Showing posts with label Parks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Parks. Show all posts

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Skate Park


The Skate Park is worth visiting to watch skateboarders show off their "stuff"! This park was recently built and contains many jumps and difficult concrete terrain. It is located in the park near the Stearns Wharf entrance on Cabrillo Blvd. Concrete walls surround the skate park and provide a good resting place to watch the skate boarders.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens


Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens is a memorial park located in Santa Barbara, California. It consists of one entire city block, bounded by Santa Barbara, Micheltorena, Garden, and Arrellaga Streets; it is across Santa Barbara Street from the Unitarian Society of Santa Barbara, and across Micheltorena Street from Alameda Park.

The gardens, formerly the site of the El Mirasol Hotel, were purchased and donated to the city in 1975, and dedicated in 1980.

These gardens include a man-made pond stocked with turtle and koi, as well as a gazebo and many meandering walkways and paths. All the plants in the garden, some native and some ornamental, are chosen specifically to be tolerant of the low-water nature of the Santa Barbara climate.