June 17, 2025

Elephant Garlic Festival

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Joyce Meek Reynolds (left) and Stinkee (center), the Elephant Garlic Festival mascot, help pass out candy and garlic cloves from the parade tractor in North Plains, Ore., on Aug. 12, 2023. Reynolds was part of a group looking to create a day for kids to play around town and helped create the first Elephant Garlic Festival 26 years ago.
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Garlics hangs in braids from the top of the Loughridge Farms tent. Garlic can be split into two categiories, hard and soft tops. The soft top garlic can be tied and knotted into braids and is the most common garlic seen in grocery stores.
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Tractors toss out candy for people watching the Elephant Garlic Festival Parade. Along with candy, parade cars also handed out information flyers, petitions, school supplies and garlic cloves.
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Jean and Ron Boesl show off the garlic bulb that was tossed to them from the Elephant Garlic Festival parade cars. This was Jean and Ron's first Elephant Garlic Festival, but they grow their own elephant garlic at home.
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Shawn Loughridge presents important botanical facts about garlic and the differences between its many variations. Loughridge has been growing garlic on her farm for the last 40 years. She says her favorite garlic is the versatile Italian garlic.
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Eli Frank tries some garlic ice cream at the Elephant Garlic Festival. "They serve it with a hot honey sauce and I put that on. Definitely a good way to go," Frank says.
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Owners of the Blue Elephant food tent at the Elephant Garlic Festival pose for a photo while working on the line. Blue Elephant served up garlic-parmesan fries, lemon garlic shrimp and fried calamari for festival-goers.
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