Seasons of the Calendar Year Bring Special Events and Celebrations
Business-savvy florists, designers and event organizers plan months ahead. Sometimes a commemorative day (like National Ice Cream Day or Flag Day) creates the perfect opportunity for an open house, a DIY event, a co-sponsored event with another type of vendor or a special promotion. See what strikes your fancy here. Dates change, so you'll need a Google search.
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JANUARY Tournament of Roses - parade and football championship game (1st) Mentoring Month Martin Luther King Jr Day (Third Monday)
FEBRUARY Super Bowl Sunday Groundhog Day (2nd) Camellia Festival at Descanso Gardens American Heart Month & Women's Heart Health Day VALENTINE'S DAY (14th) Riverside County Fair and National Date Festival, Riverside and Indio Mardi Gras
MARCH The Flower Fields open at Carlsbad, CA, from Mid-March through mid-May (Don't miss the spectacular ranunculus!) Women's History Month Academy Awards - Oscar ceremony Ash Wednesday/start of Lent International Women's Day (8th) Daylight Savings Time World Floral Expo Saint Patrick's Day (17th) American Chocolate Week First Day of Spring (21st) Cherry Blossom Festival, Descanso Gardens
APRIL April Fool's Day (1st) Visit the Flower Fields at Carlsbad, CA (all month) Palm Sunday / Good Friday / Easter Sunday Keep American Beautiful Month Passover Tax Day (15th) Earth Day Administrative Professionals Day and Week (last full week) Arbor Day (national observance) International Jazz Day Poetry Month Volunteer Month
MAY May Day (Lei Day in Hawaii) Flower Fields, Carlsbad, CA (through mid-May) Cinco de Mayo (5th) Mother's Day (second Sunday) Rose Festival at Descanso Gardens Law Enforcement Appreciation Month Older Americans Month Pet Month Scholarship Month Memorial Day (last Monday)
JUNE San Diego County Fair and spectacular floral design shows Int'l Floriculture Expo Father's Day Flag Day (14th) World Music Day Children's Awareness Month
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JULY AIFD annual Symposium Independence Day (4th) National Ice Cream Month (NIC Day on 3rd Sunday) Fresh Produce & Floral Council Southern California Expo Teleflora "Make Someone Smile" Week Parents Day Ventura County Fair, Ventura, CA
AUGUST Friendship Day Sisters Day SAF's annual Convention CalFlowers Meetings Plantscape Institute of America (PIA) annual conference Senior Citizens Day Los Angeles County Fair, Fairplex, Pomona, CA
SEPTEMBER Labor Day (1st Monday) Grandparents Day Yoga Month Patriot Day (11th) World Flower Council Summit International Chocolate Day Citizenship Day American Business Women's Day Rosh Hashana
OCTOBER Breast Cancer Awareness Month Book Month Love an Elder Day Proflora Flower Trade Show, Colombia CALIF FLORA, the annual convention, floral trade show, Certified California Florist pinning, and Top Ten floral design competition, sponsored by California State Floral Association. www.calstatefloral.com Columbus Day Boss's Day Sweetest Day Floral Distribution Conference by Wholesale Florist & Florist Supplier Association. See www.wffsa.org.
NOVEMBER El Dia de los Muertos / All Souls Day Daylight Saving Time ends International Horti Fair, Holland Veterans Day American Education Week Non-profit Awareness Month Arts and Health Month Poinsettias, greens and holiday products on display at the Los Angeles Flower District Hanukkah Thanksgiving Black Friday
DECEMBER Cyber Monday (first Monday after Thanksgiving) Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (7th) National Poinsettia Day (12th) Christmas Eve Christmas Day Kwanzaa (26th - 31st) New Year's Eve (31st) |
