwin & Thyne Properties, Stu Morse 805-705-0161 3844 Lincoln Road, 6BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,649,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Joe Parker 805-886-5735

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OPEN HOUSES

history 101

CONTiNUED

by Michael Redmon

What’s up with the old structures at

Coal oil Point?

Santa Ynez Valley

3987 La Colina, 3BD/3BA, Sun 12-3, $1,499,000, Berkshire Hathaway, The Easter Team 805-570-0403

2089 Rebild Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sat 1-3, $629,900, Village Properties, Lynn Golden 805-570-5888

Summerland

363 Terrace Court, 3BD/2BA, Sun 11-2, $599,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Chris McCool 805-680-3594

350 Greenwell Avenue, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 2-4, $3,750,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Andrew Petlow 805680-9575 2210 Calle Culebra, 3BD/3BA, Sun 1-4, $1,850,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Jason Siemens 805-455-1165

Upper East Santa Barbara 15 West Padre, 5BD/3BA, Sun 2-4, $1,499,000, Coldwell Banker, Mark Schneidman 805-452-2428 2025 Garden Street, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $1,795,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Ken Switzer 805-680-4622

630 Rancho Alisal Drive, 3BD/3BA, Sat 1-4, $349,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Susan Beckmann 805-245-8141 1138 Via Mavis, 2BD/2.5BA, Sun 1-4, $363,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Karin Aitken 805-252-1205 2785 Lewis Place, 5BD/3.5BA, Sun 12-3, $735,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Marlene Macbeth 805-689-2738

2731 Miradero Drive, 3BD/2BA, Sun 2-4, $849,000, Sotheby’s International Realty, Frank Hotchkiss, 805-403-0668

Westside Santa Barbara 316 West Pedregosa Street, 2BD/1BA, Sun 1-4, $785,000, Coastal Properties, Gary Goldberg 805-969-1258 927 West Valerio Street, 2BD/2BA, Sat 1-3 Sun 2-4, $799,000, Berkshire Hathaway, Madhu Khemani 805-252-0625

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(the bodies have since been removed to Washington, D.C.), and son Colin Jr. took over the ranch operations. In 1941, he decided to close down the estate. The subsequent auction drew a number of celebrities including Charlie Chaplin and Cary Grant. A dance floor ended up at Oak Park. The estate remained in family hands until 1946 when the Devereux School purchased the property. The school’s roots go back to New Jersey, where Helena T. Devereux opened her first school for slow-learning children in 1912. A residential school opened in Pennsylvania in 1918, and in 1945 a West Coast campus was begun on property that now is part of Westmont College. The school was able to purchase the entire Campbell Ranch for $100,000, an amazing price when one considers the manor house alone had cost some $500,000 to construct. The Devereux Foundation continues to operate a treatment center for developmentally disabled children and adults on 30-plus acres, other acreage being sold off over the years. The finely carved granite cross that once marked the resting place of Colin and Nancy Campbell still stands on the ocean-side bluffs.

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1919 with the arrival to American shores of the wealthy Colin Campbell family. Campbell was a retired British army officer who had served in India and Afghanistan, and as a British military attaché in Tsarist Russia. His wife, Nancy, was the daughter of Levi Leiter, a partner in the highly successful Marshall Field retail chain based in Chicago. One of her sisters married Lord Curzon, a viceroy of India. In England, the Campbells made their home in an imposing seaside castle in Kent and led the kind of sumptuous lifestyle that money and blue-blood connections could bring. English taxation of their Americanderived income was extremely high, thus their decision to come to the U.S. Looking for property that would be similar to their coastal residence back home, they originally were interested in Hope Ranch but eventually settled upon a 250acre tract at Coal Oil Point in Goleta, just west of Isla Vista. They also bought a separate 250-acre parcel further inland. The Campbells then sent for their three children and an estimated six train car loads of furnishings and set up temporary housekeeping at the Bonnymede estate in Montecito. The colonel had a paved road, today’s Storke Road, built from Hollister Avenue to his new ranch. Month by month, the estate took shape with dozens of buildings, windbreaks of cypress and eucalyptus, and a polo field. Tragically, Campbell would not live to see his dream completed; he was struck down by a heart attack in the spring of 1923, just short of his 65th birthday. Nancy Campbell pushed ahead with the development of the estate and the completion of the main house. The result was magnificent — a two-story, Spanish-Colonial Revival residence of some 20,000 square feet, which included more than 30 rooms and 18 baths. Architect Mary Craig utilized adobe made on the estate grounds to build the home. Craig and Nancy Campbell, both widows, went on to become close friends. The family filled the home with the finest of furnishings, art, and an incomparable library of first editions. The garage held five Rolls-Royces. The grounds included a blacksmith shop, tennis courts, a private lake, elaborate barbeque/picnic grounds, and a large red barn. A beach house was built at the bottom of the bluffs. Wheat and lima

