Lavender Festival in Sequim, Washington
Yesterday Jennifer and I went to the annual Lavender Festival in Sequim, Washington. This year we went to 5 of the 8 farms participating in the event. Out of all the farms, I had the most fun at the Olympic Lavender Farm and the Purple Haze Lavender Farm.
The Purple Haze Lavender Farm is probably my favorite. This place is just HUGE! They serve alcohol, have tons of vendors, and have live music that echoes through the fields.
You can’t leave the Purple Haze Lavender Farm without trying some of their lavender ice creams. My favorite flavor is the “lavender lemon custard”. Just the right amount of lavender. Tasty!
The Olympic Lavender Farm may be smaller but they had some really neat vendors. Jennifer and I learned all about guard llamas and how to distill oil from the lavender flowers.
While at the farm, I met a guy named Sam who builds some awesome potting sheds. Jennifer and I have been looking at sheds for awhile, but haven’t found any as nice as his. Check out his website called Sam’s Workshop to see some of his work.
Also at the Olympic Lavender Farm, there was a booth that was selling lavender honey. Their honey came from the beehives that we walked by on the way in. This honey was actual lavender honey. Some manufacturers will take regular honey and then add lavender oil to it and call it lavender honey. Not these guys! Their bees visit the lavender plants right there on the farm.
Another thing I found interesting was these spinning wheels that are used for making yarn. I saw them at a couple different farms. They are wooden, handmade and human powered by means of two foot pedals. The contraption folds up and even has a little handle on top making it easy to carry.
