CARLSBAD, Calif. — From March 1 to Mother's Day, people from all over the world enjoy ten weeks of wonder at the Carlsbad Flower Fields. In this Zevely Zone, I met the man behind the magic.

A 30-year-old man who visited the site with a bouquet of flowers on Sept. 19 was surprised to see “so many public security police.” Dozens of people were standing near the school. Plainclothes ...