August 27, 2012 (San Diego) – The 13th Annual Hawaiian Plumeria Festival will be at Balboa Park’s Casa del Prado September 1 – 2 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.  The event is sponsored by the Southern California Plumeria Society and features a Flower Show competition with hundreds of entries a Plant Sale and live Hawaiian entertainment.

“Some of the most respected growers in the US are in East County,” said Mike Atkinson, an East County plumerian. East County has a number of prominent plumeria growers who will be participating in the flower show and sale:

By Jeremy Los

March 28, 2011- Plumeria blooms, the traditional Hawaiian lei flowers, conjure up the exotic mystique of the tropics. This weekend, several East County growers will showcase their sweet-scented blossoms at the Southern California Plumeria Society’s cutting sale.

The two-day event, April 2-3, will mark the first cutting sale of the year for the Society at the Casa Del Prado in Balboa Park. The event runs from 10 am-4 pm, and attendance is free.