The Flower Fields

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The Flower Fields
IndustryGardening
Headquarters
Carlsbad, California
,
United States
Area served
Southern California
Websitetheflowerfields.com

The Flower Fields is a flower garden found on the Carlsbad Ranch in Carlsbad, California. It is open to visitors once a year in spring from March 1 through Mothers Day. The area has a number of attractions, including its "Tecolote Giant Ranunculus", a greenhouse filled with cymbidium orchids, a 300-by-170-foot American flag made out of red, white, and blue petunias, and musical events. Educational tours are hosted every year for both children and adults; in 2015, more than 7,000 school children were expected to visit through one of these educational tours.

The fields experience attendance of anywhere between 100,000 and 200,000 visitors every year from all over the world. The fields have received positive press from outlets such as CBS News Los Angeles, NBC News 4 Southern California, and The Huffington Post Travel, which praised the quality of the flora and recommended a visit.

In addition, Antique Tractor-Wagon rides are available, transporting visitors around the planted fields, dropping them off to enjoy the scenery, and picking them up to return to the start point. The Antique Gas and Steam Engine Museum of Vista, California provides the Antique Tractor & Wagons.

History[]

Assortment of flowers at The Flower Fields

The Flower Fields can be found on the Carlsbad Ranch in Carlsbad, California.[1] Every spring in Southern California, the land is opened to visitors [2] The fields are open to the public from March 1 through Mothers Day.[3] The fields features the "Tecolote Giant Ranunculus" as well as other attractions, including a greenhouse with cymbidium orchids and a 300-by-170-foot American flag made out of red, white, and blue petunias.[4] More than 180 volunteers, led by Carlsbad resident Joni Miringoff, lead educational tours for both adults and children. In 2015, it was anticipated that there would be more than 7,000 school children visiting the fields through these educational tours.[5] In addition to the flower viewing, visitors can experience other non-flower-related attractions, such as the Kid's Day (held in 2015), musical events, such as Bluegrass Day and Zydeco Day, through April,[4] and the field's "sweet pea maze."[6] In 2012, the color variants in the flowers were changed for the first time in 15 years.[7] Although the land lying under the Flower Fields has been used for the a variety of different purposes, including amusement parks, shopping malls, and resorts, in 2015, the Flower Fields gained official protection from further development.[2]

In 2015, The Flower FIelds increased the cost of admission by one dollar in order to compensate for increased expenditure due to severe drought.[8]

Success[]

The field has received anywhere from 100,000 to 200,000 visitors each year,[9] coming from different places in the world.[5] It has been listed as one of the best places to see Southern California wildflowers.[7][10] It has been reported that the blooming of the flowers at The Flower Fields was as good a sign of Spring coming as Capistrano's swallows returning in March.[6], that the flowers are "dazzling."[11], and that the flowers "look like something out [of] a movie" when in full bloom[12]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "The Flower Fields of Carlsbad California". San Diego. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  2. ^ a b Winkley, Lyndsay (2015-03-01). "Carlsbad in bloom at The Flower Fields". Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  3. ^ "The Flower Fields - Carlsbad, California". The Flower Fields. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  4. ^ a b Forgione, Mary (2015-03-06). "Waiting for Carlsbad's Flower Fields to bloom? It's almost time". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  5. ^ a b McIntosh, Linda (2015-04-07). "One month to visit Flower Fields". . Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  6. ^ a b Painter, Alysia Gray (2012-02-24). "Flower Fields Forever". NBC News 4 Southern California. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  7. ^ a b Lavdas, Debbie (2012-03-19). "Best Places To See Southern California Wildflowers". CBS News Los Angeles. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  8. ^ Milanes, Itica (2014-03-19). "Carlsbad Flower Fields thriving despite drought". ABC 10 News. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  9. ^ Naversen, Andrea; Naversen, Kevin (2001-04-01). Beautiful America's San Diego. Beautiful America Publishing Co. p. 45. ISBN 9780898027419. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  10. ^ Strong, Kathy (2015-03-19). "Places to go in Southern California to see wildflowers". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  11. ^ Painter, Alysia Gray (2013-03-30). "Bloom Time: Flower Fields". NBC News 4 Southern California. Retrieved 2015-04-26.
  12. ^ Ledbetter, Carly (2014-06-21). "The Perfect Time To Catch These Flowers In Full Bloom". The Huffington Post Travel. Retrieved 2015-04-26.

Coordinates: 33°07′23″N 117°19′03″W / 33.123066°N 117.317591°W / 33.123066; -117.317591

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