The Lunar New Year arrives with its 15-day celebration, starting from February 17, to March 3rd, and Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore becomes an especially fitting place to mark the occasion. The nursery offers a setting that projects the spirit of the holiday, a moment that honors tradition. Lunar New Year marks the first new moon of the lunar calendar and is widely celebrated with symbols of luck, red decorations, and family gatherings. The holiday served as a reminder of community connection growth and new beginnings
Lunar New Year is widely celebrated in many Asian cultures as a time for family, gratitude, and fresh starts. It is a season of exchanging well wishes, displaying red decorations symbolizing good fortune, and gathering loved ones to welcome the future.
Alden Lane Nursery in Livermore has been a long-running garden and nursery since 1955. Started as a small business run by a couple in the countryside, and has grown as a well-respected spot for plants, gardening supplies, and local events. It provides a wide selection of flowers, shrubs, plants, orchids, and garden accessories, alongside soils, fertilizers, tools, and other materials for gardening projects.
They also provide advice and assistance for planting, landscaping, and plant care.
Additions to the nursery, visitors are encouraged to add a wish tag to a wishing tree, guests are to write hopes and aspirations for the year ahead, and hang them among the branches. As well as displays celebrating Asian art and tradition were placed in the seasonal building on the nursery grounds, encouraging visitors to pause and share moments with family and friends. The nursery also promotes the purchase of citrus fruits (tangerines, mandarins, pomelos) are important to Lunar New Years as they symbolize wealth, prosperity, and good fortune due to their golden color and round shape. 
The event provides community members to gather and recognize the traditions of Lunar New Year in a welcoming and beautiful way at the garden. The celebration provides space to embrace the meaning of the holiday and the themes it represents, allowing to bring people together in an environment centered on growth and change. This occasion shows the enduring significance of Lunar New Year and its message of looking ahead with hope and intention.
