After we hit up the wildflowers at Lake Elsinore we headed to Borrego Springs, CA for the first time to check out the desert blooms. Our first big bloom sighting in Anza-Borrego Desert State Park was this amazing span of desert sunflowers. This is embarrassing, but I almost wrote an entire blog post about theContinue reading “Desert Sunflowers in Anza-Borrego”
Category Archives: Roadtrip
Sleeping Antelope Valley Poppies
One of the best spots to see mass quantities of California poppies (Eschscholtzia californica)) every spring is Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve near Lancaster in Southern California. Sometimes nature/timing does not cooperate though. Poppies can be little jerks and decide it’s not sunny/early enough in the day to be open in a giant orange mass ifContinue reading “Sleeping Antelope Valley Poppies”
North Table Mountain Madness
Hey there! It’s been a long time since we last blogged and as you can see much of our old blog is gone and replaced with only our most popular posts and weird t-shirts for sale. Well, I’ve had it with Facebook and Instagram, so we’re bringing it back to our own web page. AfterContinue reading “North Table Mountain Madness”
Lake Elsinore Wildflower Fun
Last March we hopped in the car and headed south in search of California wildflowers during Zoe’s Spring Break, and we’ve never seen anything like it. Our first stop was Lake Elsinore where we stayed at the second sketchiest motel we’ve ever stayed in (ask Matti about my 35th birthday in middle of nowhere Utah forContinue reading “Lake Elsinore Wildflower Fun”
Dudleyas, Dudleyas, Dudleyas
Love the hanging baskets of Dudleya and Lewisia at Santa Barbara Botanic Garden. I want it hanging in my backyard. SBBG has one of the best collections of Dudleya around. I want them all. Get more Dudleya action from our last trip to SBBG here.
Driftwood King and Kid
It’s hard to believe we first blogged about driftwood back in September of 2011. We just got back from a trip to Mendocino, so we’ve added a few new pics to the old post including our driftwood kid. Mendocino rocks in so many ways, but its creative uses of driftwood push it over the edgeContinue reading “Driftwood King and Kid”
Countless Cacti
California Cactus Center was on our list of places to check out. Glad we did. They have some cool skool specimens hanging out…and for sale. I’d be the first to admit…we really don’t have a lot of cactus in our garden, and wasn’t sure we had any. But every time we do a big succulent pruning,Continue reading “Countless Cacti”
Holy Crap, Huntington Gardens!
I’m not quite sure how to put our visit to The Huntington Botanical Gardens in to words. Amazing. Really amazing. Hands down the coolest horticultural experience I’ve ever had. Matti said I was in a daze for the first hour. Never have I seen so many cacti and succulents in one place. According to the website, theyContinue reading “Holy Crap, Huntington Gardens!”
Succulent Container Gardens
Rusty old tire rim container from Succulent Gardens in Castroville. I’ve sadly misplaced all of the other pics from the original post, but dug up some good pics from our vault.
Great Highway Succulent Gardens
The lower Great Highway is a three mile stretch of road where San Francisco meets the Pacific Ocean. Here are some sweet succulent gardens within a couple blocks of our old Outer Sunset place. Succulents grow like weeds by the beach. All that sand and perfect not too hot or cold weather. We used to purposely drive by this apartmentContinue reading “Great Highway Succulent Gardens”
Far Out Flora 