18 Destination Rainier a supplement to the Nisqually Valley News
LAVENDER: Farmer wants to share Continued from page 17 ies. Victor Gonzalez, a wellknown lavender expert from Sequim, will return this year to talk about gardening with lavender in the landscape, propagation and planting. Jesse Mooney from Cedarbrook Lavender Farm in Sequim will be giving oil distillation demonstrations again. Hulscher said there will also be musical entertainment at the festival, including fingerstyle guitarist Murray Flint. The bluegrass band, Convergence Zone, is another who will take the stage.
A representative from Dancing Bee Apiary in Eatonville plans to sell honey and “give some talked to educate people about the bees,� Hulscher said. There will also be a cruisein of antique cars on both days at the Mountain Meadow Lavender property. Plus, the lavender field will be open for participants to enjoy and pick their own lavender. Something new this year, is that there will be a culinary lavender garden surrounding a gazebo. The 2011 festival will be bigger than last year’s, Hulscher added.
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There will be more vendors, different food options, and more kids crafts. She said she got so much positive feedback from the first festival that she can’t wait to welcome everyone back to the farm. She noted that a lot of people don’t live in the country, so they just enjoy sitting under the maple trees on the farm and listening to the music, just to enjoy the atmoshere. That’s what Hulscher is
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