May 22, 2025 • 4 mins
Amy talks with Photographer/Graphic Artist Wendy Ellis about the upcoming 64th Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival happening Memorial Day Weekend May 23-26, 2025.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Let's say good morning now to Wendy Ellis with the
sixty fifth Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Morning Wendy, good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Okay, so I have to tell you I was I'm
so bummed because I was planning to do my out
and About segment for this week at the Strawberry Festival,
and so you and I were going to meet up
yesterday and we were going to show off all the
cool treats that you're going to have this weekend, and
then this stupid cold came along, so forget that, but
we still get to talk to you and you can
(00:30):
tell us what is going on this weekend and why
people need to include the Strawberry Festival in their Memorial
Day plans.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Oh well, thank you for having me on and of
course we totally missed miss nut seeing you yesterday. So
but let's get people to come on down. Joy Strawberries
have a fabulous Memorial Day weekend. It's the sixty fifth
annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, doing it for sixty five years,
raising money for nonprofits all over the region, and we
(01:00):
wanted people to have people come on down enjoy the rides,
the games, the contests, lots of live music at the
Garden Groves Amphitheater, and it's just a really fun time,
a real great family time, and a great way to
spend your Memorial Day weekends.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Okay, So it sounds like it's a full on festival.
You're not just going down to eat strawberries, which of
course is a key element of that. So there's a
full on carnival fat okay. And then there's music on
sound stages and stuff like that going on.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Throughout the day. Definitely lots of bands performing, okay.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
And then let's talk about the treats, because I mean,
it's the Strawberry Festival, and fresh strawberries just picked are
like the best thing in the whole wide world. So
what are some of the things that some of the
concoctions people are going to find.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Well, we've got a lot of new ones this year.
We really wanted to amp up the strawberries. You can't
get enough strawberry. So we have food spenders and they're
all nonprofits, and so we have some really great companies
come in and work with these nonprofits to help help
create and showcase a fabulous strawberry item. And some of
the new items we have this year is we have
(02:10):
a strawberry watermelon aquafresca that actually Wahoos came in and
it's their Aqua Fessa. It's fabulously amazing and you can
get that at the Garden Grove Lions Club food boots.
We also have Crema Cafe coming in with a strawberry
hand strawberry and cream handpie. It's like a glorified pop
tart and you can find that at the ranchaw Amidos
(02:31):
High School Band food boots. And we also have strawberry
frozen yogurt from yogurt Land and they're coming in with
their toppings. That's a bill at the Santiago High School
band booths. So all these food booths are located around
the carnival rides are really convenient fabulous struberry items. And
we also have a great partner at the Higatt Regency,
(02:52):
Orange County and they're featuring strubberry items in their Tusca
restaurants all month long, celebrating and supporting the Garden Grows
Strawberry Festival.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
So they'll be out at the Strawberry Festival and then
also at their restaurant they're featuring it.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yes and they have a strawberry brissetta and a strawberry
donut cheesecake. That's just out of the world.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Okay, I love this strawberry broushetta. When day I'm reading
what it is, grilled ficasha with whipped barata cheese, strawberry brushetta,
and then it's drizzled with aged balsamic. I bet that
that is a fabulous sweet and savory treat.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
It is amazing. I went and I tried it two
days ago. I needed more. I'm already thinking about how
much I need to go get that. I love it. Okay,
it's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
And those are just a few of the things that
you're going to get. And the weather this weekend, I
know it's been a little bit hot at the weather
this weekend is going to be absolutely fabulous. It's going
to be perfect to go hang out and listen to
some music and ride some rides and try some yummy
strawberry treats. And I love too that like you just
mentioned it, it's all for nonprofits, so it's raising money
(03:54):
for organizations in our community. What are the the what
are the hours and times.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
On the hours are We kick off on Friday at
one o'clock and it goes until eleven o'clock. But the
rest of the weekend Saturday, Sunday and Monday, it kicks
off at ten in the morning. But we do have
a special ceremony tomorrow night at six pm on Main Street.
It's the opening ceremony and all we have a huge
strawberry chocolate, a strawberry cheesecake, and strawberry cake and we'll
(04:24):
be cutting that short cake and two thousand free pieces
of cake for everybody who comes down.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Gotta love it, okay. And then for more information tickets
and all that stuff, where do they find that information?
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Go to Strawberry Festival dot org. Real easy.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I love that. Wendy Ellis good luck with the sixty
fifth Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. It's deliciousness all the
way around.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Thank you, I love you so much, love listening to
every morning.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Oh thanks you be all right, Thanks so much.
