88th Annual Sacramento Camellia Show
March 3 & 4, 2012
Memorial Auditorium, 15th & J Streets
There will be 200 camellia plants for sale at the Sacramento Camellia Show,
March 3rd and 4th.
Camellia Shows of Northern California
2012 Show Schedule
To view the Show Schedule for Camellia Society of Sacramento's show March 3rd and 4th,
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
| February 4 Napa Camellia Society Show Flower of the Show: DESIRE Exhibitor: Barbara Tuffli |
Napa Senior Center 1500Jefferson Street Napa, California |
Contact: Nancy McGowan-Russell, 707-545-7546 |
| February 11 | Open - No Show | |
| February 18, San Francisco Peninsula Camellia Society |
CAB Community Activities Bld, 1400 Roosevelt Avenue, Redwood City, CA |
Contact: Linda Kancev, 650-574-1220 |
| February 25, Camellia Society of Santa Clara County Show | Community Recreation Center, 969 Kiely Blvd., Santa Clara, CA |
Contact: John Mendoza, 408-249-5696 |
| March 3 & 4, Camellia Society of Sacramento Show | Memorial Auditorium 1515 J Street Sacramento, CA |
Contact: Don Lesmeister, 916 967-8420, or Carol Schanz, 916 447-1969 |
| March 10, Northern California Camellia Society Show | First Baptist Church, 2336 Buena Vista Ave., Walnut Creek, CA |
Contact: Don Bergamini, 925-229-0775 or Bob Ehrhart, 925-937-0188
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March 17 & 18, Camellia Society of Modesto Show |
Ernest & Julio Gallo Administrative Building, Modesto, CA | Contact: Pete Warner, 209-576-0831 or Tony Miranda, 209-526-2197 |
| March 24 | Open-No Show | |
| March 31, Mini Show | Broadway Plaza, Walnut Creek, CA |
Contact: Don Bergamini, 925-229-0775 or Bob Ehrhart, 925-937-0188 |
To find directions on how to complete an entry blank needed to enter each of your camellia blooms, click here.
Important tips from expert camellia grower and shower, Don Lesmeister. Everything you wanted to know to win trophies at the camellia shows.
In the 1990s Camellia Day at the State Capitol replaced the longer festivals. The event is
sponsored by the California StateCapitol Museum and the California State Capitol Museum Volunteer
Association. Each year volunteers hand out corsages made with flowers picked from the Camellia
Grove.
A gradual shift from the use of natural, living memorials like the grove to manmade monuments can
be seen nearby. The Camellia Grove now forms a backdrop for a statue of Father Junípero Serra
installed in 1965. Serra, a Franciscan friar, established the first California missions in the 1700s.
This year Camellia Day will be celebrated on February 23, 2012, at the State Capitol beginning at
11:00 AM. It is a day to celebrate the Camellia!
