Fifth Annual Ojai Lavender Festival | June 28th |
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In southern California, the fourth annual Ojai Lavender Festival will take place in June in downtown Ojai. Please join in for a full day of fragrant fun as we learn, love and live all things lavender. |
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Ninth Annual Sonoma Lavender Festival | June 14th & 15th |
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Sonoma Valley, California | website |
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the extraordinary lavender plant and its many uses on Saturday and Sunday, June 14 & 15, 2007, 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Join us in Kenwood, in the heart of the Sonoma Valley, for a spectacular Lavender Festival! See a five acre lavender farm in full bloom. Experience the many types of lavender and the exquisite ways to enjoy this heavenly plant. |
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North Coast Lavender Guild’s 3rd Annual Lavender Festival | June |
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Pennsylvania Lavender Festival at Willow Pond Farm | June 13th-15th |
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The only such event in the eastern U.S., the Festival offers myriad sensory delights with three acres of lavender in bloom. Participants are encouraged to enjoy Willow Pond Farm’s lavender fields and herb demonstration gardens, attend lectures and workshops by internationally acclaimed experts, and shop at the “Lavender Tent” and at the dozen juried outside vendors. |
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Lavender Daze 2008 at Carolee's Lavender Farm | June 21st & 22nd |
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This farm grows over 60 varieties of lavender. Many of these are available for sale. There will be displays of lavender plants, demonstrations, cultural tips, make it and take it crafts for you to try, and a special Lavender Tea served in the Barn featuring Lavender Tea from Harrod's in England, and lavender goodies. Sample lavender foods, hand creams, and more. The Barn Gift Shop will be filled with lavender products. |
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Sixth Annual Lavender Fair- at La Paix Herb Farm | June 28th |
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Alum Bridge, West Virginia | website |
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In West Virginia, La Paix Herb Farm invites you to attend their 5th annual lavender fair. "Creative Living" is the theme -
The Fair will have the usual wonderful gourmet food, crafts, workshops and walks and talks on using herbs for crafts, culinary
and medicinal purposes, organic gardening, wild edibles, wild mushrooms, massage etc. It takes place in the beautiful and
peaceful country setting known as La Paix Herb Farm, which was recently named a National Historic Landmark.
(May/Kraus Homestead) In addition the Fair will feature exhibits, demonstrations and workshops on how to live
less expensively and easily by using sustainable health, energy, building, peaceful and economic techniques.
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| Pilchuck Lavender Farm | June thru September |
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This beautiful farm will be open on Fridays and Saturdays from June 9th through September 2nd from 10 a.m. til 5 p.m. or by appointment. The farm has over 1600 plan and 19 varieties of lavender. Their gift shop is stocked with lavender products made right here on the farm. |
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2006 Champion Acres Open House | TBD |
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Dates for 2006 have not been set. The nursery and our gardens will be open to the public for a weekend of Lavender, fun and learning. Activities will include demonstrations of Lavender distillation, crafts and pruning, Lavender Wand Making and a wonderful your opportunity ask all your Lavender questions. Directions, hours and more details are available on their website. |
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Langford Lavender Festival | July |
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Featuring a parade, a fishing contest and arts and crafts made by local artisans, this is one of the most unique festivals around. |
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Sequim Lavender Growers 12th Annual Summer Celebration | July 18th, 19th & 20th |
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On the North Olympic Peninsula of Washington State, the Sequim Lavender Growers Association welcomes you to the 10th annual summer celebration of the lavender season. Offering farm tours, a Street Fair, and keynote speakers, this one of the largest and most popular Lavender Festivals in the world. Growers share their techniques for cultivating, drying and using lavender, and visitors experience the perfume and beauty of this captivating herb. |
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Fifth Annual Lavender Harvest Celebration | July 19th and 20th |
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Vashon Island, Washington | website |
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Also in Washington State, near Seattle, you are invited to the Fifth Annual Lavender Harvest Celebration hosted on Vashon Island. The Vashon Lavender Farm Tour is hosted by the Vashon Lavender Grower's Association, which is comprised of six farms run by six different women on Vashon Island, Washington. The festival features Fox Farm, Lavender Sisters Farm, Big Dog Lavender Farm, Crescent Falls Organic Farm, Crowsfeet Lavender Farm, Lavender Duck Inn, and Testadura Lavender Farm. Website will be updated this spring with more details. |
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Seventh Annual Pelindaba Lavender Harvest Festival | July 19th & 20th
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Demonstrations will range from the cultivation, flower harvesting and essential oil distillation of lavender to its unique role in the culinary arts. Craft workshops will be held on wand and wreath making, plus crafts and special activities for children. There will also be docent tours of Pelindaba’s organic fields, the Commercial Kitchen & Bakery from which Pelindaba’s many delicacies emerge, and the Production Center where over 300 products are handcrafted from Pelindaba’s own organic flowers and oil.
Enjoy local island musicians while picnicking in the Fields with lunch prepared by Pelindaba chefs and gathering your own lavender bouquets in the Cutting Field. The Gatehouse store and Nursery will be stocked with handcrafted lavender products and plants.
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Stoney Hollow Lavender| July 12th & 13th |
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Enjoy a self-tour of Stoney Hollow's Organic Lavender
Gardens surrounded by Thyme walkways.
Pick your Own Organic "True" Lavender or Lavandin Provence & Grosso.
Fresh ready-picked bunches are also available
Learn "How to Dry and Use Your Lavender".
Delicious Lavender Lime Iced Green Tea & Lavender Cookies and Scones.
Free Recipes with every purchase.
Lavender Bottle and Lavender Wreath instruction sheets.
Organic Dried buds and Culinary Lavender (with recipes)
Unique handmade Lavender cleansing bars, Lavender Oil and Sachets
NEW PRODUCTS! Lavender Fire Logs and Provencal Lavender Printed Pillows.
Lavender plants (including Croxton's Creek, the best Lavender for pots and indoors!)
and select perennials for sale (limited quantities).
Please register by sending us your name, city, phone number and # of people
Via email: stoneyhollow1@sympatico.ca or 905-681-8656, Directions will be sent.
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St. Lavender’s Day | August |
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Mayne Island, British Columbia | website |
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Lavender lovers on Mayne Island believe that a plant as glorious and useful as Lavender must have a patron. Perhaps it is St. Lavender. St. Lavender Day is celebrated with a festival on Mayne Island on the Sunday nearest to St. Lavender Day. The festival is a celebration of Lavender and all its uses |
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