July 17-19, 2009
Street Fair - on Fir Street between Sequim Avenue and Third Avenue, Downtown Sequim
Fields of lavender. Sunshine. Picture-perfect farm houses. White-capped mountains in the distance. No, you're not in southern France -- you're in Sequim, on Washington's Olympic Peninsula. Sequim celebrates the beauty and usefulness of this sweet-smelling herb annually during its peak bloom season in July.
The Sequim Lavender Festival, held since 1996, has grown to include three days of lavender farm tours and a street fair. The tours allow you to get an up-close view (and smell!) of the blooming fields and to learn how the growers cultivate and use their lavender. Farms on the tour provide a variety of amenities and entertainment, including gift shops, food and crafts booths, live music, and U-pick lavendar blooms. You will find lavender products of every kind at the street fair, from oils and lotions to lavender lemonade to sachets and wands. Demonstration sessions cover tips and techniques on everything from growing your own lavender to brewing lavender tea. Admission to the farm tours is around $15; shuttle buses provide transportation between the farms and the street fair.
Sequim-Dungeness Valley Lavender Farms
In addition to details about each farm, these web sites provide lavender growing information, lavender recipes, and online retail shops where you can order lavender plants, books, bath and home products, arts and crafts, and more.
Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm
1345 So. Sequim Avenue
Sequim, WA 98383
Jardin du Soleil Lavender
3932 Sequim-Dungeness Way
Sequim, WA 98382
Lost Mountain Lavender
1541 Taylor Cuttoff Rd.
Sequim, WA 98382
Olympic Lavender Farm
1432 Marine Drive
Sequim, WA 98382
Purple Haze Lavender
180 Bell Bottom Lane
Sequim, WA 98382
The Cutting Garden
303 Dahlia Llama Lane
Sequim, WA 98382
