Annual Home & Garden Tour
Carpinteria Beautiful presents the 15th Annual Home & Garden Tour, Saturday, April 28th, 11am to 5pm
Celebrating our community's variety of lifestyles is key to Carpinteria Beautiful's Home
& Garden Tour, which spotlights ingenuity and design savvy as well as
small‑town hospitality.
Tickets, still available and just $25, can be purchased at:
- Sandcastle Time, 1078 Casitas Pass Rd. (805-684-5110)
- The Cotton Company, 5025 Wullbrandt Way (805-684-5241)
- Porch, 3823 Santa Claus Lane (805-684-0300)
- Susan Willis, 4488 Carpinteria Ave. (805-684-5058)
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Join Us! Thursday, December 16th at 9:30 AM
at the Seal Fountain in Linden Plaza
Carpinteria Beautiful's annual tradition continues this year with caroling and Christmas
tree decorating at the seal fountain in front of Vons market on Linden Avenue. Students
from five elementary classes will decorate the trees with their handmade ornaments.
Cookies and drinks for the students provided by Carpinteria Beautiful.
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Coastal Cleanup Day A Success
According to LessIsMore.org:
"This year's results [for Santa Barbara County] were fantastic
with the highest volunteer turnout in years! There were about 1,150
volunteers this year, 400 more than last year!"
"The weight totals aren't completely in yet, but we already know that 2,350 pounds
of trash and 1,250 pounds of recycling were collected, for a total of
3,600 poundsof debris!"
"So far the number of people is up and the weight of trash way down, which is the way
we like it! More people caring about our beaches and less trash overall."
CB Members Join Adopt-A-Highway Program
Our first group of volunteers worked the northbound side of the 101 freeway from Casitas Pass Rd. to Kim's Market in January 2012.
Group Leaders Donna Jordan, Alterio Banks, and Harry Manuras along with Bruce Daniels, Jayne Diaz, Bob Jordan, Sue Levandofsky,
Judy Mulford, Barbara and Brad Smith, and Sally Galati picked up 47 bags of trash in addition to several large items
on the first clean up day (pictured) plus another 40 bags on trash on their second clean up outing on February 26th.
Special thanks to Donna and Harry for taking the CalTrans safety class and providing volunteers with a safety video and rules.
The group picks up trash once a month on Sundays.
Learn more by calling
Donna Jordan at (805) 684‑0414 
Some of Our Projects
Adopt-a-Spot Carpinteria Beautiful volunteers have picked up more than 10,000 (yes, TEN THOUSAND) sacks
full of litter from around our little town. That's an enormous amount of unsightly, unhealthful
trash that's NOT littering Carpinteria's streets, sidewalks and parks and NOT washing into our creeks and ocean.
There's always room for more help. Please sign up to do your “litterbit” by calling
Donna Jordan at (805) 684‑0414
One of the most enjoyable projects at Carpinteria Beautiful is the semi-annual Bus Bench Painting.
Originated in 1992, this innovative activity provides an opportunity for the community's youth to
“get artistic“ and to participate in a visible way.
Each year we invite children to sing carols and decorate Christmas trees
leaving Linden Plaza ready for the holidays.
Going Bagless Rally
at Albertsons
on Monday, March 28th, at 10 am
Our Albertson's is one of only two stores in the nation that will
go without any paper or plastic bags.
During April Albertson's will give away 5000 reusable bags. After that, customers
who forget their bags may buy one for just 30 cents.
Show your support by Going Bagless!
Upcoming Sustainable Gardening Workshop
Saturday, May 7, 10 am – 1 pm
Practical tips on reducing water use, selecting proper plants, planting techniques,
organic fertilizers and non-chemical pest control.
Tuition: $15 (refreshments included)
Instructor: Corey Welles,
Plant Health Coordinator for Lotusland
Enrollment is limited. For info or to enroll, please call
Donna Jordan at (805) 684‑0414
Help the earth and yourself; Learn how to become a
sustainable gardener.
Space still available! Don't miss out on this unique, hands-on class. Call Donna Jordan at 684-0414.
Reuseable Bag Program
Here's something that every one of us can do to help turn the tide
on a flood that is polluting our oceans and waterways, killing
alarming numbers of birds and sea creatures, and littering our
highways and parklands.
Attend a meeting and get a free “Remember Me” decal for your car.
Sustainable gardeners contribute to
the earth rather than take away from it.
Help the earth and yourself;
Learn how to become
a sustainable gardener.
Celebrating Our Chumash Heritage
Dedicated February 14, 2005, “La Carpinteria”, celebrates our
Chumash heritage and depicts the building of Indian tomols using asphaltum from
local beaches as a sealant. The murals, as well as the tile surround, were created
by RTK Studios in Ojai.
We think this combination of history and art is a great way to further enhance
our beautiful community and we hope to see more examples in the future.
This sporadic award is presented to residents and businesses who've made exceptional efforts to beautify and improve their properties.
Have you noticed the many commemorative tree plaques around town?
Carpinteria Beautiful's Commemorative Tree Plaque Program was created in 1992.
Since then, literally hundreds of trees have been adopted throughout Carpinteria.
This popular program has offered many Carpinterians, as
well as visitors to our town, the opportunity to honor a loved one or friend while
at the same time providing an enhancement to the community.