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| Calendar of events . Events : Scroll down to the current highlighted date | 2012 | | Jan 26 Kailua Jan 28 KCC Jan 29 Sunday : Cacao Festival Haleiwa Farmers Market Sun 9am-1pm ____________________________ | The start of our new year with farmers markets and the always tasty Chocolate/Cacao Festival at Haleiwa farmers market. I will only have a few cacao plants after our sell out last year, so come early if you want one. Our special for this time of year is Lisa's very showy hybrid bromeliads. A few gingers and heliconia will also be available. ________________________________________________________________ | | | | 2011 ____________________________ | ._______________________________________________________________ | Farmers Markets Jan 29 2011 Sat. Hawaii Kai Farmers Market 9am-1pm Jan 30 2011 Sun Haleiwa Farmers Market annual Chocolate Festival 9am-1pm ____________________________ | Plenty to see and chose from. More than 45 different potted assorted gingers and heliconia plants for sale. Also Lisa's very special collection of potted and barerooted Bromeliads. Also very limited supply of chocolate plants. ________________________________________________________________ | Hawaii Kai Farmers Market at Kaiser High School Feb 12th 9am-1pm Sat ___________________________ | Just one market event for this week. Look for Lisa's wide assortment of colorful bromeliads. Also offered will be potted heliconia and gingers. Be sure to call or email if you need something special. Just a few cacao plants left for those of you that got to Haleiwa late for the Chocolate Fest. Happy Valentine's Day! ________________________________________________________________ | Chocolate Festival at Dole Cannery Feb 26th Saturday 12 noon to 5pm advance tickets $20 $25 at door. ____________________________ | Chocolate fans this is the event to go to! We will have the last of this seasons crop of cacao plants on hand so you can grow your own. Also Chocolate Mint plants. ________________________________________________________________ | ONGA Plant Sale Thomas Square Park Mar 12 9am-4pm Sat Mar 13 9am-3pm Sun 
Pink Selection 
White Torch 
Red Torch ___________________________ | Our first big plant sale of the new year. Still in the same corner of the park but we moved slightly after the removal of the big tree on the corner. Lisa and I will have a wide assortment of heliconia, ginger, bromeliads, and a few other odds and ends. So far about 30 items have been barerooted and readied for sale. Torch gingers: Pink Selection, Red Torch, White Torch Fragrant Gingers: Fukuju, Pink V, Elizabeth Heliconia: Cream, BB Red, Black Cherry, Golden Torch, Lady Di, New Yellow Parrot, Strawberry and Cream, Dwarf Jamician, Guadeloupe, Africa, Oriole Orange, Jane, Twister, Sexy Orange, Red Stricta, Alan Carle Other Gingers: Cigar Flower, Barbatus, Green Costus, Singapore Gold, Terra Cotta, Early Spectablis, Tangerine Spectablis, Stenophyllus, Orange Stromanthe, Tomi Ginger, Polynesian Princess Ginger Others: Chocolate Mint, Pony Tail Palm, Foxface, Lavender Banana   
Tangerine Polynesian Princess Barbatus _______________________________________________________________ | Lyon Arboretum Plant Sale Sat April 2 9am-2pm Neal Blaisdell Center Free admission! 
