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< Back Peperomia Plant Care Tips & Tricks Peperomia plants have ornamental foliage that grows in a variety of colours and leaf patterns. Often mistaken as succulents, these plants are indeed tropicals; however, their thick, waxy leaves do contribute towards their drought tolerance and simple care requirements. Varieties: Watermelon, Obtusifolia, Ginny, Hope, Ripple, Rosso, San Marino, Raisinette, Nivalis "Taco Leaf", Red Luna, Abricos, Gray Luna Lighting: This care will vary depending on the variety. Many peperomia varieties will tolerate low to medium, indirect sunlight; however, they will grow best in indirect, bright light. Irrigation: Allow about 50%-75% of the soil to dry between thorough irrigations. Water until liquid runs from drainage holes at the bottom of the pot and discard excess water. Do not allow your plant to sit in standing water as it will lead to root rot. Humidity: This will vary depending on the variety. Most peperomia cultivars will adjust to average household humidity but will appreciate a boost in humidity through the use of a humidifier, pebble tray, or occasional misting. Fertilizer: Feed once a month during the summer using a balanced fertilizer. Follow package recommendations. Previous Next

< Back Coconut Palm Plant Care Tips & Tricks Bring a tropical vibe to your space with our potted coconut palms. With their elegant, arching fronds and classic palm silhouette, these plants instantly evoke a sense of paradise. Lighting: High light plants require full sunlight to assume their full potential. They need at least 6 hours of direct, bright light a day. The brightest spot in your home is the best place to put them. Irrigation: Allow the soil to slightly dry between thorough irrigations. Humidity: Maintain a high humidity level around the plant. Consider misting the fronds or using a humidifier to keep the environment tropical. Previous Next

< Back Italian Fig Plant Care Tips & Tricks Did you know that our original Italian fig tree cuttings were taken from our founder, Alex Colasanti? Alex used to grow white honey and brown fig trees in his backyard. This fig tree bears edible fruit from July to September and will start to lose its leaves in November in the cold weather. Your Italian Fig can be kept in a pot or planted in the ground, just make sure it is placed somewhere it will receive plenty of sunlight. The roots of this plant are not winter hardy. This crop is typically ready in spring and is available while supplies last. Lighting: High-light plants require full sunlight to assume their full potential, which means they need at least 6 hours of direct, bright light a day. Irrigation: During the growing season maintain evenly moist, not soggy soil. Increased sun exposure and temperature will also increase the frequency of watering. Previous Next

Master Gardener Barb will be on-site for a variety of plant talks and workshops. Bring your questions because you will be able to receive help! Master Gardener support Master Gardeners will be available in our garden centre to answer all your gardening and house plant care questions from 1-3:30pm on the following Sundays: January 11 January 18 January 25 February 1 February 8 February 22 March 1 March 8 March 22 March 29

< Back Lemon Cypress Plant Care Tips & Tricks Lemon cypress, also called Goldcrest, is an evergreen shrub with an upright growth habit that is characterized by its bright green-yellow foliage. Its common name comes from the lemon scent that its soft branches produce when touched. Help your Lemon Cypress maintain its vibrant colour by providing it with lots of bright light and periodic grooming. Lighting: This plant prefers bright indirect sunlight. Avoid direct sun as it can burn the foliage. Irrigation: Allow the soil to partially dry between thorough waterings. Irrigate when the topsoil is dry to the touch. Water until liquid runs from drainage holes at the bottom of the pot and discard excess water. Do not allow your plant to sit in standing water as it will lead to root rot. Humidity: This plant enjoys average household humidity. Fertilizer: Once a month during the growing season-spring and summer. Use a balanced fertilizer and follow package directions. Previous Next

