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Year of the Dragon
San Francisco Botanical Garden Society's
13th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration & Flower Market
10 am - 4 pm Saturday, January 21, 2012
San Francisco County Fair Building 9th and Lincoln Way
Free Admission
 San Francisco Botanical Garden Society (SFBGS) invites the community to our 13th Annual Lunar New Year Celebration & Flower Market. Join us as we celebrate the Year of the Dragon with an exciting day filled with food, festivities, and flowers. Eleanor Lew, SFBGS volunteer and community organizer, says "This celebration is so important for our families every year. It's a time to unite together and share the good fortune of the coming year."
This year's program includes, classical stringed instruments and cultural dance performances by Alice Fong Yu School, lion dancers, magician Jaden Huang, a puppet show from Chinese Historical Society of America; a talk by Chinatown historian Lyle Jan; a Tea Room and Tea Tastings by Vital Tea Leaf, story time, educational activities, and an Asian Art Museum Children's Art Center for the kids; plus 826 Valencia will be on hand with learning activities.
A wonderful array of Asian foods will be provided by: Pacific Coast Farmer's Market, Tru Gourmet Organic Dim Sum, Sugar Bliss cake pops; Little Vietnam Café, Burma Superstar, Simply Mochi, and Golden Chariot Bakery.
Attractions include an early 20th century bridal carriage from Dynasty Rosewood, Chop carving, scroll painting, , and International School of Ikebana; docent-led tours of San Francisco Botanical Garden; traditional Lunar New Year plants and flowers, and much more.
San Francisco Botanical Garden preserves many rare and endangered plants from all over Asia, providing a tangible connection to Asian culture. Associate Curator David Kruse-Pickler says, "We provide an immersive experience in four of our garden sections for those that might want to take a botanical journey from Burma to China and Thailand to Indonesia, Japan and even New Guinea." Ernie Ng, long-time Garden volunteer and a key organizer of the Lunar New Year celebration adds, "Bilingual signs for some of the trees and plants in the Garden are put out during the LNY Event."
Gardens at SFBG featuring Asian plants: Temperate Asia (Burma to China, south to Thailand), Moon Viewing Garden (Japan), Southeast Asian Cloud Forest (Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, New Guinea, Malaysia, Indonesia), and Rhododendron Garden (China, Japan, New Guinea, Indonesia).
For more information:
www.sfbotanicalgarden.org or (415) 412- 3230
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