Organized gardens can certainly look very attractive, but the wildflower look can be even better at times.  There are some meadow areas at Bloedel Reserve and one of them was overloaded with poppies when we visited.  There were restrictions on how close you could get at the time because they were protecting various areas from foot traffic.  I had left the longer lens in the car so I was limited to what I could manage with the 24-105 but that didn’t matter too much.  The reds and golds of the poppies looked fantastic and, while I would have liked to have shot a tighter crop through the flowers, I was happy to make do with the views available to me.