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< Back Ficus Plant Care Tips & Tricks Ficus are popular houseplants because of their easy-going nature and wide assortment of varieties. One of our most popular tropical plant families, ficus are available in many different of foliage shapes, colours and textures. Varieties: Benjamina, Starlight, Variegated Repens, Variegated Triangularis, Neon Marguerite, Rubber Ruby, Rubber Tineke, Ginseng Ficus, Rubber Shivereana Moonshine, Burgundy Rubber, Ruby Rubber, Green Rubber, Altissima Variegated, Neon Variegated, Audrey, Yellow Gem Lighting: Ficus typically prefer bright indirect sunlight. Avoid direct sun as it can burn the foliage. Irrigation: Allow the soil to partially dry between thorough waterings. Irrigate when the topsoil is dry to the touch. Water until liquid runs from drainage holes at the bottom of the pot and discard excess water. Do not allow your plant to sit in standing water as it will lead to root rot. Humidity: Varieties typically enjoy average household humidity. Fertilizer: Once a month during the growing season-spring and summer. Use a balanced fertilizer and follow package directions. Previous Next

Donation request information, history of our Wheelchair fund, and community involvement. Donations Community Support Our company is proud to donate to over 100 local community charities/events each year. A few of the events and groups that we support annually includes the Colasanti Cup Soccer Tournament, Ruthven Apple Festival, Relay For Life, KDHS Basketball Tournament, Crime Stoppers Wild Game Dinner, Knights of Columbus Wild Game Dinner, Kingsville Minor Soccer, Kingsville Minor Baseball, Group Hug Apparel, Relay For Life Canadian Cancer Society, Fantastic Father’s and more… Donation application process Our donation committee meets once a week to review all of our weekly donation requests. Requests need to be submitted two or more weeks in advance. In your letter of request, please include: Event name Event date Event location Name of the non-profit organization that will benefit from your event Your request from Colasanti’s, example: we are asking for a door prize, or silent auction item Any additional details that you feel are relevant. Please submit a formal donation request letter to ashley@colasanti.com Contact Ashley for more information: ashley@colasanti.com

< Back String of Watermelon Plant Care Tips & Tricks The String of Watermelon is a delightful trailing plant featuring round, fleshy leaves with a distinctive watermelon-like pattern. Its cascading vines and vibrant foliage add a playful touch to any space, making it a perfect choice for hanging baskets or as a unique addition to your plant collection. Lighting: Bright, indirect light is necessary for this plant to maintain its colouring. Keep out of direct sun which may burn the leaves. Insufficient light can cause the plant to become leggy and reduce its trailing growth. Irrigation: Allow the soil to mostly dry between thorough irrigations. Humidity: This plant does not require added humidity. It prefers a dry environment. Fertilizer: Regular applications of a slow-release fertilizer during the spring & summer. Follow package instructions. Previous Next

