A sneak peek at an annual lavender festival held on the third weekend of each July on the North Olympic Peninsula, Washington State, U.S.A.
Jardin Du Soleil - Sequim Lavender Festival photo
The city of Sequim (pronounced S’kwim) boasts the title of the Lavender Capital of North America, with a growers association encompassing an organization of farmers who specialize in the fragrant herb.
Farm tours are a highlight during the festival’s 3 days, when visitors wallow in the perfumed gardens, amid an atmospheric haze of blooming lavender varieties scenting the air. Culinary Program: On Sunday, cooking demonstrations by local chefs will take place at each of the six Farms on Tour. Expect enlightening instruction on the culinary uses of lavender.
Purple Haze Fields - Sequim Lavender Festival photo
In downtown Sequim, a Street Fair features some 100 vendor booths, with entertainment, food court, wine and beer garden. Friday, Saturday & Sunday: Sequim Lavender Festival: July 16, 17 & 18 – 2010.
- Jardin Du Soleil bundles
Visit the web site or phone 877-681-3035 for information.
Photos: Sequim Lavender Festival - Sequim Lavender Growers Association: www.lavendergrowers.org
Oh, I can just smell the fragrance of the lavender. I did not know that they grew them in the northwest.
Wow..
a sea of lavenders..Truly is the scent must have flooded the garden and gave that lazy relaxing moment.
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One of my favorite annual pilgramages (okay, it’s pilgramage is an overstatement, it’s about an hour away) is to head on over to the peninsula and cut a bunch of u-pick lavender from one of the farms over there in Sequim. Mmmm. I can smell it now. :)