Malay Rose ___________________________ | This will be the largest and best plant sale of the year! Look for 24 different nurseries and growers. We will offer over 40 different varieties of heliconia and gingers. We have brought back many of our sold out items from prior sales but stock is very limited so come early! NEW: A first release for us will be the Darwin Lady ginger. The plants are a cross between Jungle King and Jungle Queen and is a very pale pink. The Darwin series crosses were made in Australia and released a number of years ago. HELICONIA: Red Caribaea, Cream Caribaea, Black Cherry, Dwarf Jamician, Maroon Sexy, Lady Di, Petra, Aurea, Africa, Peachy Orange, Eden Yellow, Honey Bee, Emerald Forest, Yellow Dolly, Incredible Orange, and Sexy Orange. FRAGRANT GINGERS: All potted and can have enough growth to flower this fall. Fukuju, Syunko, Pink V, Elizabeth, Debra Kay, Tara, Anne Bishop TORCH GINGERS: White Torch, Black Tulip Torch, Pink Selection, Red Tulip Torch, Dala Torch, and the sellout Malay Rose. OTHER GINGERS: Polynesian Princess, Variegated Shell Ginger, Stenophyllus, Raspberry Yogurt, Amazonica, Singapore Gold, Tangerine, Early, Orange Stromanthe, Cigar. ODDS AND ENDS: Lavender Banana, Geroldii, Foxface. BROMELIADS: Lisa will have four large tables packed with her best selections. _____________________________________________________________ | ONGA Plant Sale Thomas Square Park Ap16 9am-4pm Saturday Ap 17 9am-3pm Sunday ____________________________ | Over 40 different heliconia and gingers for this sale. NEW: Sweet Pink Torch ginger. HELICONIA: St. Rose, Cream, Twister, Maroon Sexy, Golden Torch, Red and Yellow Marginita, Yellow Christmas, Cherry Pop, Green Flash, Guadeloupe, New Yellow Parrot, Tropic Fleur. TORCH GINGERS: White Torch, Black Tulip Torch, Red Tulip Torch, Pink Selection, Dala Torch, Malay Rose, Rose of Siam. _____________________________________________________________ | April 21 Kailua 5-7:30pm April 23 KCC 7:30- 11 am April 24 Haleiwa Farmers Market 9am-1pm Easter show ____________________________ | Earth Day and Easter are falling in the same time frame. We will have some interesting plants that will bloom about this time. We try to feature whatever is in bloom so our selection changes for each event. We had sell outs on numerous items last weekend but will have a few of those items for sale again. Our first Dancing girl plants have flowers now so we will be bringing Thai Lavender and White Dragon. Lisa will feature her bromeliad hybrids and I will have heliconia, torch gingers, fragrant gingers and maybe some unusual cut flowers! ________________________________________________________________ | April 28 Kailua April 30 Hawaii Kai 9am-1pm Kaiser High School May 1 Haleiwa 9am-1pm ____________________________ | The Dancing Girl gingers Thai Lavender and White Dragon will be available. ________________________________________________________________ | May 5 Kailua 5-7:30pm May 7 KCC 7:30-11am May 8 Haleiwa 9-1pm 
Cut Flowers last week at Kaiser market ____________________________ | Just in time for Mothers day will be the first blooms of two more Dancing girls. Now the colors of Thai Lavender, White Dragon, will be joined with Angel Wings and Sangria.   
White Dragon Angel Wings Sangria ________________________________________________________________ | May 14 and 15 10am-5pm Hawaii Book and Music Festival at civic center Free parking Free cut flower to Twitter followers if you stop by booth while supplies last @olomanatropical see picture above as sample ____________________________ | This Sale was a small last minute addition to our schedule. Limited quantities of some new and seldom seen plants. NEW: Borneo Pink Torch, Rosy Red Torch SELDOM SEEN: White Rattle #2, Black edge Lobsterclaw, Giant Lobsterclaw, Emerald Forest, Nappi Orange DANCING GIRL GINGERS: Thai Lavender, Sangria, Angel Wings, Seminole, White Dragon. BROMELIADS: Special selections by Lisa at a super low $5 price. We need space! _______________________________________________________________ | May 21 and 22 ONGA Plant Sale at Thomas Square Park Sat 9am-4pm Sun 9am-3pm ____________________________ | We will have a interesting collection of bareroot and potted items. DANCING GIRL GINGERS: Angel Wings, Sangria, Thai Lavender, Seminole, White Dragon, Golden Dragon. All potted and starting to flower. See our Dancing Girl separate page on this website for more info and pics. GINGERS: White Rattle #2, Barbatus, HELICONIA: Cream, Marginata, Peachy