Natural History Wanderings

The Press Democrat has an article on wildflower hiking in Sonoma county: Bloomings afoo.  Recommended  areas:

• Pepperwood Preserve
  3,200-acre Pepperwood Preserve
  Pepperwood Wildflower Festival on April 29
  www.pepperwoodpreserve.org
  
• Sonoma County Regional Parks
  wildflower spring hikes
  Information: 565-3356 or sonoma-county.org/parks/iwalk.htm.
• Van Hoosear Wildflower Preserve
  The 162-acre Van Hoosear Wildflower Preserve
  Over 250 varieties of wildflowers
  guided hikes  www.sonomaecologycenter.org.
• Audubon Canyon Ranch
  guided walks through Bouverie Preserve, a 535-acre spread of oak woodlands, grasslands and evergreen forests.
  information at www.egret.org or (415) 868-9244.

Read full article at: http://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/20120421/LIFESTYLE/120429979?p=all&tc=pgall