Between Lompoc, CA. and the field where the flag is planted there are 9+ miles of flower fields that go all the way to the ocean. The flowers are grown by seed companies and it's a very beautiful place, close to Vandenberg AFB.
For more about the city of beautiful flowers, go to: http://www.lompoc-ca.com/lpc/html/dwnlds.shtml
From the sidebar, Click on "Home-Main Page" for more photos of flowers.
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The 2002 Floral Flag is 740 feet long and 390 feet wide and maintains the proper Flag dimensions as described in Executive Order #10834.
This Flag is 6.65 acres and is the first Floral Flag to be planted with 5 pointed Stars comprised of White Larkspur. Each Star is 24 feet in diameter; Each Stripe is 30 feet wide.
This Flag is estimated to contain more
than 400,000 Larkspur plants with 4-5 flower stems each for a total of more than 2 million flowers.
You can drive by this flag on V Street south of Ocean Ave. in Lompoc, CA.
Aerial photo courtesy of Bill Morson
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UNITED WE STAND ~
I Pledge Allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the republic for which it stands,
ONE NATION UNDER GOD indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.
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pub. 7/23/02
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The 2002 Bodger Floral Flag
As a patriotic gesture after the tragedy of September 11, 2001,
Bodger Seeds has again planted a Floral Flag in Lompoc, California.
It has been 50 years since we have planted such a flag.
There have been four Floral Flags planted by Bodger Seeds in Lompoc
during the last century:1942, 1943, 1945, 1952. All of the flags were
comprised of Red, White and Blue Larkspur flowers.
Some of the flags were planted in a background of White Larkspur.
Either the 1943 or the 1945 flag was a 'wavy' flag that was a failure.
This is a MURAL of the 1942 flag....which Lompoc, CA is famous for, and can be found along with many others on their website (above)
Planted by Bodger Seed Co.,LTD
planted in1942 by Bodgers Seeds Co.. Patriotic salute to World War II troops. The mural was done in one day by 13 professional artists.