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An Ode to Coyote Brush and Other Late Fall Bloomers

Why do you think it's called coyote brush? Read on to find out. Credit: Mike Kahn.

What's blooming in mid to late fall, and where you can find these flowering plants on the Peninsula, in the South Bay, and Santa Cruz.

Why Summer Is My Favorite Time to Explore Local Wildflowers

Proof that California fuchsia's scarlet flowers attract hummingbirds! Photo by Frank Cone/Pexels.

What's blooming in mid to late summer, and where you can find these flowers in the Santa Cruz Mountains region.

The Garden Museum of Santa Cruz’s Seabright Neighborhood

Native butterflies love wildflowers. Credit: Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.

The wildflowers go off in the Garden Learning Center that surrounds the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History.

The Wildflowers of Coyote Ridge

The fields of goldfields and poppies at the Máyyan 'Ooyákma-Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve stretch for miles. Photo by Michael Hawk.

A conversation with Dr. Stu Weiss about the Máyyan 'Ooyákma-Coyote Ridge Open Space Preserve, and why it is one of the Bay Area’s premier wildflower hot-spots.

Press Release: Hilltromper Launches BloomTracker Interactive Resource to Help People Find Local Wildflowers

BloomTracker by Hilltromper. Photo: Mike Kahn.

BloomTracker shows where and when to see wildflowers throughout the season in public parks and open space preserves in San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz counties.

Product Launch: Find & Protect Wildflowers with BloomTracker

The new BloomTracker by Hilltromper. Photo: Mike Kahn

Hilltromper announces an online resource that tells you where your favorite flowers are blooming right now, and helps preserve these wonders of nature.

Trails Damaged in CZU Fire Reopen at Big Basin

Two children and a giant redwood tree

From Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

For the first time in three years, visitors can enjoy springtime at Big Basin Redwoods State Park by exploring miles of recently reopened trails and fire roads.

Calero County Park

Amazing but true: Calero County Park has ponds and a reservoir. Brendan Bane photo.

Hikers, horses and boaters welcome.

Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve

Those golden waves along the Ridge Trail.

High views from oak & meadow trails.

5 Great Wildflower Hikes in the South Bay

Globe lilies in great numbers adorn the Corral and Forest trails in Henry Coe.

It's National Wildflower Week! That means it's time to check out the native blooms that are going off in spite of this tedious drought.

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