wildflowers

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.

Sky lupine, blue-eyed grass, checkerbloom and a bazillion poppies are out on this favorite trail of mountain bikers and hikers alike.

Is the spring of 2014 yielding more California poppies than usual? With California Poppy Day (April 6) just around the corner, we asked Stephen McCabe of the UCSC Arboretum.

April 23, 2013—Granted, it’s not in Santa Cruz or Santa Clara County.

April 23, 2013—When we asked wildflower photographer, musician and wild man Al Frisby where he’d go to see the blooming sights, Waddell Creek was the first place he mentioned. Since Frisby teaches photography and leads wildflower tours in the spring, we listened. A.k.a.