When it comes to flowers, no rain may cancel festival!
Photos show Carlsbad Flower Fields (left,) Lancaster’s Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, and former flower fields of Lompoc (bottom-right)
Among the most popular events in California are its flower festivals. They span the entire state north to south and include some of the most fragrant, colorful blossoms this side of paradise. While rain is notorious for cancelling festivals and events, we came across a flower festival cancelled in 2014 due to no rain! The Santa Margarita 4th Annual Wildflower Festival scheduled for March did not go on as usual. It’s planners said, “Due to the drought, the 2014 festival is canceled – we look forward to a comeback in 2015.” Now that’s a twist on the standard line, “rain cancels.”
This weekend some fantastic flower festivals are definitely ON, even though Lancaster’s California Poppy Festival reports say the fields nearby didn’t get needed rain to put on nature’s fantastic display seen in past years. Porterville Iris Festival flowers are guaranteed because their flowers are grown at a commercial nursery visitors get to tour and see.
- California Poppy Festival
- Carlsbad Flower Fields
- Arvin Wildflower Festival
- Coronado Flower Show
- Encinitas Garden Festival
- Folsom Springtime in the Garden
- Porterville Iris Festival
- Redlands Flower Show
