I made preview trips to two of Sequim’s biggest lavender operations yesterday. Jardin du Soleil, shown here, has lovely fields on rolling hillsides and beautiful vistas of the surrounding area. At the end of this week the open areas between the fields shown here will have crafts and food vendors as part of our annual Lavender Festival.
The gardens have a beautiful, manicured air. And on a warm afternoon that air is softly scented with lavender.
Jardin du Soleil has a gift shop which sells its lavender essences and lavender scented products.
Sequim Lavender Festival, also known as the Lavender Weekend, runs from Friday, July 21 through Sunday, July 23. Most of our local growers will be open for visitors and will sell u-pick lavender, lavender plants (there are dozens of varieties), and products.
Those patches of purple is what I call eye candy.
I’ve probably mentioned in years past how much I enjoy the lavender fields on Salt Spring Island, so I know you’re going to have a great festival weekend.
It must be wonderful living in an area with so much lavender. Looks great. Smells great.
A lovely, welcoming colour!
A wonderful time for a festival. Lavender is so pretty and smells so nice.
I imagine that this is an event people wait for eagerly. You caught the beauty of the colour.