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Help us Meet our Match!
You Make It Possible
Investments of any size directly support our efforts in conservation, education, and research. If you would like to fund a wish list item, direct a gift to the Garden through your Donor Advised Fund, or make sure your gift will help us meet our match, please contact Heidi Whitman, Director of Development & Communications at hwhitman@sbbg.org or (805) 682-4726, ext. 133.
Your passion for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and California’s native plants is helping us weather the storm of this challenging year. Many ambitious projects have been possible - all thanks to your investment in the Garden! We need your help to keep the momentum going forward. Your year-end donation to the Garden will support:
• Maintenance of the Garden grounds as an inspirational, educational, scientific, and historic resource
• Rare plant research in the field and in the lab to help us understand and apply how to best protect and restore California’s unique diversity of native plants
• Curation of our herbarium collection and seed bank of critically endangered plant species, and so much more!
DOUBLE THE IMPACT OF YOUR GIFT!
Your gift will be matched dollar for dollar up to $150,000 thanks to a generous donor. Use the return envelope in the middle of this issue to send a gift by mail, or visit sbbg.org/give to donate online now.
Garden Wish List
o 4-wheel drive pickup truck for conservation field work o Electric work carts for horticulture staff: $4,500 each
o 2 Water bottle filling stations (and plumber to install): $2,500 each
o 4 Flights to San Miguel Island: $1,200 each
o 3 Microsoft Surface Pro laptop computers: $1,200 each
o 5,000 shell vials: $1,500
o Nursery pots for a year: $1,500
o Wildflower seeds for Spring displays: $800
o 4 Motorola Radios: $500 each
o 2 Electric chainsaws: $450 each
o 3 Wildlife cameras: $400 each o Precision paper cutter: $300
o Chemicals, pins, and storage boxes for invertebrate collection and curation: $300
o 4 Electric leaf blowers: $250 each
o 12 Boat trips to the Channel Islands for plant conservation work: $90 - $150 each
o 4 pairs of snake gators: $180
o 1 copy of A People’s Curriculum for the Earth: $25
o 1 copy of Rethinking Bilingual Education: $25
Donate through your Donor Advised Fund
Many of our donors provide support for the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden through Donor Advised Funds (DAF). To support us through your DAF, please contact your adviser at your DAF sponsoring organization. Santa Barbara Botanic Garden’s Tax ID is 95-1644628.
DAF sponsors should make checks payable to the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and mail to: Santa Barbara Botanic Garden 1212 Mission Canyon Road Santa Barbara, CA 93105
