Upcoming events.

Docent-led Garden Tour
Apr
25

Docent-led Garden Tour

Join us in the garden for a docent-led garden tour where you will learn about the plants, animals, and history of the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden!

Tours are offered on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from April - July.

Please bring water and weather appropriate attire.

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Forest Bathing Walk
Apr
26

Forest Bathing Walk

Full Moon Forest Bathing

Cultivating Presence, Wonder, and Ease

• Experience the restorative and healing power of slowing down and spending time in the natural world.

• Wander among spectacular trees and plants, while noticing the magic and mystery around you.

• Learn practices to reconnect to the natural world to help you cultivate peace and calm outside of our time together.

Everyone is welcome.

No experience necessary.

Nurture your connection to the natural world.
Let wonder and awe bring you into the present moment.
Access more internal stability.

Forest Bathing is a nature connection experience inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku. These immersive experiences offer the chance to break away from the stress and busyness of daily life and to find more calm and ease amidst whatever is going on.

While offering a renewed sense of interconnection with the natural world, forest bathing also allows access to beneficial nervous system states that can support immediate and long-term health and well-being. Research has proven that forest bathing reduces stress, anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness while also boosting immune strength and improving cognitive functioning. Past participants have shared that they feel a greater sense of peace, calm, connection with nature, better mood, and decreased pain.

Offered through a series of guided invitations, the walk will help participants move beyond the chatter or worry of the thinking mind and find a deeper sense of embodied presence, enabling access to more calm, ease, and stability to support overall well being.
The intentional practice of forest bathing helps you access powerful experiences of curiosity, awe, and wonder that are essential for more wisely meeting with this era of dramatic change and unpredictability.

Members receive a discount for registration, contact us for member’s code

Register here: https://www.temenosrising.com/forest-bathing-syv

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Docent-led Garden Tour
May
9

Docent-led Garden Tour

Join us in the garden for a docent-led garden tour where you will learn about the plants, animals, and history of the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden!

Tours are offered on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from April - July.

Please bring water and weather appropriate attire. Tours subject to change due to weather.

Please register below so we can plan accordingly. Donations are greatly appreciated!

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May
16

Reptiles in the Garden!

Join us for a morning in the garden as we learn about local reptiles species!

Check back later for more information!

Click the link below to volunteer for this event:

VolunteerSignup - Online volunteer signup sheets - Garden Education Events Sign-up 2026 signup sheet‍ ‍

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New Moon Forest Bathing Walk
May
16

New Moon Forest Bathing Walk

New Moon Forest Bathing

Cultivating Presence, Wonder, and Ease

• Experience the restorative and healing power of slowing down and spending time in the natural world.

• Wander among spectacular trees and plants, while noticing the magic and mystery around you.

• Learn practices to reconnect to the natural world to help you cultivate peace and calm outside of our time together.

Everyone is welcome.

No experience necessary.

Nurture your connection to the natural world.
Let wonder and awe bring you into the present moment.
Access more internal stability.

Forest Bathing is a nature connection experience inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku. These immersive experiences offer the chance to break away from the stress and busyness of daily life and to find more calm and ease amidst whatever is going on.

While offering a renewed sense of interconnection with the natural world, forest bathing also allows access to beneficial nervous system states that can support immediate and long-term health and well-being. Research has proven that forest bathing reduces stress, anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness while also boosting immune strength and improving cognitive functioning. Past participants have shared that they feel a greater sense of peace, calm, connection with nature, better mood, and decreased pain.

Offered through a series of guided invitations, the walk will help participants move beyond the chatter or worry of the thinking mind and find a deeper sense of embodied presence, enabling access to more calm, ease, and stability to support overall well being.
The intentional practice of forest bathing helps you access powerful experiences of curiosity, awe, and wonder that are essential for more wisely meeting with this era of dramatic change and unpredictability.

Members receive a discount for registration, contact us for member’s code

Register here: https://www.temenosrising.com/forest-bathing-syv

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Docent-led Garden Tour
May
23

Docent-led Garden Tour

Join us in the garden for a docent-led garden tour where you will learn about the plants, animals, and history of the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden!

Tours are offered on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from April - July.

Please bring water and weather appropriate attire. Tours subject to change due to weather.

