Spring Flowers in Berkeley

One project I was proud of was the series of five collages, Spring Flowers in Berkeley.

Spring Flowers in Berkeley 1 – Urban Beauty

All these flowers were photographed in Berkeley, CA from March to May 2025.

Spring Flowers in Berkeley 2 – So Many Varieties

The only modifications were cropping and adjusting color saturation, warmth, brightness and / or contrast. Except for one of the background images that may have more manipulations to make the background prettier.

Spring Flowers in Berkeley 3 – Beautiful California

Yes, palms have flowers, too. By the way, palms are not trees but monocots like lilies and grass.

Bay Area climate supports an impressive variety of ornamental plants from all the inhabited continents (Antarctica does not count), and the residential streets of Berkeley are an ideal place to spot them blooming.

Spring Flowers in Berkeley 4 – Relax and Enjoy

Spring Flowers in Berkeley 5 – Moments of Calm

These five collages have been uploaded to CreateJigsawPuzzles site and can be bought from there (click a picture and the link will take you to the shopping page), though I should warn the US readers that the current tariff situation with the elimination of de minimis rule from China may make them surprisingly expensive and / or complicated to buy.

One advantage CreateJigsawPuzzles has is that their bulk discount applies to products of similar type even if they individual puzzles have different designs, so one Spring Flowers in Berkeley tube puzzle is 20,40 euros + shipping, whereas all five tube puzzles of the series are 83,00 euros + shipping or over 18% cheaper per puzzle (for some reason CreateJigsawPuzzles is not showing USD prices for me any more.) Two puzzles instead of one already have the same discount, i.e., price of 16,60 euros per puzzle.

I am planning to create Summer Flowers in Berkeley series once the summer photos have been collected. Right now, I am processing lichens from Finland.