Field Trip - Santa Barbara Botanical Gardens

My son's third grade class had a field trip at the Santa Barbara Botanical Garden today. It was absolutely wonderful. The weather was beautiful as was the scenery. We arrived around 10:00am and first went on the tour of the gardens.

The class was split up into groups of 6 which was great! Our tour guide or "docent" was Bill. He was great and very informative. He made the tour interesting for the boys and kept it fun.

There was a lot of Poison Ivy all around. The saying here is "Leaves of Three - Let them be". Good to remember.
All the boys had a great time.
After the tour they were able to go into the Lab and for a hands-on with the microscope. They were all impressed and I think a lot will have a microscope on the Christmas list.

After lab and the tour we were able to have lunch in one of the picnic areas they have. It was very nice. The last part of the day the kids were able to go shopping in the Garden Shop (little gift shop). The have a lot of cute little things. My son was super impressed with the Scope It Out Indoor/Outdoor Lighted microscope $9.95. Sadly is only lasted a few hours.

It was a wonderful day. Actually, any day that I can spend hanging out with my buddy is a great day!!!!