As you
do know, our association is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting protea. (See our full mission statement below).
As you may also know, we exhibit at events (like Del Mar and Avocado Festival) to raise awareness about protea and raise funds for the association.
You also know that we periodically have general meetings at which we often combine social activities with hands-on workshops to share and strengthen skills.
But here is something you may not know...Continual efforts are made throughout the year to advertise, market and otherwise promote protea locally, nationally, and even internationally. The CPA helps by contributing product or shipping costs to promote our flowers. The more that people are exposed to protea and become enthusiastic about them, the better for all of us.
Here are just a few examples of where the Ca. Protea Association contributed to these efforts in 2016:
AIFD Symposium
Els Teunissen - Accent Decor Catalog
CCFC Flowers for Sacramento Reps
CCFC - BloemDecor - Sacramento Flowers
Wine Caucus Reception
Sunset Celebration Event
J. Schwanke - Moss Hill
Vans Show
The Knot Wedding
P Allen Smith Event
Florists Review / Keith White Trends Bro
First Ladies Luncheon
Event at Epcot Center
SD Art Museum - Art Alive
Lynnvale Studios - FLL Samples
Debra Prinzing - Wine Reception
Florists' Review Enterprises - CA Bro Flowers
CCFC - Flowers for Congress
J. Schwanke Protea Promo
Van's Floral Products Show
World Floral Expo (WFE)
Laurie Lemek - FleuraMetz Show
PA Garden Show
CCFC - Flowers for Congress
Mayesh Charlotte - Show
CCFC - Flowers Decor/LynnVale Studios
Greenleaf Wholesale Show
Jane Seymour Designs - Protea Promo
Cal Poly Pomona - Banquet Flowers
Suzanne Smith Palmieri - USDA
Cal Poly - Rose Parade
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CPA Board
of Directors
Bill Boyett
Vice President
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Our Mission
The California Protea Association (CPA) is a non-profit corporation that works to improve and develop cultivars and promotes the marketing of Protea. It was formed to assist its members to learn more about how to successfully make Protea flowers a more important part of California floriculture.
