If you’re looking for lavender, Sequim remains the place to go — after nearly 30 years of embracing the purple, pink and white plant.
Sequim’s first lavender event, the Sequim Lavender Festival, now in its 28th year, started as a one-day event on Aug. 2, 1997. Since then, lavender as an attraction has grown exponentially to now feature the all-encompassing Sequim Lavender Weekend set this year for July 19-21, with more offerings available through the summer and year.
For first time and seasoned lavender-goers, there’s plenty of spots for U-pick lavender and selfies in the fields. There’s also ample amounts of lavender products available, ranging from lotions and hand sanitizers to candles and sachets to honeys to ice creams.
Nearly 20 farms open this summer to offer these products, vendors, music, tours and more.
This year, one of Sequim’s original lavender farms Purple Haze Lavender Farm, 180 Bell Bottom Lane, hosted its music event a weekend early as it will be closed for a private event during Lavender Weekend. However, it will be open noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays in July, and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesdays-Sundays, through October.
Most farms are free to visit during Lavender Weekend, with Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm, 3832 Sequim-Dungeness Way, hosting its own festival for a $10 admission for all three days, and children 12 younger free. It is free to visit through the rest of the year.
See a list of Sequim area lavender farms below.
Lavender Festival
The Sequim Lavender Festival brings its 28th year to Carrie Blake Community Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., for the Lavender Festival in the Park.
There will be 145 vendors along the Albert Haller Playfields with more than 120 artisans, farms, and food vendors from Washington. Vendors open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, and 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday.
The free festival is put on by the nonprofit group the Sequim Lavender Growers Association (SLGA) who also bring back Lavenderstock with live music all three days and a street dance with Black Diamond Junction at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 20 on the James Center for Performing Arts’ stage.
Sequim Gazette file photo by Emily Matthiessen/ Music returns to the James Center for Performing Arts’ stage for the Sequim Lavender Festival’s Lavenderstock free music offering. The opening ceremony beings at 11 a.m. Friday, July 19 in Carrie Blake Community Park.
Lavenderstock stage schedule:
Friday, July 19
• 11 a.m. opening ceremony
• 11:30 a.m. At Large with Amanda Bacon and Todd Ortloff
• 12:45 p.m. Go Jaynes
• 2:15 p.m. Sweater Weather String Band
• 3:30 p.m. Jack Dwyer and Jack Tierney
• 5 p.m. Bread and Gravy
Saturday, July 20
• 10:30 a.m. Ghostlight Productions’ preview of “Jesus Christ Superstar”
• 11:45 a.m. Jean Lenke and The Therapy West Band
• 1:15 p.m. Free Rangers
• 2:30 p.m. Kozmopolis
• 4 p.m. Farm Strong
• 5:30 p.m. Reckless Dove
• 7 p.m. Street Dance with Black Diamond Junction
Sunday, July 21
• 11:30 a.m. The W Lovers
• 12:45 p.m. Backwood Hucksters
• 2 p.m. WhatEverly Brothers
• 3:30 p.m. Sound Advice
Parking for Lavender Festival in the Park is available at Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 N. Blake Ave., and Olympic View Church, 503 N. Brown Road, starting at 9 a.m. Friday and Saturday, and after 11 a.m. Sunday. Free parking is also available along city streets.
Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell/ Victor Gonzalez of Victor’s Lavender Farm gives a demonstration last year at his farm. His farm hosts two free barn dances at 7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 19-20 along with free admission throughout the day.
Other events
• Victor’s Lavender Farm, 3743 Old Olympic Highway, offers free barn dances with The Backwood Hucksters on Friday, July 19, and Sound Advice on Saturday, July 20, both starting at 7 p.m.
• Olympic Theatre Arts hosts the last weekend of “Lavender Dreams,” a lavender melodrama at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday, with tickets available at olympictheatrearts.org.
• Ghostlight Productions offers “Jesus Christ Superstar” at Sequim High School Auditorium, 533 N. Sequim Ave., starting at 7 p.m. Thursday, July 17-Saturday, July 20, July 25-27; 2 p.m. Sunday, July 21. Tickets are available at glp.ludus.com/index.php and ghostlightwa.org.
