Wander though waves of color. Experience 50 acres of extraordinary blooms on a hillside overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The Carlsbad Flower Fields® will be open from March 11 until May 7, 2006. The Flower Fields® are open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, visit their website at http://visit.theflowerfields.com.

The Flower Fields® feature:

• All American Rose Selection Garden with 170 varieties of roses.
• Sweet Pea Maze. Be amazed! Immerse yourself in this living maze of fragrant red, white and blue sweet peas. Explore the many walking paths in this patriotic color display to explore, amuse and entertain you!
• Sand Sculptures. A dominant figure worldwide in the art of sculpting sand, Gerry Kirk, brings visual delights of epic proportions to The Flower Fields®! Enjoy the whimsical sand art created just for The Flower Fields®.
• Historical Poinsettia Display. We are pleased to bring to The Flower Fields® a living display of world famous Paul Ecke poinsettias. Enjoy a stroll through memory lane, a greenhouse filled with more than 50 years of poinsettia breeding history on display, see the world's best selling potted plant made famous by the Ecke family of Encinitas, CA.
• World-famous Ecke's Ranch Pointsettias fill our 1,500 square foot greenhouse.
• Walk of Fame Garden.
• Color Project where artists use flowers as an art medium.
• Themed Gardens.
• Antique Tractor Wagon Ride.

This year's schedule includes:

• April 1, 2006 - Kids' Day
• April 8, 2006 - Bluegrass Day
• April 15 -16, 2006 - Easter Weekend
• April 22-23, 2006 - Arts and Crafts Fair
• April 29, 2006 - National Volunteer Day

For over sixty years, Mother Nature has transformed the rolling hills of North San Diego County into one of the most spectacular and coordinated displays of natural color and beauty anywhere in the world. The nearly fifty acres of Giant Tecolote Ranunculus flowers that make up The Flower Fields® at Carlsbad Ranch, in Carlsbad, California, are in a full bloom for approximately six to eight weeks each year - from early March through early May - literally bringing the famous fields back to life. This annual burst of color, which has become part of the area's local heritage, is also one of nature's official ways of announcing the arrival of spring here in Southern California.

Each year we offer a special package rate that includes a stay at the Carlsbad Inn Beach Resort and two tickets to the Carlsbad Flower Fields. Make your reservations now.