Celebrate Spring with Heirloom Tomatoes at Tomatozania Plant Sale Beginning March 14-15
Cal Poly Pomona’s eagerly awaited TomatozaniaTM featuring more than 120 tomato plant varieties for sale begins the weekend of March 14-15, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Cal Poly Pomona Farm Store, 4102 S. University Drive, Pomona.
Get the perfect tomato plants for your homemade tomato sauce or a savory salad. The Farm Store Nursery will have plants that produce tomatoes in a veritable rainbow of colors and flavors.
Varieties will range from Giant Belgium, Micro-Tom, Sun Gold Cherry, Amish Paste, Indigo Rose, and Green Zebra, to Brad’s Atomic Grape, Orange Oxheart, Cherokee Purple, Yellow Pear, Celebrity Plus, Pineapple and many more. Options include those perfect for large garden beds to those that flourish in containers and micro tomato plants.
More information on the tomatoes available at the sale will be posted on the Cal Poly Pomona Nursery website. Tomato plants will remain on sale while supplies last.
The nursery will have all your favorite plants ready for your spring garden, including spring herbs, zucchini, squash, cucumbers, beans, lettuce, strawberries and more.
For more fun, the university’s Kellogg Ranch will have its Petting Farm — including our new alpacas — Farm Stand, Hay Wagon Ride, and Cow Train adjacent to the Farm Store.
There will also be agricultural-related demonstrations from vendors WeCompost 2, Batista Family Farms, and The Way of the Hand Leather and more! Food trucks and craft vendors will provide tasty goodies and wares for sale.
Admission to Tomatozania, agricultural demos and craft vendors is free. Unlimited Hay Wagon rides, Petting Farm access, and Cow Train rides available with the purchase of a wristband online for $15 here https://kelloggranch.ticketspice.com/2026-tomatozania.
The popular annual sale began in 1997, and its reputation spread. In 2025, approximately 2,400 gardeners purchased more than 4,500 plants on opening weekend alone. Proceeds from Tomatozania benefit the plant sciences program and the students.