- 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 theUnitarian Society of Santa Barbara , and across Micheltorena Street fromAlameda 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.
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