beans were grown on outlying parts of the property. Nancy often entertained in a grand manner; one party in 1926 was attended by Prince George of England, who would later ascend to the English throne. Nancy died in 1932 and was buried next to her husband, overlooking the Pacific

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his area’s recent history begins in

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the gArden doyen

FAbled gAbles

by G. Vince Giovannoni courtesy

by Virginia Hayes

All About Aloe: Showy Flowers

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505 Chapala street A

loes are hard to miss in the area land-

scape because they are everywhere. When they are blooming, as they are starting to do this month, they are particularly evident. Showy flowers in shades of orange, coral, and sometimes yellow rise out of their spiky surroundings, attracting the attention of hungry hummingbirds, as well as us humans. Native to the dry habitats in Africa, aloes come in a staggering variety of shapes and sizes. The smallest rosettes hug the ground just a few inches tall and across, while their arborescent (that just means “treelike”) cousins can reach heights of 30 feet or so. Whatever their size, almost all aloes are armed with some spines. For the most part, these teeth occur just along the edges of the leaves and pose no great threat of bodily harm. They are generally brittle and break off, leaving only minor scratches to the gardener in charge. One of the most likable species, Aloe plicatilis, has such small teeth on the edges of its flat, gray leaves that they are almost unnoticeable. This plant looks like a sculpture composed of tongue depressors. Other common ones include A. arborescensand a hybrid of A. ferox and A. wickensii often called Aloe salm-dyckiana. These two branch prolifically, eventually forming dense clumps up to five feet or more in height and are planted all around Santa Barbara and its environs. If it looks like a blooming aloe this month, it is probably one of these latter species. All aloes naturally grow in warm to hot climates and in soils that tend toward the dry side. Most are fairly forgiving of the area’s

Virginia Hayes is a curator of Ganna Walska Lotusland.

heavy soils, but for all aloes, it is wise to site them on sloping or raised beds and incorporate sand into the soil for best health. While they can withstand long periods without water, aloes will bloom and look their best with infrequent, but regular, irrigation. Besides their inherent good looks, aloes are noted for a number of other beneficial attributes. Almost all of them contain some amount of the compound called aloin, which gives them medicinal value. Aloe extracts have been used as a purgative to treat stomach complaints, but the most common use for the juice is to treat burns and other skin irritations. Commercial sources of the most active aloe ingredients, aloin, are mainly produced from one species, Aloe barbadensis, commonly known as aloe vera. Many cosmetic products, from skin creams to hair-care products, now contain aloe gel, the homogenized fleshy inner portion of the leaf. Without investing in these processed products, it is a simple matter to break off a leaf and apply the gel of aloe vera or one of its close relatives such as A. ferox and apply it directly to the skin for instant first-aid treatment of burns or minor wounds. More and more different species of aloes are being propagated and are increasingly available. Check out Terra del Sol in Goleta for one of the largest area selections. For lots of excellent advice on not only names of aloes and their hybrids but also growing information, go to wholesale nursery San Marcos Growers’s website. If the aloe is listed there, it will be available at a local nursery — perhaps not every week, but certainly by special order.

