California poppies and mint companions at Gaia's Garden. The mints crowd in around the poppies but never overtake them; the poppy's lacy foliage holds its space.

Multiple California poppies blooming in the medicinal herb garden at Gaia's Garden in Umpire, Arkansas, surrounded by mint and tall grass

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.

Tags: california poppy with multiple flowers blooming in the herbal medicine garden.