An employee of Orban’s Nursery packs up a poinsettia. The company has been a family wholesaler for over 100 years and has its annual open house where visitors can drive through and see thousands of festive poinsettias every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving.
Tiffany Tompkins
ttompkins@bradenton.com
Bradenton
The Saturday after Thanksgiving has been reserved for the Orban’s Nursery annual open house for over three decades.
“We do that every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. I think this is the 33rd year,” said Tyler Orban, a fourth-generation owner of the wholesaler that has been operating for over 100 years.
“It started out as an opportunity for people to drive through the nursery and see everything, and people kept asking to buy poinsettias, so they finally started letting them do that and it’s kind of grown from there,” said Orban.
Food trucks, artisans and a picturesque area where visitors can create a social-media-worthy photograph have become part of the growing tradition at Orban’s, 9601 Ninth Ave. NW, Bradenton.
Tyler Orban, the fourth-generation owner of Orban’s Nursery with some holiday poinsettias. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
This is the busiest time for the wholesale grower. “Our biggest thing is poinsettias, but we’re also shipping the most annuals that we do for the year,” said Orban.
The nursery sells plants to local retailers and vendors; and the poinsettias are popular with churches and fundraisers.
The garden center is open to sell annuals and poinsettias from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
Orban’s Nursery, a family wholesaler in Bradenton for over 100 years, has its annual open house where visitors can drive through and see thousands of festive poinsettias. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Piper is at home among the flowers at Orban’s Nursery, a family wholesaler in Bradenton for over 100 years. The company has its annual open house where visitors can drive through and see thousands of festive poinsettias every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
An employee of Orban’s Nursery packs up a poinsettia. The company has been a family wholesaler in Bradenton for over 100 years and has its annual open house where visitors can drive through and see thousands of festive poinsettias every year on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Orban’s Nursery, a family wholesaler in Bradenton for over 100 years, has its annual open house where visitors can drive through and see thousands of festive poinsettias. Tiffany Tompkins ttompkins@bradenton.com
Tiffany Tompkins is the Bradenton Herald’s Visual Lead; shooting, editing and producing photographs and videos for the newspaper and online since 1999. Tiffany is a graduate of State College of Florida.