2025 Christmas Night Market and Open House Application Form Christmas Open House Night Market Wednesday November 19, 2025 The details Wednesday, November 19 Event Hours: 3:00pm-8:00pm Booth Set-Up Hours: 12:30pm-3:00pm We will have three locations for booth spaces. Location #1: Mini Golf Course, 19 spaces available. Location #2: Group Booking area, 11 spaces available. Location #3: Restaurant & Bar, 6 table spaces Application Process STEP 1: Complete the vendor form below, agreeing to our show policies and procedures. STEP 2: Ashley will be in touch, letting you know if you have been accepted into the show and if space is available. STEP 3: Restaurant & Group Booking Areas: If you are booking in the restaurant area you do not have to make an appointment to view your space in advance. Mini Golf Course: If you are booking a space on our greens for the first time you will need to make an appointment with Ashley to walk and view your space. Each hole is unique in terms of its shape, hazards, elevations etc... If you are booking on the Mini Golf Course and have attended this event in the past you do not have to walk your space before confirming a hole. If spaces become booked we can add you to our waiting list. STEP 4: Once you have confirmed a space with Ashley you can arrange for booth payment. Contact 1550 Road 3 East Kingsville, Ontario www.colasanti.com Show Coordinator: Ashley Colasanti ashley@colasanti.com Show Policies & Information SPACE IS LIMITED: Admittance to Colasanti’s Christmas Open House Arts & Crafts Night Market will be determined at the discretion of Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens Marketing Department. Colasanti’s reserves the right to refuse booths. Absolutely no knives, articles with profanity, body piercing services or drug paraphernalia will be allowed on Colasanti’s property. If there are any questions about the suitability of a particular item, please discuss this with Ashley Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens reserves the right to limit the number of booths selling a particular item. We do our best to jury the placement of similar booths. APPLICATION & FEE DEADLINES Applications and payments must be received and paid for by November 1, 2025. Any booth space that is not paid for by November 1 is therefore forfeited. Colasanti’s will retain the right to offer this unpaid space to a new vendor. Once accepted as a show vendor/exhibitor there are no refunds, reductions or credits * All fees are Non-refundable* SET-UP/ TEAR DOWN Vendors may set up between 12:30pm-3pm on the day of your event. All booths must be open for business at 3pm and must remain open until 8pm. Booths must be manned during the show hours of 3pm-8pm. PARKING All Vendors must park in the back row of our parking lot. Front and mid-row parking is reserved for our guests. VENDOR FEES/SPACES Booth spaces are $17.70+tax = $20 taxes included This money will be used to promote the event and to cover labour costs from our marketing, maintenance and janitorial team members. Three double booth spaces will be available in our Group Bookings Vendor Area, located next to the Restaurant. They are listed at $35 taxes included. SITE/SPACE REQUIREMENTS If you are on the mini golf course, all putting holes must be covered -or- you must leave the metal flag holder in its permanent position. Please feel free to fill your space with tables, racks and chairs. You can add additional lighting to your space, please discuss this with Ashley at the time of booking. No additional booth space can be added to your site on the day of the show. Selling outside of your allocated space is prohibited. Vendors are responsible for a neat, attractive, clean display area during the show. Vendors must provide their own display, table drape, props, surge protectors, extension cords, money for making change, bags, etc. Please be prepared to secure electrical cords with tape OR cord covers. Electrical cords should be put neatly in inconspicuous places. Only vinyl tape (NO DUCT TAPE) may be used to tape down cords. Tape will not be provided by Colasantis Tropical Gardens for the securing of electrical cords. Vendors shall not in any way damage or permit damage to the premise, if such damage shall occur; the user shall be fully liable to repair the damaged property. The use of screws, tacks, nails, etc. on the floor or walls is prohibited. Colasanti's Tropical Gardens is not responsible for loss, damage or personal injury of any kind. Vendor assumes all responsibility and liability for any loss, damage, theft or personal injury occurrence inside or in front of their booth. All Booth Spaces are located in a greenhouse environment. In the event of a storm, drips may occur. We will be adding holiday lights to some of our trees on the mini golf course. We have some overhead lighting available. Vendors are responsible for cleanup, including their trash removal after the show by 8:30pm on the day of their event. No pets or animals are allowed at the show facility. FOOD PRODUCTS Vendors selling food items must confirm with Ashley that their products have been made in a certified kitchen. Colasanti's will only be allowing food items made in a certified kitchen. Please speak to Ashley about completing additional paperwork for the Health Unit. PACKAGING OF PRODUCTS All purchases from vendors must be bagged and sealed by the vendor for the prevention of theft. ADVERTISING Colasanti's event will be advertised in several different forms: Facebook, Instagram, Email Newsletter, Till Flyers, Road Signs, Mix 96.7 Blackburn radio, Country 92.7 & 95.9 Blackburn radio etc... Colasanti's advertising team will be taking photos during the event. Such photos will be used in a variety of advertising forms. Some forms of use may include Colasanti's website, social media pages etc... Vendors may use Colasanti's photos on their own advertising outlets: social media pages, flyers and website. Colasanti's photos cannot be distributed to other companies/businesses/organizations/events for use. If you have questions please contact Ashle y WAIVER As a business owner, I fully understand and agree to the following terms. Various risks, dangers and hazards are associated with participating in Colasanti's Christmas Open House & Night Market as a vendor. Participating businesses (its heirs, executors, administrators, or any others who may claim on its behalf) freely accept and fully assumes all such risks, dangers and hazards and the possibility of personal injury, bodily injury, death, and property loss resulting from participation. In consideration of being granted permission to participate in Colasanti's Christmas Open House & Night Market, businesses (its heirs, executors, administrators, or any others who may claim on its behalf), agree not to sue, claim or otherwise initiate legal proceedings whatsoever against Colasanti's Tropical Gardens/Colasanti Farms Ltd., it's employees and authorized actors of Colasanti's Tropical Gardens/Colasanti Farms Ltd. Businesses hereby waive, release and discharge Colasanti's Tropical Gardens/Colasanti Farms Ltd., its employees and authorized actors from any and all claims of liability for personal injury, illness, loss of life or property damage of any kind or nature, arising out of or sustained in the course of the businesses participation. In consideration of being granted permission to participate in the 2024 Christmas Open House & Night Market businesses agree to hold harmless and indemnify Colasanti's Tropical Gardens/Colasanti Farms Ltd. its employees and authorized actors of Colasanti's Tropical Gardens/Colasanti Farms Ltd., from any and all liability, loss, claims, demands, costs and expenses, including reasonable legal fees, due to any personal injury, illness, loss of life, property damage or any other kind of damage whatsoever arising from the businesses participation as a vendor. NON COMPLIANCE WITH ANY OF THE ABOVE WILL RESULT IN NON-ACCEPTANCE AND/OR BEING REMOVED FROM THE EVENT. Application Form Please take a moment to fill out the form. Our team will need time to review all submissions before responding. First & Last Name What is your relationship to this business? * I am the owner of this business I am an employee of this business Business Name Website Instagram Link Facebook Link A list of products you will be bringing... Phone Number: Email address: This event requires that all products be handmade or customized. Please confirm the following: All products are handmade by myself or my team Products are not all handmade by myself or my team Yes, I have read, agree and understand the Show's Policies, Procedures and Waiver. I understand the booth space fee is $20 or $35, depending on the location and size of booth. I understand all booth space fees need to be paid by November 1, 2025 First Choice Preferred Area: Choose an option Second Choice Preferred Area: Choose an option Submit Thanks for your submission!

