Flowers – Page 36 – Sequim Daily Photo

Resisting hyperbole

If I were inclined to exaggeration I’d suggest that it’s so pretty around here our trash cans even overflow with flowers.

In addition to being a go-to location for u-pick berries, Graysmarsh Farms has a hillside of lavender and sells lavender products. Visitors can walk through the fields to pick their lavender. It’s looking very good this week.

Although I’ve featured several larger farms this week, Sequim also has many smaller operations that welcome visitors during our July Lavender Faire and Festival. The Lavender Connection sells a variety of u-pick lavenders and products.

If you plan to come, visit the Sequim Tourism website for maps and event schedules.

Did someone say “lavender?”

Olympic Lavender Farm was sold to new owners last year and if I’m not mistaken it also has a new sign. The owners have two other lavender growing sites in the Dungeness area in addition to this five acre plot.

The Olympic Lavender farm is 19 years old and plans are afoot to plant thousands of additional lavender plants here this fall. Like many of our other farms, Olympic Lavender has a farm store and a variety of lavender products created with their organic blossoms.

Lavender time

Sequim’s annual Lavender Weekend begins this Friday and I looked around one of my favorite farms, Jardin du Soleil, last week. This was one of the first operations I visited before I moved to Sequim and I was taken by the beauty of the fields and the gorgeous setting. New owners took over the 10-acre farm a few years ago and the lavender looks great this year.

The fields here are beautifully laid out and the landscaping compliments it nicely. During the Lavender Weekend crafts and foods are sold at many of the lavender farms and farmers offer lavender-related demonstrations. Jardin du Soleil will demonstrate lavender distilling.