March Showers Bring April Flowers to Edgewood County Park

Drop whatever you are doing and head for Edgewood County Park, at the intersection of Edgewood Road and Highway 280 in Redwood City. This is a great year to see the explosion of Spring wildflowers, especially on the serpentine grassland parts of the park.

Serpentine, associated with fault zones, provide poor soil for the non-native grasses that have taken over most of our non-forested hillsides. This allows native flowering plants that are adapted to serpentine soils to thrive.

TO GET THERE... The main entrance is on the south side of Edgewood Road about 1.5 miles east of Highway 280. There are also a few parking places on the south side of Edgewood Road just west of Highway 280, with a trail that goes under the freeway and into the park. You can also park along Canada Road just east of Highway 280 and take the Clarkia Trail, which begins on the east side of the road.