Anza-Borrego's Wildflower Explosion!
Channel: Bella's Big Adventure
Date: 2017-04-20

We’re heading to Anza-Borrego state park in California today to check out a wild flower bloom we’ve heard about. Soaking storms and mild temperatures in California this year have created the perfect formula for a spectacular bloom of wildflowers at the park. The desert erupted in color, with purple sand verbena, white dune evening primroses, orange poppies and other wildflowers that one ranger called “flower-geddon.”

The rain soaked into the sand, so roots and seeds had plenty of moisture to stand up to the heat and winds. Under these conditions, seeds germinate, sprouting stalks and leaves. After that, come the flowers. Once their short, sweet life is over, wildflowers shed their seeds onto the soil and those seeds wait their turn until the next Desert Bloom

There’s also something else that’s been attracting visitors to the Borrego Valley recently. People are coming from around the world to see the 130 amazing full-sized metal sculptures, which were inspired by creatures that roamed this same desert millions of years ago. Scattered around Galleta Meadows in Borrego Springs, these original steel sculptures were created by acclaimed artist, Ricardo Breceda. The artist brings life to his sculptures by capturing each creature in motion.

When you’re in the area you might also see roadrunners, golden eagles, foxes, deer, iguanas as well as the red diamond rattlesnake. If you’re real lucky you might even run across some of the bighorn sheep that live in the area. The name Anza-Borrego makes sense once you know that it was named for Spanish explorer Juan Bautista de Anza and the Spanish word borrego, meaning bighorn sheep. 

The park includes five hundred miles of dirt roads, 12 wilderness areas and many miles of hiking trails, making it the largest state park in California. Located on the eastern side of San Diego County, Anza-Borrego is about a two-hour drive from San Diego, Riverside or Palm Springs.

If you can’t make it here, then open up Instagram, because it has almost as many photos of the blooms as Anza-Borrego has flowers. Check out #superbloom and #superbloom2017 to get started. 

Hope you enjoyed the flowers and the art!

See you soon.

Love, Bella and Lola!
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