A Voice for Wildflowers Blog
April Wildflowers Are Here! 🌼
Celebrate the beauty of spring with breathtaking wildflower scenes from Marin County’s Ring Mountain Preserve. Despite the challenging serpentine soils, native plants like the rare Tiburon mariposa lily thrive, showcasing nature's resilience. This year's wildflower season features vibrant tidy tips and other stunning species. Visit local parks for your own wildflower adventures, and don't forget to check out the upcoming Wildflower Show and Marin Open Studios. Discover our exclusive "Wild About Wildflowers" merchandise and books for a thoughtful gift or personal collection.
May Newsletter: Wildflowers & Birds Featured at Marin Open Studios
Filoli Gardens
Stories in Bloom
Nita Winter will be sharing stories of her life and work
Sunday, June 11th 2 - 3...
Join Us for Marin Open Studios
Join us and 11 other artists at the Marin Art and Garden Center in Ross for Marin Open Studios on May 6 - 7 and 13 - 14, 2023 from 11 am to 6 pm. Fine art with special open studio prices. Also signed books, notecards, and floral jewelry..
Open Studio Specials + Hooray! The Rains are Back, Making It a Good Time to Start Planting Natives
Rob and I were so excited to watch the rain, and occasional downpours, return to wet California's extremely dry land...
‘BEAUTY AND THE BEAST’: New wildflower exhibit raises awareness of climate change
By Shamaya Sutton Wildflower lovers are sure to enjoy the Sutter County Museum’s newest exhibit “Beauty and the Beast: California Wildflowers and Climate Change,” which will be on display now until Nov. 20.
The collection originated at the San Francisco Public Library and is traveled by Exhibit Envoy.
NITA'S LIFE AS A WILDLAND FIREFIGHTER
Beauty and the Beast Newsletter - June 2022
45 years ago, on May 15, 1977, I, Nita Winter, became the first female wildlands firefighter at the California Division of Forestry's (CDF) Leggett Fire Station in Northern California. Today CDF is known as CAL FIRE.
THE GIVING SEASON: HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT OF SUPPORTING A CREATIVE AND INSPIRING DREAM?
As you may know, Rob and I are conservation photographers and climate change activists who have been life partners an...
WOW! FLOODING IN MARIN CITY
Beauty and the Beast Newsletter - Oct 27
We are glad to report Rob and I are both safe and sound after the "bomb cyclone" storm exploded on top of us on Sunday. It was exciting, for hours, to watch the rain and sustained howling winds from our kitchen table.
CELEBRATING NATIONAL WILDFLOWER WEEK WITH ROB BADGER AND NITA WINTER
By Sarah Dillemuth MCE NEWS The first week of May is National Wildflower Week. This year, MCE is celebrating the week by highlighting Rob Badger and Nita Winter, who are local climate activists and long-time wildflower photographers.
Please tell us about yourselves.
Rob: I’ve been photographing nature for over 50 years, and I began to see the damage being done to the environment.
California Blooming: NOW OPEN
California Blooming: Wildflowers and Climate Change,” a large print version of "Beauty and Beast: California's Wildflowers and Climate Change" just opened at the San Diego Natural History Museum (the Nat) on Friday April 6, 2021. Prints up to 12’ tall will take you into some of southern California’s past superblooms.
BEAUTY AND THE BEAST CALIFORNIA WILDFLOWERS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Reviewed by Kristine Morris FOREWORD REVIEWS Beauty and the Beast is the story of an imperiled glory. Part of an inspiring documentary art project created by conservation photographers Rob Badger and Nita Winter, it highlights California’s famed wildflower “superblooms” that, when conditions are favorable, herald the arrival of spring with a riotous display
North Bay photographers’ new book captures diversity of native flowers, encourages conservation
By Meg McConahey THE PRESS DEMOCRAT It was just another shoot for nature photographer Rob Badger as he headed down to the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve back in 1992. But when he arrived at the state reserve in northern Los Angeles County, he was gobsmacked by the extravagance of its wildflowers — which is saying something for a veteran shooter accustomed to training his lenses on the earth’s wonders.