Orange, Emerald Forest _______________________________________________________________ | May 26 Kailua May 28 KCC May 29 Haleiwa Farmers Markets ____________________________ | Farmers markets this weekend as we prepare for Memorial Day. We will have some flower specials and an assortment of Dancing girl gingers.Bromeliads and other potted items as we have space for. Call for those special items so I can load them in the full van! ________________________________________________________________ | June 2 Kailua June 4 KCC June 5 Haleiwa Farmers Markets ____________________________ | We had a sell out on many of our items last week so call or email if you want me to hold a special color. Find us at KCC again on the outer row on the Koko Head side of the market, not on the lawn as in years past! We will still have all eight colors of the Dancing Girl Gingers, but a few colors are running low. Just room for a few other items in the van so look for Bromeliads, Heliconia, Gingers, and an assortment of cut flowers. _______________________________________________________________ | June 18 and 19 ONGA Plant Sale Thomas Square Park Sat 9am-4pm Sun 9am-3pm ____________________________ | We have been running out of the popular items very early on Sat. so shop early for best selection. ________________________________________________________________ | June 23 Kailua June 25 KCC June 26 Haleiwa Farmers Markets ____________________________ | Quite a sellout at Thomas Square Park last weekend. I will have more Dancing Girl gingers and the start of the season of the fragrant gingers. Cut flower bromeliads will be on sale if still room in the van. ________________________________________________________________ | June 30 Kailua July 2 KCC July 3 Haleiwa Farmers Markets ____________________________ | Dancing Girl Gingers Fragrant gingers such as the new Dr Moy Cut flower and potted bromeliads and other odds and ends. ________________________________________________________________ | July 9 Hawaii Kai Farmers Market at Kaiser High School 9am-1pm ____________________________ | Should be back to normal this week Lots of interesting flowers coming up! _______________________________________________________________ | July 23 9am-4pm July 24 9am-3pm ONGA Plant Sale Thomas Square Park ____________________________ | Here are a few of our favorite plants that we will have for sale. Very limited numbers so do shop early. FRAGRANT GINGERS: Dr Moy, Fukuju, Betty Ho, Anne Bishop, Waipio, Bright Orange, SKA Kahili, DANCING GIRL GINGERS: Thai Lavender, Angel Wings, Blue Hawaii, Dancing Girl HELICONIA: Black Cherry, Cream Caribaea, Golden Torch, ________________________________________________________________ | Aug 4 Kailua Aug 6 KCC Aug 7 Haleiwa farmers Markets ____________________________ | KCC a few torch gingers and large bromeliads for the early birds who like cut flowers. Assorted potted and bareroot bromeliads. Fragrant potted gingers such as Dr. Moy, Betty Ho, Anne Bishop, Bright Orange, Syunko, and others. Just a few of our sellout crop of fresh fruit yellow lilikoi. Many other unusual potted gingers such as Jewel of Burma, Jewel of Thailand, Laddawan, Pink #10, Dancing Girls, and many more! _______________________________________________________________ | Made in Hawaii Festival Aug 19 10am- 9pm Aug 20 10am- 9pm Aug 21 10 am- 5pm ___________________________ | Our biggest plant show of the year at the NBC. Look for us in the atrium area of the exhibition hall. I will be having three other growers joining me in our booth so you will have a hugh selection of top notch plants to choose from. From the gardens of Olomana Tropicals you will find some of the following items. Popular items sell out fast so shop early. Fragrant Gingers: Fukuju, Pink V, Annie Bishop, Syunko, Tara, Ska Kahili, Peach, Betty Ho, Dr. Moy. Heliconia: Cream, Incredible Orange, Pyrotechnic, Mt. Hope Orange, Flabellata, Burly Marx, 10 day Rostrata, Guadeloupe, Splash, New Yellow Parrot, Africa, Red Caribaea, Yellow Dolly Torch Gingers: White Torch, Red Torch, Yamamoto Pink Other Gingers: Chocolate Shampoo, Tangerine, Barbatus, Laddawan, Jewel of Thailand, Jewel of Burma, Scarlet Fever, Purple Prince, Pink #10, Chaing Mai red, Dancing Girl, Blue Hawaii, Angel Wings, Early Spectablis, Aussie Plume. Hybrid Bromeliads from Lisa and they will be both bareroot and potted. From Waihale Products: Alvin has a wide assortment of indoor and outdoor plants. He has the best collection of anthuriums around. He