Indio, California - Shields Date Garden in the Date Capital of the World
- Address:
- 80225 US Highway 111, Indio, CA [Show Map]
- Directions:
- I-10 exit onto Indio Blvd, then south onto Jefferson St. for two miles. Turn left at Hwy 111; the Date Garden will be on the right.
- Phone:
- 760-347-0996
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Indio, California - National Date Festival - Blessing of the Dates A scene out of the Arabian nights, the National Date Festival and Riverside County Fair is held each year in date-crazed Indio. There are camel and ostrich races, an Arabian Nights Pageant outdoor musical, the Blessing of the Dates Ceremony, and more Middle Eastern appreciation than you'll find in the whole rest of the USA. Also in the area are Jensen's and Shields' Date Gardens, where the history of the date is told and dates sold. [Roadsideamerica.com Team, 01/11/2004]
Indio, California - The Romance and Sex Life of the Date Shields Date Gardens - The Romance and Sex Life of the Date (movie). Did you ever wonder why female date buds are RED? This movie explains why. OK I'll tell you.. it's the same reason women paint their fingernails red.... those hussy date trees want SEX. [Kay Schaney, 09/21/1997]
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