WINTER BEAUTY

Winter is the season when the invisible becomes visible. The structure of trees are revealed. Underfoot we feel soil being made. Our eyes search for blossoms but find blooms of lichen and moss, and the fruit of fungi. Ferns spore secretly in the woods. The beach is empty, the ocean is intimate and unfriendly. If we're lucky, the grey rocks will turn silver in the rain. The water will satiate. The reservoirs will fill. We will get what we've been waiting for.

BLOOM

BABY BLUE-EYES Nemophilia menzeissi

BLUE-EYED GRASS Sisyrinchium bellum

BUTTERCUPS Ranunculus californicus

CEANOTHUS Ceanothus spp.

COAST SILK TASSLE Garrya elliptica

CURRANTS AND GOOSEBERRIES Ribes spp.

HUMMINGBIRD SAGE Salvia spathacea

GOLDFIELDS Lasthenia californica

MANZANITA Arctostaphylos spp.

WAKEROBBINS Trillium chloropetalum

WOODLAND STRAWBERRY Fragaria vesca

WESTERN COLUMBINE Aquilegia formosa

BERRY

COFFEEBERRY

SNOWBERRY

TOYON

STRUCTURE

CALIFORNIA BUCKEYE

CALIFORNIA SYCAMORE

CREEK DOGWOOD

DECIDUOUS OAKS

YELLOW-TWIGGED DOGWOOD

FERNS

CALIFORNIA POLYPODY FERN

COFFEE FERN

GOLDBACK

LEATHER LEAF FERN

LICORICE FERN

SWORD FERN

FRIENDS