There’s still time to explore and learn at Save Mount Diablo’s Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve while the spring wildflowers are still blooming!
Native wildflowers that our staff have recently found at Mangini Preserve include
- sticky monkey flower
Sticky monkey flower. Photo by Bria Light
- black sage
Black sage. Photo by Bria Light
- ookow
- yarrow
Ookow (purple) and yarrow (white) blooming at Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve. Photo: Laura Kindsvater
- royal larkspur
Royal larkspur at Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve this spring. Photo: Laura Kindsvater
- hoptree
- California poppy
California poppy. Photo by Bria Light
- Ithuriel’s spear
Ithuriel’s spear. Photo by Bria Light
- buttercup
- owl’s clover
Owl’s clover. Photo by Bria Light
- Pacific pea
- blow wives
- blue eyed grass
Blue eyed grass. Photo by Bria Light
- buckeye
Buckeye flowers. Photo by Mary Nagle
Get outside and immerse yourself in this extraordinary preserve!
About Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve
Conservation Collaboration Agreement at Mangini Preserve. Photo by Scott Hein
In spring of 2022, we unveiled the 208-acre preserve to the public for the first time.
Mangini Ranch Educational Preserve is the first educational preserve of its kind in Contra Costa County, free to use for groups of three to 100 people.
Visitors can have the preserve to themselves for a day. It’s a one-of-a-kind space within the county to immerse oneself within the solitude of nature—a short drive from the city.
Photo by Bria Light
People can walk through several distinctive habitats that intersect with each other. Habitats include streamside groves of trees, grasslands, oak savannas and woodlands, and a spring that supports the northernmost strand of desert olive.
You might also be lucky enough to spot an assortment of local wildlife including American kestrel, golden eagle, bobcat, and threatened Alameda whipsnake.
Keep an eye out for the American kestrel at Mangini! Photo by Brian Richardson
All of this can be enjoyed on a two-and-a-half-mile hike within the preserve. It’s a great family-friendly hike for warm summer days!
Photo by Bria Light
