Feb 7, 20141 min readCate School Volunteer Day, January 29, 2014By Michael H. Imwalle On Wednesday January 29th, 2014 Cate School teachers Frank Griffin and Mamadou Pouye arrived at El Presidio de...
Aug 23, 20134 min readCooking With a Pinch of History: Chile Verdeby Brittany Avila This month in the Presidio Heritage Gardens the following vegetables just so happened to be perfectly ripe and ready...
Jul 26, 20131 min readEl Presidio de Santa Barbara SHP joins the NPS Passport Program!by Anne Petersen The Santa Barbara Trust for Historic Preservation has completed a Cooperating Agreement with the National Park Service’s...
May 2, 20122 min readIt’s Spring in the Presidio Gardens!Weeding the wheat field. Photo by Mike Imwalle. We are Kiara, Aiyanna, and Zinnia, students from The Anacapa School, and the current...
Apr 4, 20122 min readNorthwest Corner Reconstruction Project: The Presidio Defense Wall takes on a new look!by Mike Imwalle Top: Crew from Modern Concrete pouring concrete for the upper bond beam and the gabled cap. Bottom: Finished concrete cap...
Jan 13, 20123 min readAdobe Brick Making at El Presidio de Santa Bárbara State Historic Parkby Mike Imwalle Josh Figueroa sifting dirt for adobe brick making. Photo by Mike Imwalle. During the week before Christmas, SBTHP...
Jan 6, 20122 min readNorthwest Corner Reconstruction Project: Rebuilding a Defense Wall, one brick at a time!by Mike Imwalle Northwest Corner rendering by Alex Eberle, Milford Wayne Donaldson Architects After more than four years of intensive...