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Lavender Festival planned for 2nd year children to make some lavender items,” Hulscher said. Hulscher plans to hold a “meet the farmer” presentation where she will talk about culinary lavender and offer ideas for cooking with lavender. She will also answer any questions about lavender and the farm. To go along with the culinary aspect, there will be an assortment of foods and refreshments, many made with lavender. Hulscher plans to have lavender lemonade, lavender iced tea, lavender ice cream, and some lavender pastries such as scones and cookSee LAVENDER, page 18
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Lois Romer, left, and Nancy Schmauder, of University Place, were among the 1,500 visitors to Mountain Meadow Lavender’s first-ever lavender festival.
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Just in time to kick-off the lavender season, Mountain Meadow Lavender will host its second-ever Lavender Festival. Owner Barbara Hulscher is eagerly anticipating this summer’s event at her home and business, located in Roy on the corner of 8th Avenue South and 304th Street. The festival is a two-day festival July 9-10 and is filled with activities for adults and children alike. “We would like to share our love of lavender with a community event that is family friendly,” Hulscher said. An estimated 1,500 people attended the first event in 2010. Hulscher hopes that number continues to grow. Hulscher’s lavender farm started in 2001 after she took a trip to Sequim on the Olympic Peninsula and purchased 60 plants for a “test garden,” she said. Before she knew it, the house was loaded with lavender picked from the garden. She planted the main field in October 2006, had a small shop built in 2007, “and it just took off from there.” Now the 10-acre farm consists of nearly 1,000 plants of several varieties. Those varieties, along with some others from Sequim, will be for sale at the festival. Hulscher’s gift shop will also be open with lavender products such as goat-milkbased soaps, body mist, sachets, laundry bags, lipgloss and body creams. “There will be crafts for
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