Let's say good morning now to Wendy Ellis with the
sixty fifth Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Morning Wendy, good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
Okay, so I have to tell you I was I'm
so bummed because I was planning to do my out
and About segment for this week at the Strawberry Festival,
and so you and I were going to meet up
yesterday and we were going to show off all the
cool treats that you're going to have this weekend, and
then this stupid cold came along, so forget that, but
we still get to talk to you and you can
(00:30):
tell us what is going on this weekend and why
people need to include the Strawberry Festival in their Memorial
Day plans.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
Oh well, thank you for having me on and of
course we totally missed miss nut seeing you yesterday. So
but let's get people to come on down. Joy Strawberries
have a fabulous Memorial Day weekend. It's the sixty fifth
annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival, doing it for sixty five years,
raising money for nonprofits all over the region, and we
(01:00):
wanted people to have people come on down enjoy the rides,
the games, the contests, lots of live music at the
Garden Groves Amphitheater, and it's just a really fun time,
a real great family time, and a great way to
spend your Memorial Day weekends.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Okay, So it sounds like it's a full on festival.
You're not just going down to eat strawberries, which of
course is a key element of that. So there's a
full on carnival fat okay. And then there's music on
sound stages and stuff like that going on.
Speaker 2 (01:32):
Throughout the day. Definitely lots of bands performing, okay.
Speaker 1 (01:35):
And then let's talk about the treats, because I mean,
it's the Strawberry Festival, and fresh strawberries just picked are
like the best thing in the whole wide world. So
what are some of the things that some of the
concoctions people are going to find.
Speaker 2 (01:49):
Well, we've got a lot of new ones this year.
We really wanted to amp up the strawberries. You can't
get enough strawberry. So we have food spenders and they're
all nonprofits, and so we have some really great companies
come in and work with these nonprofits to help help
create and showcase a fabulous strawberry item. And some of
the new items we have this year is we have
(02:10):
a strawberry watermelon aquafresca that actually Wahoos came in and
it's their Aqua Fessa. It's fabulously amazing and you can
get that at the Garden Grove Lions Club food boots.
We also have Crema Cafe coming in with a strawberry
hand strawberry and cream handpie. It's like a glorified pop
tart and you can find that at the ranchaw Amidos
(02:31):
High School Band food boots. And we also have strawberry
frozen yogurt from yogurt Land and they're coming in with
their toppings. That's a bill at the Santiago High School
band booths. So all these food booths are located around
the carnival rides are really convenient fabulous struberry items. And
we also have a great partner at the Higatt Regency,
(02:52):
Orange County and they're featuring strubberry items in their Tusca
restaurants all month long, celebrating and supporting the Garden Grows
Strawberry Festival.
Speaker 1 (03:01):
So they'll be out at the Strawberry Festival and then
also at their restaurant they're featuring it.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
Yes and they have a strawberry brissetta and a strawberry
donut cheesecake. That's just out of the world.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Okay, I love this strawberry broushetta. When day I'm reading
what it is, grilled ficasha with whipped barata cheese, strawberry brushetta,
and then it's drizzled with aged balsamic. I bet that
that is a fabulous sweet and savory treat.
Speaker 2 (03:26):
It is amazing. I went and I tried it two
days ago. I needed more. I'm already thinking about how
much I need to go get that. I love it. Okay,
it's fantastic.
Speaker 1 (03:34):
And those are just a few of the things that
you're going to get. And the weather this weekend, I
know it's been a little bit hot at the weather
this weekend is going to be absolutely fabulous. It's going
to be perfect to go hang out and listen to
some music and ride some rides and try some yummy
strawberry treats. And I love too that like you just
mentioned it, it's all for nonprofits, so it's raising money
(03:54):
for organizations in our community. What are the the what
are the hours and times.
Speaker 2 (04:00):
On the hours are We kick off on Friday at
one o'clock and it goes until eleven o'clock. But the
rest of the weekend Saturday, Sunday and Monday, it kicks
off at ten in the morning. But we do have
a special ceremony tomorrow night at six pm on Main Street.
It's the opening ceremony and all we have a huge
strawberry chocolate, a strawberry cheesecake, and strawberry cake and we'll
(04:24):
be cutting that short cake and two thousand free pieces
of cake for everybody who comes down.
Speaker 1 (04:29):
Gotta love it, okay. And then for more information tickets
and all that stuff, where do they find that information?
Speaker 2 (04:34):
Go to Strawberry Festival dot org. Real easy.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
I love that. Wendy Ellis good luck with the sixty
fifth Annual Garden Grove Strawberry Festival. It's deliciousness all the
way around.
Speaker 2 (04:44):
Thank you, I love you so much, love listening to
every morning.
Speaker 1 (04:47):
Oh thanks you be all right, Thanks so much.
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