Inspired by Santa Barbara Botanic Garden and the trees and plants that define California's Central Coast, Out of the Ground features more than fourty local poets.Carmen Alexander Lori AnayaSarah Blakely Gudrun BortmanSally Anderson Boström M. L. Brown Christopher Buckley Carolyn Chilton Casas Clayton Clark Fran Davis Marsha de la O Kurt Duran Ana Ellickson Kimbrough Ernest Mary Freericks Cie GumucioHannah Huff Kristin Kane Peggy Kelly Isabelle Kim-ShermanGabriella KleinPerie LongoJasmine Marshall Armstrong Juliane McAdam Anita McLaughlin Anne NeubauerEnid Osborn Melinda Palacio Scot Pipkin Susan Shields George HS SingerDavid Starkey Daniel ThomasEmma Trelles Jace Ryan Turner Isabelle Walker Joseph Warren Norma Wightman Paul Willis George Yatchisin Chryss Yost