Spectrums of color dot area hills, mountains, bogs, and meadows like vibrant confetti. A good place to start identifying common flora in the Homer area is at the Pratt Museum Botanical Garden. Beginning in late April and continuing through the summer, on-site gardeners who tend the grounds enjoy sharing their fields of knowledge about wild plants. The museum's botanical garden is host to 125 species native to the Kenai Peninsula. Of the nine species in this area, the Labrador Tea and Lowbush Cranberry are two examples of plants that grow in boggy areas.
Sunlight is vital to plants of open meadows.
Eight species typical of plants that grow in meadows are Fireweed, Prickly Wild Rose and Nootka Lupine. The 19 species featured here were collected from across Kachemak Bay, a few of which include Pussy Toes and Mountain Harebell. A Dry Stream Bed section is currently being developed which will feature plants like Cotton Grass. The Pratt Museum Botanical Garden is open 24 hours. An interpretive walking guide is available on the premises for fifty cents.