Día de apertura en The Flower Fields en Carlsbad

Joel Lopez has ranunculus flowers in her hat as she and other workers pick ranunculus flowers. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Por Hayne Palmour IV

San Diego Union-Tribune

Mar. 1, 2019 7:55 PM PT

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Los primeros campos de ranúnculos florecen el día de la inauguración de los Campos Florales en Carlsbad, el viernes 1 de marzo de 2019. La plantación de las flores de los ranúnculos en cada campo está programada para que florezcan secuencialmente de norte a sur a lo largo de la primavera.

Alberto Valencia picks ranunculus flowers at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Monique Carrillo walks out of the field with ranunculus flowers that she had picked. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Eva Thomas, from Los Angeles, quickly dashes in and out of ranunculus flowers so that her sister Leonie can take pictures. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Ranunculus flowers at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Joel Lopez has ranunculus flowers in her hat as she picks ranunculus flowers. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

A field worker at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad picks ranunculus flowers that are still buds so that they’re at peak bloom by the time they go to market. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Ranunculus flowers at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Janet Fry of Vista takes pictures of ranunculus flowers on the opening day of The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Angela Salas, front, and other workers pick ranunculus flowers. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Ranunculus flowers at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Mary Tamar holds a ranunculus flower as she and her family from Orange County tour The Flower Fields on its opening day. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Marta Carrillo Gregolio picks ranunculus flowers. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Flower field workers relax and eat a snack during a break from picking ranunculus flowers. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Ranunculus flowers at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Alberto Valencia tosses a small bunch of ranunculus flowers to the side, which he will pick back up as he gathers what he has picked when he finishes the row.

(Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Alberto Valencia brings ranunculus flowers that he picked to a truck. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

Flower field workers pick ranunculus flowers at The Flower Fields in Carlsbad. (Hayne Palmour IV / San Diego Union-Tribune)

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Hayne Palmour IV

Hayne Palmour IV has been working as a newspaper photographer in San Diego County since 1986. During that time he has covered most of the major news and sports events in San Diego County. In between 2003 and 2005 he went on three separate trips to cover the war in Iraq as an embedded journalist with Camp Pendleton Marines. In 2003 the North County Times published a book of Palmour’s photographs, along with text by reporter Darrin Mortenson, on the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq titled “A Thousand Miles to Baghdad.” Hayne has an associates degree in photography from Chowan College, in North Carolina and a BA in psychology from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. He joined the U-T in 2012. Hayne lives in Encinitas.