It’s TOMATO time!
The 2026 growing season is here and our event dates are in place.
Find those below and mark your calendars. We’ll see you soon!
It’s time. We’re done sorting through seed files, catalogs and web searches. We’ve enjoyed celebrating new and exciting things to grow for you. We continue to sow for our final events and are working with our grower partners to manage huge blocks in greenhouse, all ready to make an appearance at a Tomatomania event – maybe one near you!
Those seedlings are growing quickly and that warm stretch in January produced good and solid plants. We’ll introduce some exciting new finds this year and we hope you’ll join us in appreciating those – in the garden and on the plate. We can’t wait for you to get a peek at what’s new.
We’ll grow into more sites this season and that’s always exciting. We’ll make a return trip to Denver in two locations and launch a new event in Issaquah, Washington.
Maybe there’s a potential new Tomatomania event site near you? Let’s talk about that. Maybe YOU could be our newest event host. 😀🍅
Check out our new promo deck to get a clearer picture of who we are and what we do! Click on the gold button to the right!
We’re so grateful to our event partners, seed suppliers, staff and hosts who make all this possible. And we’re grateful for you. See you soon.
Join us on this journey and celebrate the garden along with us. If you’d like to get our event announcements and such, please add your email to our list up above!
Scott
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The Washington Post joined in the ‘Mania last spring!
“What you enjoy fresh and warm from your garden is so markedly different from what you can buy in the store,” says Scott Daigre, a California-based gardener and producer of “Tomatomania!” billed as the world’s largest tomato seedling sale. “And what a great-looking garden prize. Yeah, cucumbers are cool, but a big fat heirloom tomato? That’s sexy.”
Read more at The Washington Post
Tomatomania! is a huge community of enthusiastic tomato lovers and the world’s largest (and most fun) tomato seedling sale! It’s what the New York Times called, “the tomato freaks’ Woodstock,” and if you’re crazy about tomatoes, this is the place for you!
Started in the early 90s at Hortus, a trend-setting nursery in Pasadena, California, today Tomatomania! includes classes, sales events, tomato tastings, and impromptu social gatherings at popular nurseries and garden destinations across the state.
I’m Scott Daigre, the producer of this crazy circus. We work all year to come up with a collection of seedlings that will thrill and amaze you. My team of experienced “Tomatomaniacs” and I are determined to make you wildly successful in the tomato garden. Our sales events, social media and web presence are all geared to help you become a better gardener and tomato grower!
Tomatomania!
Roger’s Gardens in Corona del Mar, CA is one of the premier garden retailers in the country and has been home to the Tomatomania! kick off event for over ten years. For many, Tomatomania! is the official start of the spring season. Check it out!
