Category: Roadtrip

• Desert Sunflowers in Anza-Borrego

  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 the […]

  FarOutMatti

  April 23, 2021

  California Natives, Flowers, Roadtrip

  Anza-Borrego, Anza-Borrego Desert State Park, anza-borrego wildflowers, california patch, california patch butterfly, Chlosyne californica, desert wildflowers, Geraea canescens, hairy desert sunflower, Henderson Valley Road

• 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 if […]

  FarOutMatti

  April 22, 2021

  California Natives, Flowers, Roadtrip

  amsinckia, antelope valley, antelope valley poppies, Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, california poppies, california poppy, california wildflowers, Eschscholtzia californica, fiddlenecks, Lancaster

• 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. After […]

  FarOutMatti

  April 18, 2021

  California Natives, Flowers, Roadtrip

  Bitterroot, california wildflowers, Castilleja exserta, Eschscholzia lobbii, frying pan poppies, gilia tricolor, Lewisia rediviva, Limnanthes alba, Lupinus nanus, North Table Mountain, Plagiobothrys nothofulvus, Purple owl’s clover, Rusty haired popcorn flower, Sedella pumila, Sierra Mock Stonecrop, Sky Lupine, White meadowfoarm, wildflowers

• 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 for […]

  FarOutMatti

  February 27, 2020

  California Natives, Flowers, Roadtrip

  california poppies, california poppy, california wildflowers, encelia farinosa, Eschscholzia californica, Lake Elsinore Wildflowers, phacelia campanularia

• 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.

  FarOutMatti

  March 21, 2013

  California Natives, Roadtrip, Succulents

  beach succulent, California Natives, dudleya, Dudleya anomala, Dudleya ‘White Sprite’, Dudleya vicida, hanging basket, Lewisia, Public Gardens, santa barbara botanic garden, succulent, succulent california native plant, succulent hanging basket

• 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 edge […]

  FarOutMatti

  September 2, 2011

  Driftwood, Roadtrip

  aeonium, Driftwood, driftwood arch, driftwood bear, driftwood castle, driftwood horse, mendocino, mendocino california, navarro beach, Succulents

• 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, […]

  FarOutMatti

  January 27, 2011

  Cactus, Roadtrip, Succulents

  cacti, Cactus, cactus collection, california cactus center, Copiapoa tenuissima monstrose, Haworthia cymbiformis ‘Variegata’, Haworthia limifolia, maleenee desert gallery, pasadena ca, Succulents

• 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, they […]

  FarOutMatti

  January 23, 2011

  Cactus, Roadtrip, Succulents

  Alluaudia montagnacii, Conophytum, Desert Garden Conservatory, Dideraceae, Kalanchoe tomentosa ‘Fuzzy Wuzzy’, Lithop, Mammillaria spinosissima ssp. pilcayensis, The Huntington Botanical 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. 

  FarOutMatti

  April 10, 2010

  Roadtrip, Succulents

  aeonium, dudleya, dyckia, echeveria, sempervivum, succulent container, succulent container garden, succulent garden, Succulents

• 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 apartment […]

  FarOutMatti

  February 17, 2010

  Roadtrip, Succulents