Lunar New Year preparations start with Flower Festival in Little Saigon

Start your Lunar New Year celebrations with a splash of color.

The annual Flower Festival at the Asian Garden Mall has opened for the run up to the new year, which lands on Feb. 10 this year.

The daily outdoor market in the heart of Little Saigon offers shopping for exotic flowers and trees through Feb. 8. Each color, each flower represents a message of good tidings and good luck for the new year and are used as gifts and to decorate homes for the holiday.

Orchids, hoa mai trees and bromeliads are popular blooms this time of year.

There is also traditional apparel and other Lunar New Year decorations available for purchase and in the evening there is street food for sale during a 6 to 10 p.m. night market.

On Feb. 10, the Asian Garden Mall will host its Tet Firecracker Show.

If  you go

When: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily through Feb. 8

Where: Asian Garden Mall, 9200 Bolsa Ave., Westminster

Cost: Free admission

Information: asiangardenmall.com