City & Community

Are there fruit trees growing where you live in Buellton?

BUELLTON COMMUNITY GARDEN located at 480 Central Avenue, wants to know about your favorites. If you already have fruit trees, what kinds are they? How are they doing? If you could have fruit trees, which ones would be on your wish list? A public presentation about how to select, plant, and prune fruit trees is coming this fall. Your input will help us learn more about which fruit trees are thriving in Buellton now as we begin to plan our own orchard.

Please take a moment to share your thoughts. Send email to info@buelltongarden.org, call Annie Yakutis at 805-245-1858, or use the links below to answer our quick two question survey online. Thank you!

FORM: https://forms.gle/8pyvrrXGux7ihDi29
EMAIL: info@buelltongarden.org
WEB: buelltongarden.org
INSTAGRAM: @buelltongarden
FACEBOOK: facebook.com/buelltongarden

CONGRATULATIONS!

The City of Buellton Planning Department was recently re-certified as a “Green Business”. The Green Business Program of Santa Barbara County helps businesses in the cities of Carpinteria, Santa Barbara, Goleta, Buellton, Solvang, Santa Maria, and Guadalupe, as well as the unincorporated areas of Santa Barbara County to operate in an environmentally responsible manner and recognizes them for their efforts.

For more information about the program and certification process for your business, visit greenbizsbc.org or contact Kori Nielsen at coordinator@greenbizsbc.org .

City Projects completed:

• Retrofit of lights on Ave of Flags to LED
• Retrofit of lights in Post office to LED
• Waterwise Landscaping at City Hall
• Reduced water use in all irrigation areas (Gold is the new Green)
• Replaced lighting in City Hall and Planning to LED
• Electric Vehicle Charging Station

City Projects underway:

• Wind/Solar energy supplemental power at WasteWater Treatment Plant

On-going Programs:

• Green Business Program of Santa Barbara County
• The Santa Ynez Valley Botanical Garden
  
• LessIsMore.org – Info and ideas on how to Reduce, Reuse and Recycle.  This site is the ultimate waste reduction resource for residents of Santa Barbara County.  Most of the programs serve Buellton.
• Green Gardener Program – Spring classes are underway at  Santa Barbara City College Continuing Education Division in Santa Barbara,  or Allan Hancock College in Santa Maria.