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Art Exhibit"Bloomin' Bidwell Park"Exhibit on View  This exhibit features the photographic art of Chico Creek Nature Center's Education Coordinator and leading naturalist, Jon Aull. On view for 2009 at the Nature Center.
From the Artist: Bidwell Park is a special place for wildflowers, for the great diversity and quality of habitats that you can find in a short walk: grasslands, vernal pools, foothill woodlands, riparian corridors. The flowers are beautiful, but they also have stories to tell, which makes experiencing them so much richer for me. Through this exhibit, I hope to share some of my favorite places and Park residents. The spring flowering of Bidwell Park is one of the great natural events of the year. Some of the flowers demand your attention with swaths of colors, and others are so subtle that you need to get down on your belly and get a flower’s eye view of the world to appreciate them. Some are plentiful, and some are rare. I picked these pictures because they remind me of places in the Park: places on the South Rim Trail, Bear’s Hole, Salmon Hole, Brown’s Hole, the grasslands around Horseshoe Lake. I’ve listed the places that you can find these flowers and when, in order to encourage others to explore. Hours of Operation: Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm, Sunday Noon to 4:00 pm, closed Mondays The Nature Center will be closed from December 1 - 29For more information on our Exhibits, call (530) 891-4671 |
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