Kitayama Brothers Floral News: May 2015

Friday, May 8, 2015

It’s that time of year again when KB doors and gates are open, and everyone is invited!

Left & bottom pictures are copyrighted by the Regents of the University of California

Admission is FREE and the best part is…

it’s a benefit event for Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

Picture from Friends of Santa Cruz State Parks

This year, we’re bringing back the very popular KB Cup Floral Design Competition

but we must have the minimums met by June 1 in order to host the competition.

We’re looking for 1 more judge, 9 (open division) and 10 (level 1) competitors:

already confirmed 2 judges and 1 open division.

Click here for KB Cup details and entry form

KB Events

Part of the 6th Annual Monterey Bay Greenhouse Growers Open House

Linda Nguyen

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

KB Holiday Report

Happy Mother’s Day 2015

Just a quick update on Mother’s Day from KB Farm. We are having a very good Mother’s Day. Our sales are slightly ahead of last year for the same days sales.

We will probably end ahead because we will sell out all of our flowers by the end of the week. The quality has been very good and FRESH since we have to use the same day cut to fill orders. Here are a couple of pictures from the packing and grading room floor.

Happy Patty bunching gardenias.

Rich going over his orders.

Post Mother’s Day

I also took a walk with Jimmy (the grower) to see what the crop will look like after Mother’s Day. There will be plenty of gardenias, lisianthus and gerberas, so order up.

The BIG problem will be lilies. There will be very few pink oriental lilies because of bulb issues and the container strike holdup. I believe all lily growers will be in the same boat. Please talk to your KB salesperson about options.