A cluster of California poppies at Gaia's Garden, in peak bloom. They are mostly self-seeding now; we planted the original generation a few years back.

A cluster of California poppies in full bloom in the medicinal herb garden at Gaia's Garden in Umpire, Arkansas

Photographed April 27, 2026 in Gaia Devi Stillwagon's medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas's Ouachita foothills.

This is California Poppy (Eschscholzia californica), grown in our medicine garden in Umpire, Arkansas.

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