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Superblooms in the Bay

Ah, yes, superblooms.

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Close-up of white cherry blossoms with pink centers and green leaves against a blurred sky background.

Campus Cherry Blossoms in full bloom

Photography by Greta Apple and Kristi Ko

May 12th, 2024

The UC Botanical Garden and Berkeley Fire Trails are both on campus!

University Botanical Garden:

Close-up of pink and purple flowers with green foliage and blue sky in the background.

Close-up of vibrant purple flowers with fuzzy white centers and unopened buds against a blurred natural background.

Close-up of a delicate white flower with fuzzy petal edges and orange-brown stamens.

Close-up of a small light purple flower with some insect damage on its petals and a green leaf below it.

Close-up of a bright yellow orchid flower with a fuzzy textured lip and green foliage background.

Close-up of a pink columbine flower with detailed petals and stamens against a blurred green background.

Close-up of delicate pale pink and white rhododendron flowers with prominent stamens and green leaves in the background.

UC Botanical Garden blooms

Berkeley Fire Trails:

Hill covered with blooming orange poppies and green grass under a partly cloudy blue sky.

Poppies on a hill.

Wooden bench beside a dirt hiking trail on a grassy hill dotted with orange wildflowers overlooking a distant city and bay under a clear blue sky.

Bench overlooking the Bay, allowing for a pause to take in the surrounding beauty.

Dirt trail with wooden steps winding up a hillside covered in green grass and orange wildflowers with trees in the background.

Curious steps.

Dirt hiking trail lined with bright orange California poppy flowers under a clear blue sky.

Spring bloom of California poppy.

Dirt hiking trail surrounded by green grass and orange wildflowers with dense trees under a clear blue sky.

Start of ascent into Berkeley Fire Trails.

East Bay Regional Parks:

Close-up of purple lupine flowers with green hills and clear blue sky in the background.

Purple Lupine.

Close-up of a small yellow flower with glossy petals against a blurred green background.

California Buttercup.

Close-up of delicate blue forget-me-not flowers with green blurred background.

Forget-me-nots.

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