Please register below so we can plan accordingly. Donations are greatly appreciated!

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Yoga in the Garden
May
30

Yoga in the Garden

Come stretch and move your body in the SYV Botanic Garden's dappled light! Marissa Hildebrant is a certified Street Yoga instructor and a registered nurse who loves sharing yoga and movement for all ages, abilities and body types. Bring a mat and/or a towel, and some water...no fancy yoga clothes needed. This is a donation based offering for the community to enjoy unifying their breath, body, mind, and heart with the beauty of the garden..

Dates subject to change due to weather.
Drop ins and cash donations welcome.

Register below…

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Docent-led Garden Tour
Jun
13

Docent-led Garden Tour

Join us in the garden for a docent-led garden tour where you will learn about the plants, animals, and history of the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden!

Tours are offered on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from April - July.

Please bring water and weather appropriate attire.

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Jun
20

Bird Day in the Garden

Join us for a morning in the garden as we learn about local avifauna of the area!

Check back later for more information!

Click the link below to volunteer for this event:

VolunteerSignup - Online volunteer signup sheets - Garden Education Events Sign-up 2026 signup sheet‍ ‍

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Docent-led Garden Tour
Jun
27

Docent-led Garden Tour

Join us in the garden for a docent-led garden tour where you will learn about the plants, animals, and history of the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden!

Tours are offered on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from April - July.

Please bring water and weather appropriate attire.

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Yoga in the Garden
Jun
27

Yoga in the Garden

Come stretch and move your body in the SYV Botanic Garden's dappled light! Marissa Hildebrant is a certified Street Yoga instructor and a registered nurse who loves sharing yoga and movement for all ages, abilities and body types. Bring a mat and/or a towel, and some water...no fancy yoga clothes needed. This is a donation based offering for the community to enjoy unifying their breath, body, mind, and heart with the beauty of the garden..

Dates subject to change due to weather.
Drop ins and cash donations welcome.

Register below…

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Docent-led Garden Tour
Jul
11

Docent-led Garden Tour

Join us in the garden for a docent-led garden tour where you will learn about the plants, animals, and history of the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden!

Tours are offered on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from April - July.

Please bring water and weather appropriate attire.

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Docent-led Garden Tour
Jul
25

Docent-led Garden Tour

Join us in the garden for a docent-led garden tour where you will learn about the plants, animals, and history of the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden!

Tours are offered on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from April - July.

Please bring water and weather appropriate attire.

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Yoga in the Garden
Jul
25

Yoga in the Garden

Come stretch and move your body in the SYV Botanic Garden's dappled light! Marissa Hildebrant is a certified Street Yoga instructor and a registered nurse who loves sharing yoga and movement for all ages, abilities and body types. Bring a mat and/or a towel, and some water...no fancy yoga clothes needed. This is a donation based offering for the community to enjoy unifying their breath, body, mind, and heart with the beauty of the garden..

Dates subject to change due to weather.
Drop ins and cash donations welcome.

Register below…

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Yoga in the Garden
Aug
29

Yoga in the Garden

Come stretch and move your body in the SYV Botanic Garden's dappled light! Marissa Hildebrant is a certified Street Yoga instructor and a registered nurse who loves sharing yoga and movement for all ages, abilities and body types. Bring a mat and/or a towel, and some water...no fancy yoga clothes needed. This is a donation based offering for the community to enjoy unifying their breath, body, mind, and heart with the beauty of the garden..

Dates subject to change due to weather.
Drop ins and cash donations welcome.

Register below…

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Great Oaks
Apr
21

Great Oaks

Great Oaks

50 Years of Creative Collaboration

Appetizers & Drinks with BFF’s Puck Erickson & Susan Unger

Celebrating Susan’s Book signing “The Art of Susan Unger”

Tuesday, April 21, 2026 | 5-7PM

Location: Santa Ynez, CA

Minimum Suggested Donation of $40

Seating is limited, advance registration required. Location (in Solvang) provided upon registration.

THIS EVENT IS SOLD OUT!

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Docent-led Garden Tour
Apr
11

Docent-led Garden Tour

Join us in the garden for a docent-led garden tour where you will learn about the plants, animals, and history of the Santa Ynez Valley Botanic Garden!