n 1876, Samuel Brinkerhoff, Santa Barbara’s first physician and prominent entrepreneur, owned this undeveloped section of property. Eleven years later, in 1887, when the residence was constructed, the economy was undergoing vast changes from farmland to residential development, as a thriving building boom was underway largely due to the Southern Pacific Railroad connecting Los Angeles to Santa Barbara. This simple one-and-a-half-story house, which is built on a wooden foundation and features shiplap siding, was most likely designed by a carpenterbuilder of the era to incorporate Victorian and Italianate architectural styles. The roof is high-gabled, the bay window is supported by decorative brackets, and the transom window, located directly above the front door, adds a sense of height to the home’s entrance. The Italianate porch’s support columns are enhanced with Gothic scroll ornamentation. By 1889, this house belonged to a widow, Mrs. S. Levy, who may have been the wife of Samuel Levy, a merchant with the Santa Barbara Lumber Company. Two years later, in 1891, ownership passed to a probable relative, Leon Levy, a saloonkeeper and owner of a liquor store located at 510 State Street. For the next five decades, the home was occupied by the Harry L. and Emilia Myers family. In 1957, with the addition of a room and passageway, the Levy house was connected to the neighboring property, which served as a treatment center for alcoholics. Currently, the home is privately owned.

Original Owner: Sarah Levy Year of Construction: 1887 Based on information from, among other sources, Survivors; Santa Barbara’s Last Victorians, a publication of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum.

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Arise from Spiky Surroundings

Gustavo the GaRDenatoR

How to Grow a

Jaw-Dropping Rose Garden What’s the one thing I can do to make my neighbors jealous of my garden?

—Keeping-Up-with-Jones Joanie, Summerland

Please join us for a

Celebra?ng the Life of our beloved

Gary L. Woods Date: Saturday, September 19, 2015 Time: 4:00 pm to 6:45 pm Loca?on: Plaza del Sol, Fess Parker Hotel, 633 E Cabrillo Blvd, Santa Barbara, CA 93103 (Complimentary parking & refreshments) Please RSVP by phone or e-‐mail before Sept/15 to: 805-‐680-‐8930 e-‐mail: gandlwoods@earthlink.net

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Gustavo Uribe is a fifth-generation agricultural specialist who has worked as a professional gardener in Santa Barbara for more than 30 years. Send your gardening questions to gustavo@independent.com .

“A well-presented home is a staged home – one where the owner and I have worked diligently to create maximum appeal. I’m the only local Realtor to have taught Staging in the SBCC Adult Ed; nearly 500 people took the course. I enjoy managing the process of bringing a home to its top condition – using paint, color, furniture arrangement and other changes to enhance the look and feel of the home.”

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ou have a manicured lawn, a multimillion-dollar house, and a white picket fence, and yet something is missing. You sip your fancy tea in dismay as you realize that your childhood dream of becoming the by Gustavo Uribe Queen of England is still so very far away. It’s time to step up your gardening game for that elusive dream we call “the immaculate rose garden.” Luckily for you, Gustavo has tips for growing rosas bonitas. Manicuring: “Tienes que cortar todo la rosa como siete pulgadas al diagonal, donde empiece la hojita.”When the rose is finished blooming, cut diagonally about seven inches from the flower, right above the leaf’s stem. For a bunch of roses, follow the same rule where the bunch starts. Gustavo says,“Si no las cortas, vienen la plaga y hormigas.” If you don’t trim the roses, they will get plague and ants. Fertilizer: Add fertilizer about every three months. Gustavo adds,“Uso organico para la ambiente y las plantas, a no contaminar la tierra.” Use organic fertilizer because it’s good for the environment and the plants. Trimming: Trim the actual rose bunch at least once a year in December or January “cuando están dormidas” — when they’re sleeping. You can trim a second time in June. He says this is vital “para tener las healthy and beautiful rosas.” Watering: Gustavo says don’t water them from the top because they will again get plague and ants. Instead, use a Purple Rain Watering Wand— Wand a gardening tool that you can hook up to your hose so that the water comes out dispersed. He waters his roses en “el troncito alrededor”— alrededor” around the little rose trunk.

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