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.
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
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. :)