POPPY'S ANNIVERSARY MARKED WITH CEREMONY.Byline: Daily News LANCASTER - The California poppy's 100th anniversary as California's state flower will be marked Sunday with a ceremony at the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve The Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve is a California wildlife reserve located in the rural westside of the Antelope Valley in northern Los Angeles County. Constitutionally, it is a state park. Its namesake is the state flower, the California Poppy. . Also known as the golden poppy golden poppy of California. [Flower Symbolism: Golenpaul, 627] See : Flower, State or the copa de oro, Spanish for cup of gold, the flower was designated the state flower in 1903 and April 6 is California Poppy California poppy: see poppy. California poppy Annual garden plant (Eschscholzia californica) in the poppy family, native to the western coast of North America and naturalized in parts of southern Europe, Asia, and Australia. Day. Sunday's ceremony will be at 10 a.m. at the reserve, which this spring is covered with fields of poppies. Assemblywoman Sharon Runner, R-Lancaster, will be the keynote speaker. Other speakers will include Native Daughters of the Golden West Grand President Margaret Mallette, Lancaster parks director Lyle Norton, and Norm Hickling, aide to Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich Michael Dennis Antonovich (born 1939 in Los Angeles, California) is a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors representing the Fifth District, which covers northern Los Angeles County, the Antelope, Santa Clarita, Pasadena, and parts of the San Fernando and San . Winners of a Westside Union School District essay contest on the California poppy will be introduced. The reserve is at 15101 Lancaster Road, about 15 miles west of Lancaster. |
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