Wildflower season is great but have you heard of orchard blossom season? By Shoshi Parks | 7x7

Apple Blossoms

In late April, West Sonoma’s apple orchards erupt in shades of pink, violet, and white. For the town of Sebastopol, the blooms’ arrival is a chance for celebration. For 79 years they’ve hosted the Apple Blossom Festival, a family-friendly event with a parade, music, an art show, and carnival rides for the kiddos.

You don’t have to show up to the party to immerse yourself in apple blossom beauty, though. At Sebastopol’s Gold Ridge Organic Farm, visitors can walk through more than 12,000 trees hailing from 75 heirloom varieties, each one with its own distinctly colored flowers, on April 26th (the same weekend as the festival). A few weeks later, before the season ends, Sonoma County Farm Trails hosts their Spring Farm Tour, an agrarian adventure full of blossoms, bees, and barnyard babies held May 17th and 18th.

Peak Bloom: Late April to mid-May