Kelly tours Lotusland with the Executive Director, Rebecca Anderson, to learn more about the eccentric Polish-American opera singer, horticulturist, and fashionista, Ganna Walska, who transformed 37-acres in Montecito, into a world-renowned botanical garden. Lotusland features a wide variety of rare and exotic plants from around the world and is known for its unique and fanciful garden designs.
“These are ancient plants, plants that are rare or extinct, often in the wild. Because of that vision, that impulse, and the urge to collect, we've been able to protect and preserve plant life that would otherwise no longer be here. We are propagating these plants. We work with international organizations not only to preserve the seed banks and genetic material but also to bring them back to their countries of origin where they are now extinct."
-Rebecca Anderson, episode 5 of California Trip with Kelly Lynch
