Venue Information

Burbank Park was acquired by the Board of Trustees in 1930 as the permanent campus site for SRJC. It was a location utilized by Luther Burbank for botanical experimentation. The "Plant Wizard" came to Santa Rosa in 1875. He developed more than 800 plants, fruits and flowers, including the Santa Rosa plum, the Idaho potato and the Shasta daisy. Burbank Gardens was owned and operated by SRJC for more than 20 years (1934 - 1955). As one of the oldest buildings on campus, SRJC’s Luther Burbank Auditorium was ready for a renovation after eight decades of delivering rousing and talented performances, musicals and theatre productions to the North Bay. The Auditorium was selected for the first major capital improvement project of the District’s Measure H bond and commenced in January 2018.