Wine and Roses: Benefit for the Pajaro Valley Community
Health Trust (pvhealthtrust.org)
A week ago, Kitayama Brothers sponsored a table for the Wine and Roses - 30th
anniversary charity event. 10 KB staff and guests were able
to spend a few hours at the Santa Cruz fairgrounds sampling the local wine and
food of Santa Cruz County. We enjoy eating and drinking while feeling
good about ourselves. Just about everyone I know in Watsonville comes to
Wine and Roses.
Here's a picture of Joe and Jim with Scott. Joe
worked with me at Cal Pacific Flowers 20 years ago, and now he sells flowers
for himself. Jim was Ryder Flowers; they had very interesting, novelty
flowers. I wish he still grew flowers locally.
We see Natal with his Natal Port. KB sales manager Tony
Scalisi goes a long way back with Natal. He is a customer and
supplier. His port is sweet, but I like it.
It is nice to see KB Mass Market Manager Karen Nakamura, Grower Jimmy Zheng and HR Manager Maria Ledesma get out
together. I enjoy working, eating and drinking with them.
WATSONVILLE ROSES
Once upon a time, Watsonville, CA was the top rose growing
area in the USA; Kitayama Brothers was the largest grower. Today there is
one rose grower left in Watsonville, Pajarosa who grows beautiful roses.
ROSES
Roses area my favorite flower. I have flirted with
peonies, iris, lilies, gardenias, lisianthus, gerberas, etc., but carnations
and roses defined Kitayama Brothers. Roses are the Queen of Flowers.
I predict before I leave Kitayama Brothers, we will grow roses
again.
RHK
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