Where To See Wildflowers In The East Bay

EAST BAY, CA—East Bay Regional Parks bud with excitement at the height of each wildflower season, which runs from late March until early May.

Over 2,000 species of plants and wildflowers can be found in the East Bay. California poppies, the rare Mount Diablo Globe Lily, red maids, mule ears, chia, tidy tips and tar plants are among them. The seeds of many of these flowers provided carbohydrates for the first known inhabitants of the East Bay: the Ohlone, Miwok and Delta Yokut peoples.

To help ensure the survival of these native flowers, the East Bay Regional Park District works to preserve open spaces and steward the land using effective management of invasive species.

This results in wildflower displays at several East Bay parks, including:

• Anthony Chabot Regional Park in Castro Valley
• Black Diamond Mines Regional Preserve in East Contra Costa County
• Briones Regional Park in Central Contra Costa County
• Del Valle Regional Park in Livermore
• Las Trampas Wilderness Regional Preserve in San Ramon
• Pleasanton Ridge Regional Park in Pleasanton
• Serpentine Prairie Resource Protection Area at Reinhardt Redwood Regional Park in Oakland
• Sibley Volcanic Regional Preserve in Orinda and Oakland
• Sunol Wilderness Regional Preserve in Sunol
• Vargas Plateau Regional Park in Fremont

Below is a comprehensive photo guide to the wildflowers of the East Bay.

The East Bay Regional Park District reminded the public to take only pictures and leave the flowers for others to enjoy and for pollinators.