Last updated: 1/21/2011
695 Ashley RoadSanta Barbara, CA 93108
Monday - Friday
9 AM - 5 PM
Tours of Lotusland are offered at 10:00 AM and 1:30 PM, Wednesday through Saturday between mid-February and mid-November. Knowledgeable volunteer docents interpret the garden and its history on the two-hour walking tours, designed for visitors age ten and older. Family Tours are available for groups with children under age 10. Family Tours are separate from regular adult tours and are child and parent friendly.
You are invited to visit Lotusland , a unique 37-acre estate and botanic garden situated in the foothills of Montecito to the east of the city of Santa Barbara. The gardens now covering the estate were created by Madame Ganna Walska, who owned the property from 1941 until her death in 1984. Before her death, Madame Walska established the nonprofit Ganna Walska Lotusland Foundation, which now preserves this unrivaled botanical treasure.
To preserve and enhance the spectacular collections of exotic plants and the historic Montecito estate of Madame Ganna Walska, to provide public access to their remarkable beauty and diversity and, through interpretation of these collections, to foster increased knowledge and appreciation of the importance of plants and the need for their conservation.
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