Views of Sequim, the Olympic Peninsula. . .and beyond
Continuing with yesterday’s lavender theme, here’s the downtown retail outlet for Purple Haze Lavender Farm. It’s a one stop shop for all things lavender. The Purple Haze Lavender Farm is a beautiful spot a few miles east of downtown where 50 varieties of lavender are grown and is well worth a summertime visit.
Move in. Breathe deeply. Repeat.
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.
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.
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.
Like many other lavender growers Jardin du Soleil sells their lavender products, which are organic.
Mount Baker shows the tip of its peak in the distance in this shot.
Meeting the City Daily Photo theme challenge this month was a no-brainer. In Sequim for many people “celebrating summer” is all about lavender. Sequim is one of the largest lavender-growing regions in North America. In mid-July our city and local growers host the Sequim Lavender Weekend, revolving around all things lavender. So if you want to celebrate summer with us, think purple!
To see how other bloggers have risen to the “celebrating summer” challenge, click here.
Take one laundry day…at one lavender farm.
What do you get?
Lots of purple clothes.