​The Channel Islands have been important to our Garden Club, especially Santa Cruz.  GCSB endowed $10,000 to save the almost extinct native plant on Santa Cruz,  the Island Barberry,  through propagation protocols which have restored the endangered plant.  The Conservation Committee arranged  a joint field trip with Visiting Gardens to Santa Cruz Island on October 24, 2013 which also included  several members from the Hancock Park Garden Club in Los Angeles. Arrangements for transportation by Island Packers were made through Steve Junak at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden who led our tour. ​