A Gardeners Forum Forums General Discussion The Banter Hall Lavender festival

I just got home from going to the lavender festival. It was so cool! I had a crab melt for lunch when I got there then washed it down with some lavender lemonade. I got a bottle of lavender lotion, a bottle of lavender bubble bath, a little bottle of lavender essential oil that was just made this morning, a bookmark with a pretty picture of lavender plants and a dried, pressed lavender head at the bottom of the picture, a lavender car freshener, a lavender sachet, rasberry lavender jam, a bag of lavender chocolate mint cookie mix, and a t-shirt. Before we left I had a butter lavender crepe for dessert. I am so going back again next year. It was lavender heaven!

Cherly, sounds lovely--thanks for sharing.

Holy smokes! That is alot of lavender!!! Wish they had something like that around here!

They had so many lavender things. I never knew you could put lavender in that many things. The even had BBQ sauces, marinades, and pancake mix that all had lavender in them. Each of the lavender farms that are in that area make their own avender goods from the lavender in their own fields so it's kind of neat to support local lavender growers that way. Here's a link to a slide show. Hope it works.
www.kyte.tv/chermoni

Wow, how cool. I have a lavender plant...I love the smell.

was it really called the Lavendar Festival? That's so cool. I'd certainly go.

Yep, it was really called the lavender festival. The festival is sponsored by 8 lavender farms that are all in a town called Sequim (pronounced squim). They say that Sequim is the lavender capitol of north america. Next year we're going to tour the farms and I'll have lots more pictures of all the lavender fields.

I would love to do something like that. I love lavender. I have 3 plants.

I am allergic to lavender or perfumy smells......However the color suits me.

Must of been really cool.

You know dodge, I'm allergic to a lot of smells but lavender isn't one of them and I'm glad.

ammonia in a bottle gets me dizzy......i cant use it .

I love it too,, Have you ever smelled pure lavender oil,, it's soooo very different than what one would buy ,,,, say in a a commercial air freshener , and I love pure lavender soap,, it really leaves your skin soft and fresh not perfume(y),

Speaking of smell......I have on lily out there it has a cinnamon type smell.....Wow powerful..Been blooming for a week.. No name and someone gave it to me..

Oh the lilys are great...

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I love it too,, Have you ever smelled pure lavender oil,, it's soooo very different than what one would buy ,,,, say in a a commercial air freshener , and I love pure lavender soap,, it really leaves your skin soft and fresh not perfume(y), [/quote]

How can I be sure I'm getting pure at the store?

They used to say, YOU CAN BE SURE IF IT IS WESTINGHOUSE.

Cheryl ~ I would have been thrilled to bits at that Lavender Festival! When I was young, I used to add lavender scent to my rinse cycle for my sheets and also learned many yummy things to eat and drink with lavender. WOW! An entire festival would be heavenly!!!


Bali ~ are you part kitty-cat? Kitties hate the smell of ammonia!

Sheri ~ anything you buy should be labelled as to content... Lavender extract or by percentage, etc. Whatever it has the most of will be listed first so if water is at the top of the list and lavender near the bottom, you can know you are buying mostly water if they don't break it down into percentages.


Merme

~ are you part kitty-cat? Kitties hate the smell of ammonia!

uhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I am soft an cuddly......

I have a very strong sense of smell.......I once smelled out a fire, no one else did>>>>>....
Maybe I am a dog???????????????
I have doggone fun here.