Wildflower Hike at Mangini Ranch in Walnut Creek on May 11th

Wildflower Hike:

Mangini Ranch, Walnut Creek
Saturday, May 11th, 2013
9:30am – 12:00pm | $10/car

Join Julie Seelen on a spring hike through spectacular Mangini Ranch, which will be budding with wildflowers. Closed to the public, Save Mount Diablo’s 208-acre property includes the headwaters of Galindo Creek with rolling grasslands, oaks, buckeyes, and a rare desert olive grove. Visit a secret spring and keep your eyes out for bobcats and coyotes looking for breakfast, plus burrowing owls, quail, and many other feathered friends. This is a two hour, four mile hike with one moderately strenuous hill. The length and course may be altered based on weather. Mangini Ranch is home to our Heritage Tree program . If you have considered commemorating your Mom with a unique and beautiful tree please join us on the hike to see the trees available. Please RSVP to Julie . Leader: Julie Seelen jseelen@savemountdiablo.org Meet at SMD’s Mangini Ranch. From Ygnacio Valley Rd head south on Crystyl Ranch Dr. in Concord. We’ll meet at the hiker gate on Crystyl Ranch Dr between Autumn Oak Cir and Rolling Woods Way.