Tours are offered on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of every month from April - July.

Please bring water and weather appropriate attire.

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Spring Equinox Forest Bathing Walk
Mar
20

Spring Equinox Forest Bathing Walk

Spring Equinox Forest Bathing

Cultivating Presence, Wonder, and Ease

• Experience the restorative and healing power of slowing down and spending time in the natural world.

• Wander among spectacular trees and plants, while noticing the magic and mystery around you.

• Learn practices to reconnect to the natural world to help you cultivate peace and calm outside of our time together.

Everyone is welcome.

No experience necessary.

Nurture your connection to the natural world.
Let wonder and awe bring you into the present moment.
Access more internal stability.

Forest Bathing is a nature connection experience inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku. These immersive experiences offer the chance to break away from the stress and busyness of daily life and to find more calm and ease amidst whatever is going on.

While offering a renewed sense of interconnection with the natural world, forest bathing also allows access to beneficial nervous system states that can support immediate and long-term health and well-being. Research has proven that forest bathing reduces stress, anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness while also boosting immune strength and improving cognitive functioning. Past participants have shared that they feel a greater sense of peace, calm, connection with nature, better mood, and decreased pain.

Offered through a series of guided invitations, the walk will help participants move beyond the chatter or worry of the thinking mind and find a deeper sense of embodied presence, enabling access to more calm, ease, and stability to support overall well being.
The intentional practice of forest bathing helps you access powerful experiences of curiosity, awe, and wonder that are essential for more wisely meeting with this era of dramatic change and unpredictability.

Members receive a discount for registration, contact us for member’s code

Register here: https://www.temenosrising.com/forest-bathing-syv

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Full Moon Forest Bathing
Mar
1

Full Moon Forest Bathing

Full Moon Forest Bathing

Cultivating Presence, Wonder, and Ease

• Experience the restorative and healing power of slowing down and spending time in the natural world.

• Wander among spectacular trees and plants, while noticing the magic and mystery around you.

• Learn practices to reconnect to the natural world to help you cultivate peace and calm outside of our time together.

Everyone is welcome.

No experience necessary.

Nurture your connection to the natural world.
Let wonder and awe bring you into the present moment.
Access more internal stability.

Forest Bathing is a nature connection experience inspired by the Japanese practice of Shinrin-Yoku. These immersive experiences offer the chance to break away from the stress and busyness of daily life and to find more calm and ease amidst whatever is going on.

While offering a renewed sense of interconnection with the natural world, forest bathing also allows access to beneficial nervous system states that can support immediate and long-term health and well-being. Research has proven that forest bathing reduces stress, anxiety, depression, and sleeplessness while also boosting immune strength and improving cognitive functioning. Past participants have shared that they feel a greater sense of peace, calm, connection with nature, better mood, and decreased pain.

Offered through a series of guided invitations, the walk will help participants move beyond the chatter or worry of the thinking mind and find a deeper sense of embodied presence, enabling access to more calm, ease, and stability to support overall well being.
The intentional practice of forest bathing helps you access powerful experiences of curiosity, awe, and wonder that are essential for more wisely meeting with this era of dramatic change and unpredictability.

Members receive a discount for registration, contact us for member’s code

Register here: https://www.temenosrising.com/forest-bathing-syv

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Halloween Journey
Oct
24
to Oct 25

Halloween Journey

Halloween Journey is a unique theatrical event designed for young children (2-8 years old) and their families to celebrate the magic and imagination of Halloween through an immersive, age-appropriate interactive experience. The Santa Ynez Botanic Garden will be transformed into the home of fairies, pirates, trolls, billy goats, talking trees and the majestic throne of the Pumpkin Queen. This theater experience will lead young children and their families through the garden to experience six vignettes performed by local Santa Ynez Valley performers. Each tale will end with the gift of a small treasure or charm for children to take away.

Tickets are based on timed entry, but we will have tickets available to purchase at the door. The entire journey through all 6 vignettes is between 30-40 minutes.

HALLOWEEN JOURNEY WILL OCCUR RAIN OR SHINE!!         

Get tickets here: Tickets

📧 For questions, please email: halloweenjourneysyv@gmail.com    

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