#wildflowers

#wildflowers

LushNature invites everyone to explore Edgewood Park's Clarkia Trail on April 26, 2025, amidst vibrant wildflowers and active wildlife, including nesting raptors and warblers.

Coastal wildflowers, such as eelgrass and rock sea-spurrey, demonstrate remarkable adaptations to harsh environments, surviving in extreme conditions where many plants cannot thrive.

The wildflowers are blooming, making it the perfect time to hike and enjoy nature. With various locations to explore, it's important to plan your routes.

"Peas are the herald," says Zach Jarrett of Psychic Wines in Silver Lake. Like a lot of us he takes his cues from the produce stands at the Santa Monica Farmers Market, which he attends twice weekly. That's how he knows that peas appear, perplexingly, toward the end of January. "They sort of announce pre-spring, or micro-spring, or spring week," he says. "Then they vanish, and reappear in April."

"The best flower year is the first dry year after a multi-year drought," said Minnich - because the drought suppresses invasive species or annual grasses, leaving room for the wildflowers to take off.

Wildflowers, a new restaurant in Pimlico, offers a Mediterranean-inspired menu that is hearty yet thoughtful, steering clear of tedious tasting formats and focusing on approachable luxury.