Camellia Week 2024

Camellia Week
January 22 – 28, 2024

Come and celebrate Sherman Gardens’ Camellia Collection with a week of events and activities.

Sherman Gardens features over 120 different varieties of Camellias. This winter-blooming plant is at its best at the end of January, when the garden will be resplendent with a huge variety of camellia flowers.

Camellia week includes talks, classes and displays for everyone to enjoy. Drop in to see our beautiful Camellia Bloom Table; attend a tour by Sherman Gardens’ Camellia expert, Carol Younger; learn how to create your own bonsai using dwarf camellia or discover how to use camellia flowers to create floral arrangements for the home.  

Don’t forget to simply wander the gardens and enjoy Sherman Gardens’ Camellia Collection.

Events and Activities

Exhibit: Camellia Bloom Table – all week

Buy: Camellia Plant Sale at the Garden Shop – all week

Camellia Tour with Carol Younger, Senior Horticulturist and Sherman Camellia Expert
Tuesday, January 23 @ 2 pm  – Register Here
Free Event – Registration Required
Explore the wonders of the extensive Sherman Library & Gardens Camellia Collection with Senior Horticulturist and Camellia expert, Carol Younger. Take a tour of the garden, enjoy the 120 varieties on show, learn some tips and tricks about Camellia care, and get the best advice on which to choose for your garden.

Talk and Q&A: ‘The Magic of Camellias’ presented by Tom Nuccio from Nuccio’s Nurseries

Wednesday, January 24 @ 2 – 3 pm
Free Event – Registration Required
Come and join us for this very special opportunity to hear Tom Nuccio talk about camellias. Tom is a renowned national expert and we are delighted that he will be visiting Sherman to share his knowledge and experience with our guests during Camellia Week.

Workshop: Creating Bonsai with Dwarf Camellia
Thursday, January 25 @ 10 am – 1 pm
$75 Member / $85 Non-Member
Join Debra Mauzy-Melitz from the Coastal Bonsai Society to learn how to maintain and display a camellia in a traditional Japanese style. During the class you will prepare a dwarf camellia to be grown into a traditional windswept design, called Fukinagashi. After repotting the camellia into an asymmetric pot, you will learn how to wire the branches to encourage directional growth. Register Here

Demonstration: Bonsai with Dwarf Camellia
Thursday, January 25 @ 2pm – 4pm
Join Debra Mauzy-Melitz from the Coastal Bonsai Society to learn how to maintain and display a camellia in a traditional Japanese style. Free with Garden Admission. Drop In

Talk and Demonstration: Camellia Flower Arranging for the Home
Saturday, January 27 @ 2 pm 
Free event – Registration Required. 
Join Norm Nakanishi for a flower arranging demonstration using camellia blooms from the Sherman collection. Learn how to use camellias to create beautiful arrangements during the winter months. Register Here