A visitor to the Asian Garden Mall shops during the annual Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A shopper looks through New Years charms during the annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A vendor tends to her crop during the annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Chi Våi Truc Hoa, left, takes a picture of a customer at her booth during the annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A shopper looks through New Years charms during the annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A vendor demonstrates a dancing dragon during the annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
A visitor to the Asian Garden Mall shops during the annual Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Tracy Vu shops for flowers during the annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Preston Tran takes a picture of his girlfriend, Mia Nguyen, inside a booth during the annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The annual Asian Garden Mall Flower Festival in Westminster, CA, on Friday, January 14, 2022. (Photo by Jeff Gritchen, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The explosion of color heralds the upcoming Lunar New Year.
The Flower Festival opened Friday, Jan. 14, at the Asian Garden Mall in Westminster. Through the end of the month, thousands of people will visit the daily outdoor market, shopping for exotic flowers and trees to use as gifts and in the tradition of decorating their homes for the holiday. Each color, each flower represents a message of good tidings and good luck for the new year.
Orchids, hoa mai trees and bromeliads are popular blooms this time of year.
The Flower Festival will be open 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through Jan. 30. The mall will host its Firecracker Festival at noon on Feb. 1.
For information, go to asiangardenmall.com.
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