Take a stroll through time and compare and make and models of cars through the decades. 39 local vendors will be one site, as well as food vendors with fresh, delicious treats. Sunday, May 17, 2026 300+ Cars & Live Music ‘Best of Show’ Trophies & Awards 30+ Local Vendors & 10+ Food Trucks Raffles & 50/50 Take a stroll through time and compare makes and models of cars through the decades. 30 local vendors will be one site, including food trucks and booths with fresh, delicious treats. 11am-3pm: Exhibition open 3pm-4pm: Awards 11am-4pm: Crafters’ Market & Food Vendors The first 200 Cars to register will receive a Gift Bag! For more Car Show information call Norm: 519-995-6951 or Denis: 519-564-7925 yesterdayandtodayshinytoyz@hotmail.com Spectator Admission Kids 10 & under are free Car Registration Check-in & placement: 8am-10:30am Pay at time of arrival, cash only This event will benefit: Food Alley & Vendor Market Stroll through aisles of vendors with delicious treats, handmade goods, local favs, and more. Service animals are welcome Pets are not permitted. Thank you for your understanding. This event is proudly sponsored by:

< Back String of Dolphins Plant Care Tips & Tricks This succulent is known for its delicate dolphin-like leaves adorned across its viney stems. Perfect for a hanging basket or the edge of a shelf, the cascading stems will surely catch the eye. Lighting: Bright, indirect light is best. Keep out of direct sun which may burn the foliage. Irrigation: Allow the soil to mostly dry between thorough irrigations. Humidity: This plant does not require added humidity. It prefers a dry environment. Fertilizer: Regular applications of a slow-release fertilizer during the spring & summer. Follow package instructions. Previous Next