International Garlic Festivals

Forget aftershave – garlic gets the girl, study finds, claimed The Daily Telegraph. Scientists found that sweat of men who had eaten the bulb smelt more attractive to women because it suggests the person is healthy, the researchers from the University of Stirling in Scotland and Chares University in the Czech Republic wrote in the journal Appetite. Here’s where Allium sativum lovers get together to discuss such and other items of interest in the wonderful world of garlic . . .

CANADA Ontario Canadian Garlic Festival, Sudbury – 4th Sunday August Carp Farmers’ Market Garlic Festival – early August Eastern Ontario Garlic Festival, Cornwall – late August Garlic Is Great Festival, Newmarket – mid-August Garlic Fest, Haliburton County Garlic Growers Association - August Niagara Garlic Festival, St. Catherines – late August Perth Garlic Festival – mid-August Stratford Garlic Festival – mid-September Toronto Garlic Festival – mid-September Verona Lions Garlic Festival – early September Alberta Andrew Garlic Festival – early October Quebec The Ste-Anne-de Bellevue Garlic Festival – late August British Columbia Grindrod Garlic Festival – mid-August Hills Garlic Festival, New Denver – Sunday following Labour Day Pender Harbour Garlic Festival – mid-August Salt Spring Island Garlic Festival – early August South Cariboo Garlic Festival, Lac la Hache – late August Manitoba Pembina Valley Honey Garlic & Maple Syrup Festival, Manitou – early September Nova Scotia Stinking Rose Garlic Festival, Baker Settlement – late October FRANCE La Foire a l’ail Fume d’Arleux, Arleux [Garlic Festival] – early September ITALY L’aglio di Voghiera, Ferrara [Garlic Festival] – early August TURKEY Takpru International Culture and Garlic Festival, Takpru - ? UNITED KINGDOM World Garlic Eating Competition, The George Inn, Chideock, Dorset – mid-September UNITED STATES Bloomington Garlic Fest & Community Art Fair, Indiana – Labor Day Weekend Chehalis Garlic Fest & Craft Show, Washington – late August Cleveland Garlic Festival, Ohio – mid-September Cuba Garlic Festival, Cuba, New York – mid-September Delray Beach Garlic Festival, Delray, Florida – early February Easton Garlic Fest, Easton, Pennsylvania – early October Elephant Garlic Festival, North Plains, Oregon - early August Garlic Faire, Kettle Falls, Washington – mid-August Garlic Festival at Old Mystic Village, Mystic, Connecticut – mid-September Gilroy Garlic Festival, California – last full weekend in July Glorious Garlic Festival, Penn Yan, New York – early August Hudson Valley Garlic Festival, Saugertis, New York – late September Long Island Garlic Festival, Riverhead, New York – mid-September Minnesota Garlic Festival, Hutchinson – mid-August Mohawk Valley Garlic and Herb Festival, Little Falls, New York – mid-September Mount Desert Island Garlic Festival, Bar Harbor, Maine – mid-September North Quabbin Garlic and Arts Fest, Orange, Massachusetts – late September Northwest Garlic Festival, Ocean Park, Washington – mid-June Okanogan River Garlic Festival, Washington – late August Oregon Garlic Festival, North Plains – early August Pocono Garlic Festival, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania – early September Southern Vermont Garlic & Herb Festival, Bennington – early September St Louis Garlic Festival - late August Susquehanna Valley Garlic Festival, Milford, New York – mid-September Virginia Wine & Garlic Festival, Amherst, Virginia – early October Webster Garlic Festival, New York – mid-September

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Wes Porter is a horticultural consultant and writer based in Toronto. Wes has over 40 years of experience in both temperate and tropical horticulture from three continents.