The expression puzzled me, at first. A neighbor, observing the mini-forest in our backyard, remarked, “That’s a nice volunteer.” A what? “A volunteer tree.” That, I learned, it refers to a tree […]
The sturdy festival volunteers
2025 festival honors ‘diversity’
By Miles Gaskin Orange County Tribune This year’s Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is 65 years old – mature enough to have a memorable history, and youthful enough to offer a weekend of […]
Applications for donations from ‘Berry Festival now available
The Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Association, producers of the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, held annually every Memorial Day Weekend, is opening its application period to non-profit organizations that serve Garden Grove residents. […]
Festival as time travel device
The Ferris wheel and carousels at Garden Grove’s annual Strawberry Festival are not just carnival devices to me. They’re more like colorful time machines. Every Memorial Day weekend the area in and […]
64th Strawberry Festival salutes ‘hometown’
By Jim Tortolano/Orange County Tribune The annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival is now old enough for Medicare and like a lot of “mature” people today, is showing no signs of slowing down. […]
Ed Arnold: Strawberry Festival parade theme grand marshal
Ed Arnold, a veteran broadcaster and local icon, will be the theme grand marshal for the 2024 Garden Grove Strawberry Festival Parade on Saturday, May 25. The theme is “Celebrating Our Hometown.” […]
2024 Strawberry Festival goes fishing with the Wahoo Brothers
Fans of the popular Wahoo’s Fish Taco eateries will get a chance to see the founders of the restaurant chain up close at the 2024 Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. Wing Lam and […]
‘Hometown’ is festival’s theme
Orange County’s biggest community event, the Garden Grove Strawberry Festival returns again this Memorial Day weekend with a theme that will make locals feel right at home. Mark Mahoney, who has been […]
Well, there is some good news
Newsfolks are sometimes – not always without some justification – criticized for focusing so much on the negative in reporting. But that’s because a) news is what’s a bit unusual, not the […]
‘Twas a berry good festival
The 63rd Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival continued the tradition of bringing big crowds to the Village Green park to have fun, celebrate the community’s rural past and raise money for many […]
