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Santa Barbara County Wine Country / About Wine, Food, and and Wine Country Living
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Posted April 2006
Santa Maria Valley Strawberry Fest
April 28 through 30, Santa Maria Valley
Did you know…
Most of Santa Maria's strawberry fields are replanted
every year to produce a better quality fruit and higher
yields?
There are approximately 200 seeds in the average strawberry? |
SANTA MARIA VALLEY—Throughout spring and summer in Santa Maria
(just about 90 minutes north of Santa Barbara) everything smells
a whole lot like strawberries. Home to some of the largest production
strawberry farms in the region (and the third-largest producer
in the state), the air fills with the sweet fragrance of blossoming
berries which come into perfect ripeness just about now. The
peak season runs from April through June, though berries will
continue being grown through fall.
To
celebrate the area's favorite crop, locals put on a party in
the berry's honor the last weekend in April (this year, April
28 through 30, 2006), with music, food, carnival rides, varietal
tasting, cooking demonstrations, educational displays Friday
through Sunday.
If you go: Santa Maria Fairpark, 937 S. Thornburg, Santa Maria,
CA
Fee: $3.00 - $5.00; children 5 and under free Time: 10 am to 9pm. Phone
Number: 805.925.8824. |
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