Featuring tons of local citrus, popular event opens Friday in Roseville
They'll be in a new location this year, but the smiling sellers of Placer County mandarins will be plentiful at the Mountain Mandarin Festival. Courtesy Mountain Mandarin Festival
Mandarin season is here – and so is the 31st annual Mountain Mandarin Festival, this time at a new location.
Instead of being at the Gold Country Fairgrounds, this popular event has moved to Roseville and the renovated “@the Grounds.”
“We’re thrilled to announce a major update for this year’s festivities,” say the organizers. “The 31st Annual Mountain Mandarin Festival, a beloved tradition celebrating the harvest of delicious, foothills-grown mandarins, will now take place at the stunning @the Grounds in Roseville! Join us for a weekend filled with citrusy delights, artisan crafts, live music, and endless fun." The festival runs Friday through Sunday, Nov. 22-24.
Visitors can enjoy the three-day citrus celebration including tons of just-picked local fruit. The family- and foodie-friendly event usually attracts about 30,000 people over its long weekend.
“Placer County growers will be out in force, offering thousands of pounds of fresh hand-picked mandarins for you to enjoy,” add the organizers. “And with our new location, your Mandarin Festival experience is about to get even better! … Whether you’re a mandarin enthusiast, a foodie, or just looking for a fun weekend activity, the Mandarin Festival has something for everyone.”
Tons of fresh Placer-grown mandarins are ready for the event as well as countless mandarin-related products. Scores of farmers and other vendors will be on hand, offering their locally grown fruit and other products. Snack on mandarin-flavored treats. Shop mandarin-inspired gift ideas and decorations. For extra zest, listen to live music and performances at the main stage.
In addition, Placer County master gardeners will staff a booth all three days. Get your 2025 garden guide and calendar! The theme: “Healthy Garden, Healthy You.” Price is just $12.
Want to grow your own citrus? The master gardeners will offer advice on growing mandarins and all their citrus cousins as well as other fruit trees. Get advice on planting bare-root roses and winter vegetables, too.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 5 pm. Saturday; and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday.
General admission on Saturday and Sunday is $12; children age 11 and younger are admitted free. Seniors: $8. Friday discount admission: $6. Parking: $10. No pets.
Where is @the Grounds? Also home to the Placer County Fair, the 55-acre site is located at 700 Event Center Drive, Roseville, just off Washington Boulevard.
For tickets and details: www.mandarinfestival.com.
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Make the most of these rain-free breaks. Your garden needs you!
* Transplant pansies, violas, calendulas, English daisies, snapdragons and fairy primroses.
* In the vegetable garden, plant fava beans, head lettuce, mustard, onion sets, radicchio and radishes.
* Plant bare-root asparagus and root divisions of rhubarb.
* Plant bare-root roses and fruit trees.
* In the bulb department, plant callas, anemones, ranunculus and gladiolus for bloom from late spring into summer.
* Browse through seed catalogs and start making plans for spring and summer.
* Prune, prune, prune. Now is the time to cut back most deciduous trees and shrubs. The exceptions are spring-flowering shrubs such as lilacs.
* Now is the time to prune fruit trees, except cherry and apricot trees. Clean up leaves and debris around the trees to prevent the spread of disease.
* Prune roses, even if they’re still trying to bloom. Strip off any remaining leaves, so the bush will be able to put out new growth in early spring.
* Prune Christmas camellias (Camellia sasanqua), the early-flowering varieties, after their bloom. They don’t need much, but selective pruning can promote bushiness, upright growth and more bloom next winter. Give them an acid-type fertilizer. But don’t fertilize your Japonica camellias until after they finish blooming next month. Doing that while camellias are in bloom may cause them to drop unopened buds.
* Clean up leaves and debris around your newly pruned roses and shrubs. Put down fresh mulch or bark to keep roots cozy.
* Divide daylilies, Shasta daisies and other perennials.
* Cut back and divide chrysanthemums.
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