Dive Into a Ranunculus Sea at the Flower Fields in Carlsbad

Last weekend we went up to Carlsbad, California, to bask in the legions of shaggy-faced ranunculus that grow at the Flower Fields.

Scroll through for the action. The day also included an antique tractor ride, a confounding sweetpea maze, a rose garden, a chorus of snapdragons, some foxglove landscaping, a cymbidium hothouse and a patch of protea next to a tea tree.

Okay — the last thing we’ll say is this: The Flower Fields close to the public this Sunday, May 12. So after giving Mom her lovingly customized bouquet, you can also give her a whole hillside of flowers in shades of pink, red, yellow, coral, purple, white…

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