The Mission/Purpose:
The fire safe garden is intended to demonstrate the type and arrangement of ornamental plants and details of house construction to mitigate the risk of wildfire.

Quail Botanical Gardens

Garden Address:	230 Quail Gardens Drive Encinitas, CA 92024
Contact:	Garden Manager
Phone:	(760) 436-3036
Mailing Address:	230 Quail Gardens Drive Encinitas, CA 92024
Sponsor:	Quail Botanical Gardens Foundation Inc.
Days:	Open daily
Hours:	9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Fees:	$5/adults, $4/seniors, $2/children 5-12, under 5 free
Wheelchair access:	Yes
Description:	Quail Botanical Gardens collects and displays plants from regions of the world that have a climate similar to Southern California's. By capitalizing on microclimates and controlling irrigation, the cultivation of plants from other regions of the world is also possible.

City of Santa Barbara Firescape Demonstration Garden

Garden Address:	Mission Ridge Road and Stanwood Drive, across from 2411 Stanwood Dr.
Contact:	Ann Marie Marx City of Santa Barbara Fire Department
Email:	amarx@ci.santa-barbara.ca.us
Phone:	(805) 965-5254
Fax:	(805) 564-5730
Mailing Address:	City of Santa Barbara Fire Department 121 W. Carillo St. Santa Barbara, CA 93101
Sponsor:	City of Santa Barbara
Days:	Daily
Hours:	8 a.m. - Sunset
Fees:	Free
Wheelchair access:	No
Description:	The Firescape Demonstration Garden shows how landscape design can significantly reduce or prevent wildfire damage to home and property. The garden is designed to show landscaping can be firesafe, water efficient and beautiful all in one design.
Features:	The garden lies within a fire prone, oak woodland environment. It features 1.7 acres of water efficient, native and non-native plants. The garden is designed as a self-guided tour and is divided into four zones that help reduce the spread of wildfire to your home.

UC Berkley: The Fire Safe Garden

Garden Address:	The garden is located across the street from the UC Forest Products Laboratory (UCFPL) in an area that simulates the Urban-Wildland Interface, since "forest" trees are close by. The garden is currently under construction.
Sponsor:	Funds to construct the garden and structure have been provided by UCFPL and the Richmond Field Station, UC Berkeley. The Garden represents the culmination of several years of work by UCFPL and others under funding by FEMA through OES and CDF. The target for completion is Spring 2000.
Wheelchair Access:	Complies with handicapped accessibility
Description:	The garden will serve as an example for visitors on how to help reduce the risk of losing their structures to wildland fire. It was designed to be low maintenance, aesthetically pleasing, realistic, and interactive. Included are landscape components commonly found in California homes, such as fences, raised beds, seating areas, and walkways (and complies with handicapped accessibility). All of the species used are listed as "fire resistant" from the Plant List. Four classifications of plants are included native, drought-resistant, ornamental, and edible/herb. A 15'x20' structure is being built in the garden to represent a building at risk in the urban wildland interface. Visitors will see many examples of both firesafe and hazardous materials, and construction techniques. In addition, we will add a number of other features to the structure to show details related to deterioration protection from fungi and termites, seismic and wind hold-downs, and thermal insulation.

Elfin Forest Fire Safe Garden

Address:	The garden is located behind the Elfin Forest Fire Department at 20223 Elfin Forest Road Escondido, California 92029
Contact:	Frank Twohy
Phone:	760/744-2186
Fax:	760/744-2186
Sponsor:	Fire Safe San Diego
Days:	Open daily (self-tour)
Hours:	Dawn to dusk
Fees:	Free
Wheelchair access:	Yes

Firescape Garden

The Firescape Garden was designed and implemented in 1993 at the Los Jilqueros Preserve on Mission Road in Fallbrook, CA. It is located on a 44-acre greenspace and is 1/2 acre in size.

Location:	North of high school on Mission Road
Contact:	Roger Boddard
Phone:	760/728-4297
Days:	Open daily