{"id":5332,"date":"2012-04-23T12:36:40","date_gmt":"2012-04-23T19:36:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=5332"},"modified":"2012-04-23T12:36:40","modified_gmt":"2012-04-23T19:36:40","slug":"mendo-coast-flowers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/mendo-coast-flowers\/","title":{"rendered":"Mendo Coast Flowers in Bloom and on View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" title=\"img\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/menodgard.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"922\" height=\"456\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mendocino County is a garden spot filled with flowers, fragrances and perfect settings.\u00a0 Shown in photos is the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens &#8220;Heath &amp; Heather Garden&#8221;, and a plein air painter making ample use of color on canvas in this flower oasis.\u00a0 The 35th Annual Rhododendron Show at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens (gardenbythesea.org)\u00a0 on Saturday, May 5 and Sunday, May 6, 2012, invites you to see one of the largest shows on the West Coast. Over 700 Rhododendron grower entries are featured in this public event in which plants are sold.\u00a0 Admission is free! Call: (707) 964-4352. In addition to Mendocino County, Humboldt County puts on its own &#8220;Rhody&#8221; celebration with the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/parades\/eureka-rhododendron-parade.html\">Rhododendron Parade<\/a> this weekend, April 28, 2012. Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/events\/mendocino-events.html\">other events <\/a>taking place in &#8220;Mendo&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s in bloom at the Gardens?<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>February, March, April<\/strong><br \/>\nEarly rhododendrons, camellias, daffodils, magnolias, cherries, Pacific Coast iris<\/li>\n<li><strong>May, June, July<\/strong><br \/>\nRhododendrons, heritage roses, perennials,cactus, succulents, lilies, heathers, coastal &amp; forest wildflowers<\/li>\n<li><strong>August, September, October<\/strong><br \/>\nPerennials, dahlias, heritage roses, heathers, fuchsias, and hydrangeas<strong><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>November, December, January<\/strong><br \/>\nLate perennials, winter heathers, camellias, and wild mushrooms<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mendocino County is a garden spot filled with flowers, fragrances and perfect settings.\u00a0 Shown in photos is the Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens &#8220;Heath &amp; Heather Garden&#8221;, and a plein air painter making ample use of color on canvas in this flower oasis.\u00a0 The 35th Annual Rhododendron Show at Mendocino Coast Botanical Gardens (gardenbythesea.org)\u00a0 on Saturday, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5332"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5332\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5332"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5332"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5332"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}