Wildflowers

That Time of Year

2013-04-08 12:14:00

Strawberry nachos in Oxnard? Playing dress-up in your finest big-band-era garb for a weekend of music in Ventura? Toasting Mother Nature at an Earth Day festival in Santa Barbara? Take your pick. The Central Coast is ripe with plenty of escapes this...

California: Giddyap to the Wild Horse Sanctuary

2012-12-25 08:00:00

The Wild Horse Sanctuary, in Northern California near Lassen Volcanic National Park, is introducing three special trail rides for next year. On April 27 and 28, Laird R. Blackwell will join riders and discuss wildflowers seen along the trails through...

Far from the crowd in Yosemite

2011-06-19 00:00:00

It is not the profusion of wild flowers, the gently swaying grasses or the golden sun on Half Dome that brings most people to Yosemite in summer, at least, not in my experience. As a kid, this is when I first experienced California's favorite national...

L.A. Walks: A step-by-step guide to Malibu's Sandstone Peak

2011-12-05 00:00:00

Nobody walks in L.A.? Ridiculous! This is one in a series of articles exploring the many opportunities for walking in (and around) a major city. SANDSTONE PEAK, MALIBU Distance: 3.5-6 miles Duration: 3-4 hours Difficulty: 3/4 Transportation: Free...

Wildflower-watching resources

2012-03-23 15:12:00

Here are some good flower-watching resources: Wildflower Hotline, run by the Theodore Payne Foundation, is the most comprehensive source for Southern California weekly wildflower reports. It updates information through the end of May. You can listen to...

A dry season is expected for wildflowers in Southern California

2012-03-23 15:12:00

Right about now, tiny goldfields and purple mat should be erupting in carpets of color on the desert floor at Joshua Tree and Death Valley national parks. The gentle hills of the Antelope Valley poppy reserve should be turning bright orange with thousands...

The Dry Garden: Ornamental grasses, poetry in motion

2011-12-09 16:34:03

'Modern Way' symposium, garden tours this week

2012-02-20 16:37:21

Spring garden tours in Southern California

2012-02-26 21:34:29

Bel-Air estate was a nature sanctuary – amid mansions

2011-09-03 00:00:00

Imagine it is Labor Day 1924. You've just finished dinner on the porch, the kids are playing next door and the radio just tuned in: "Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Today's story is about bestselling author Gene Stratton-Porter. At this very moment...

Photos: Wildflowers in the Sierra foothills

2011-06-10 12:53:11

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Datebook: Events, exhibits, classes for the week ahead

2011-11-07 16:34:21

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Wildflowers grow next to poison oak, keeping the hikers on the trail.

2013-05-14 18:05:40

A large variety of Florida wildflowers fill the field at the Rhinehart road exit off of the SR417 in Sanford, Fla. on Friday, May 10, 2013. (Joshua C. Cruey/Orlando Sentinel)

2013-05-10 00:00:00

Instead of buying flowers for Mother's Day, take Mom to the mountains to see some. Baldwin Lake Ecological Reserve, east of Big Bear Lake, is an intermittent lake that dries up after the snow melts and then blooms with wildflowers.

2013-05-07 14:27:38