Articles in Western USA
![2023 International Monarch Monitoring Blitz](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/canada-quebec-montreal_monarchblitz.jpg)
The International Monarch Monitoring Blitz is back for its seventh edition. From July 28 to August 6, 2023, Espace pour la vie invites you to join thousands of volunteers across Canada, Mexico, and the United …
![10 most Instagrammed gardens in the United States](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/pennsylvania-longwood_peony.jpg)
New research conducted by gardening website Urban Garden Gal has found that Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania is the most instagrammable garden in the USA.
The picturesque garden topped the list with an impressive 296,000 posts on …
![Wildflowers Around Lake Havasu](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/arizona-lakehavasu_wildflowers150.jpg)
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Lake Havasu City will be “wild” this spring. More than 20 wildflowers and flowering plants bloom throughout the region.
Thanks to abundant winter rainfall, the desert is expected to come …
![Flower Fields of Carlsbad, California, Ready to Bloom](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/california-carlsbad_theflowerfields-150-150x150.jpg)
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For more than sixty years, Mother Nature has transformed the rolling hills of North San Diego County into one of the country’s most spectacular and coordinated displays of natural color …
![Autumn at the Arboretum: A Fall Fairy Tale](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/texas-dallas_arboretum-fall2022a.jpg)
“Autumn at the Arboretum: A Fall Fairy Tale” features 100,000 pumpkins, gourds, and squash during a festival from September 17 through October 31, 2022, at the Dallas Arboretum, 8525 Garland Road, Dallas, Texas.
It’s the 17th …
![Amarillo Botanical Gardens](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/texas-amarillo_bg-japanese150.jpg)
There’s something new at the Amarillo Botanical Gardens, 1400 Streit Drive, Amarillo, Texas — a multi-level Japanese Garden overlooking a koi fish pond.
The Botanical Gardens include 4.4 acres of flowers, plants, and trees that …
![Wild and Beautiful in San Diego](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Judy-Salinsky-Mariposa-and-Flower.jpg)
“Wild and Beautiful“, a sculpture exhibit presented in partnership with the Oceanside Museum of Art Artist Alliance, continues through August 1, 2021, at the San Diego Botanic Garden, 230 Quail Gardens Drive, Encinitas, California.
Inspired by …
![Quarryhill is Now Sonoma Botanical Garden](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/california-sonoma_sonomabotanicalgarden150.jpg)
Quarryhill Botanical Garden in Glen Ellen, California, has changed its name to Sonoma Botanical Garden, broadening its mission to interpret the native plants of California in addition to its historic focus on Asian flora.
The Garden, …
![Flower(s) of the Day: Colorful Bouquet](http://susanmckee.com/roadtripsforgardeners/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/dallas-2006.jpg)
A festive burst of colorful blooms decorated a hotel dining room table in Dallas, Texas, a few years ago.
(Photo ©2006 by Susan McKee)
![2021’s Most Romantic Gardens in the U.S.](https://roadtripsforgardeners.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/rose-3-pink.jpg)
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By Brenda Ryan for LawnStarter
What says romance better than a dozen roses? How about thousands of roses, along with lilies, tulips, philodendrons, and every other flower you can imagine.
You …