will have the native plant Brighamia insignis also called Cabbage on a stick. Growing Creations features herbs but he grows many other top quality items such as ferns, small anthuriums, orchids, spatiglottis ground orchids, areca palm, aglonema, draceana, ti plants and many more. Hawaii Pacific Orchids: More than orchids now as he also has hina-hina, ZZ plants indoor broms, outdoor crown of thorns, and plenty of bareroot and potted orchids _______________________________________________________________ | Hawaii Women Expo NBC Exhibition Hall Sept 9 Friday 5pm-10pm Sept 10 & 11 10am-6pm ____________________________ | We will have two booths (270 and 271) near the stage. Look for our colorful flowers and display. Our sellout fragrant gingers will be back with Fukuju, Syunko, Dr Moy, Debra Kaye, White ginger, SKA Kahili Other gingers available will be Jewel of Burma, Jewel of Thailand, Pink #10, Dancing Girl, Polynesian Princess, Tomi, Jungle King, Double Red Ginger _______________________________________________________________ | ONGA Plant Sale Thomas Square Park Sept 24 9am-4pm Sept 25 9am-3pm ____________________________ | Our last big Thomas Square Sale until next year March! Some of our seasonal specials will be on hand. Dancing Girl gingers are mostly sold out but still a few of the Olena colors will be on hand. More items to be listed closer to date and as we prepare them for sale. ________________________________________________________________ | Oct 1st Sat 10am-3pm Hawaii Ginger Festival Kale's Natural Foods Hawaii Kai Shopping Center next to Safeway ____________________________ | I will be offering all things ginger for this sale. Torch ginger: Pink Torch, Pink Selection, Black tulip, Red Tulip Fragrant Gingers: Dr Moy, Fukuju, Syunko, Pale Syunko, Peach, Elizabeth, Debra Kaye, Waipio, Ska Kahili, Yellow Butterfly, Anne Bishop, and others Olena Types: Jewel of Burma, Jewel of Thailand, #10 Pink, Aussie Plume, and others Shampoo Types: Golden Scepter, Terra Cotta, Early, Chocolate Shampoo, Giant Shampoo, Hainon Pink, and more Alpinia Types: Polynesian Princess, Double Red Ginger, Purest White, Jungle King, Jungle Princess, Darwin Lady, and others Sprial Gingers: Costus such as Fudge ripple, Stenophyllus, Barbatus, Raspberry yogurt, And Still More: Shell gingers, Cardomon, Wheat Fingers, Orange Stromanthe, and a few Dancing Girl Globbas ________________________________________________________________ | Oct 15 Saturday 9am-2pm Foster Garden Plant Sale ____________________________ | Our last big display and sale of the year! You will find Heliconia, Gingers, Fragrant Gingers, Torch Gingers, Shampoo types, Bromeliads and many others. ________________________________________________________________ | Oct 20 Kailua Farmers Market by Longs 5-7:30 Oct 22 KCC Farmers Market 7:30-11 am Oct 23 Haleiwa Farmers Market 9am-1pm | Will have a few potted fragrant gingers and a wide assortment of gingers, heliconia and bromeliads. Fresh fruit lilikoi and fresh cut flowers if space | Nov 5 Waimea Arboretum Plant Sale Sat 9am-2pm ____________________________ | Gingers, heliconia, bromeliads will all be offered. Limited to just the one van full so come early for best choice. Waimea will have an interesting selection of plants from their collection and you can also pickup a free plant as part of the annual arbor day celebration. If the cell phone connection is good deep in their valley we can now offer a wider range of credit card for purchases. Now accepting Visa, MC, AmEx and Discovers. ________________________________________________________________ | Nov. 19 9am-2pm Lyon Arboretum Plant Sale at Lyon Arboretum ____________________________ | Over 45 assorted varieties of plants to be offered for sale plus Lisa's hybrid bromeliads. This is the last big plant sale for this year and just in time for the holiday season. Hedychium fragrant gingers are still in bloom (usually June to Nov.) and we will have 13 different colors for sale.. Plant now for a full plant for next year blooming! | Nov. 26 KCC Nov. 27 Haleiwa Farmers Markets ____________________________ | Sorry folks I got bumped off the Haleiwa vendors map but will try again for next week. Call over to the nursery if you are coming this way for a personal nursery visit. | Dec. 1 Kailua Dec 3 KCC Dec. 4 Haleiwa Farmers Markets ____________________________ | |  Thai Lavender | Thai Lavender is the featured picture. This is one of our best sellers. |
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