Poinsettias put Encinitas on the map, but how they’re grown remains a mystery to many.
Free tours next weekend at Weidner’s Gardens aim to change that. Employees will lead hour-long walkthroughs of the site’s two acres of poinsettia-growing operations starting at 10 a.m., noon and 2 p.m. on Nov. 22, and at noon and 2 p.m. on Nov. 23. The tours, held annually, usually last just under an hour.
“It’s rare that a poinsettia grower actually let’s people in the greenhouse,” said Oliver Storm, head grower at Weidner’s Gardens. “They’ll see the different sizes, colours and varieties.”
Storm noted the weekend-long event only happens once a year because regularly opening up the greenhouses would disrupt the growing process. But two days is enough to satisfy the public’s curiosity.