Poppies

If you have been down to the reserve lately you will have been immediately struck by the beauty of the poppy display.
The California Poppy Eschscholzia californica has been our state flower since 1890 when the California State Floral Society nominated it alongside the mariposa lilly and the ginat poppy- the California Poppy was the clear favorite and won by a landslide.

Did you know that April 6th is no designated as California Poppy day!

California Poppies are a true symbol of our Golden State and have been around since long before Europeans ever reached California- the leaves of the poppy were used medicinally by Native Americans and the pollen was used cosmetically.

I hope you will all come down to the garden and enjoy the Poppies- for now you can make do with these photographs taken at the garden just this week.

Plant Inventory

This week at the Point Loma Native Plant Reserve we were fortunate enough to joined by students from Point Loma Nazarene University. The students worked away tirelessly at the garden to produce a detailed plant inventory. We hope to use the information they gathered to update the plant labels throughout our wonderful garden so that visitors to reserve can be better informed about California Native plants.

A big thanks to all the students who worked on the inventory, and most especially to their teacher Dianne Anderson who made the day possible.