Mimosa Festival in Mandelieu-La-Napoule

History

Mimosa was introduced from Australia in the middle of the 19th century. In January/ February, the nature wakes up to offer a landscape with captivating scent. As a joke to winter, the hills and gardens light up with gold and spread an unforgettable perfume when the mimosa is blooming. That flowering period symbolizing the sun in winter is celebrated every year in February by a festival rich in tradition and local folklore.

On 13 February 1929 with temperatures of -9°C the trees froze. It took two years to get production back on the road. To celebrate, Mandelieu organised the first Mimosa Festival on 16 February 1931. Because of its history, mimosa has become the symbol of the commune of Mandelieu-La Napoule and it remains one of the rare towns to cultivate and market cut mimosa. The inhabitants, during the mimosa festival, decorate the floats with Mimosa the night before the festival.

Train Trussel (Bridge n Mandelieu)

Mimosa Tree

Distributing Mimosa

Mimosa King and Queen