April 1, 2024 Craig Reports:Photo taken March 30, 2024 of tidy tips in bloom at the Town of Woodside's 14-acre Kite Hill Wildflower Preserve, always a "Super Bloom" site on serpentine soil. If you live or are visiting the SF Bay Area, very easy walk to see wildflowers. No need to...
Wildflower Bloom Reports (Recent wildflower bloom reports and updates on Natural History Wanderings) Northern California Wildflower Hotspots: a series of articles on wildflower hotspots on Natural History Wanderings) Wildflower Hikes (Articles on hikes a
Ticks and rattlesnakes are possible in spring at each of these hiking locations, and you’ll want to keep an eye out for three-leaved poison oak as well because there’s lots of it. Always packthe ten essentialsin your backpack. Stop at one of the local wineries after your hike for a...
But for us the best things were the main gardens that benefitted from showing plants in their native habitat. Many of these would never be in a garden outside this area, and like so many botanical gardens, they are a fine way to understand the nature of the place. The...