Calendar
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.
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
Palm Sunday / Easter Sunday
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
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)