• The Sequim Farmers & Artisans Market is open at the Sequim Civic Center, 152 W. Cedar St., from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, and 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Sunday,
• The Sunbonnet Sue Quilt Show displays club members’ quilts and offers demonstrations, vendors, a raffle quilt, and more from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 19-20 in Trinity United Methodist Church, 100 S. Blake Ave., with a $5 suggested donation.
For more about Sequim lavender farms, visit sequimlavenderweekend.com.
Graysmarsh Farm, seen here in July 2023, continues to offer U-pick lavender during the Sequim Lavender Festival July 19-21 and through September.
Sequim’s lavender farms
Editor’s note: Some farms have special hours for Lavender Weekend. Visit their website for more information.-MD
• B&B Family Farm, 5883 Old Olympic Highway; open 9 a.m.-5 p.m.daily through Sept. 30. Free admission. Contact: 360-504-2585, bbfamilyfarm.com.
• Cedarbrook Herb & Lavender Farm, 31 Brueckner Road; open noon-5 p.m. Saturday-Sunday through July 28. Free admission. Gift shop, 120 W. Washington St.; open 9:30 a.m.-6 p.m. July 19-21; open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday, noon-3:30 p.m. Sunday, year-round. Contact: (360) 683-7733, cedarbrooklavender.com/
• Fat Cat Garden & Gifts, 21 Fat Cat Lane; open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. through Oct. 31, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Free admission. Contact: fatcatmeow21@gmail.com.
• Fleurish Lavender of Lost Mountain, 1541 Taylor Cutoff Road; open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday through Sept. 2. Free admission. Contact: 360-681-2782, fleurishlavender.com.
• Gnomelicious Lavender Farm, 258914 U.S. Highway 101; July 19-20: gift shop and full farm open 1-8 p.m.; Self-serve U-Cut: 8 a.m.-8 p.m. daily through Aug. 10; gift shop and full farm open 4-8 p.m. Fridays-Saturdays, through Aug. 10.
Port Townsend Gift Shop, 122 Harrison St., open noon-5 p.m. Thursday-Sunday (closed for festival July 19-21).
Free admission. Contact: emailus@gnomelicious.com, gnomelicious.com.
• Graysmarsh Farm, 6187 Woodcock Road; Open 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Saturday; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday through September. Free admission. Contact: 360-683-5563, graysmarsh.com.
• In Bloom Lavender Farms, 1526 Marine Drive; open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, through Aug. 31. Free admission. Contact: 360-461-6464; inbloomlavenderfarms.com.
• Jardin du Soleil Lavender, 3832 Sequim-Dungeness Way; Open 9 a.m.-6 p.m. month of July daily; open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. through Sept. 31; 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Friday-Sunday, October-December. $10 admission for all three days July 19-21 with children 12 and under free; free admission the rest of the year. Contact: 360-582-1185, jardindusoleil.com.
• Kitty B’s Lavender Farm, 82 Cameron Acres Lane; open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday-Monday, through Sept. 2. Free admission. Contact: kittyblavenderfarm@gmail.com; kittyblavenderfarm.com.
• Lavender Connection, 1141 Cays Road; open 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Friday-Monday through Labor Day. Free admission. Contact: 360-681-6055, lavenderconnection.com.
• Meli’s Lavender, 62 W. Diane Drive; open 10 a.m.-4 p.m. daily through Aug. 15, Wednesday-Sunday. Free admission. Contact: 360-461-9958, melislavender.myshopify.com.
• Nelson’s Duckpond & Lavender Farm, 73 Humble Hill Road; open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily, except 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday. Free admission. Contact: 360-681-7727, nelsonsduckpond.com.
• Old Barn Lavender Company, 9785 Old Olympic Hwy.; open 10 a.m.-4 p.m Friday-Sunday, through Aug. 18. Free admission. Contact: oldbarnlavendercompany@gmail.com, Oldbarnlavendercompany.com.
• Olympic Bluffs Cidery and Lavender Farm, 1025 Finn Hall Road, Port Angeles; open 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday-Sunday, through September; or by appointment; Free admission. Contact: ginger@olympicbluffscidery.com, olympicbluffscidery.com.
• Purple Haze Lavender Farm, 180 Bell Bottom Lane; closed July 19-21 for private event; open noon-5 p.m. Tuesdays in July; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, through October. Free admission rest of the year. $3 charge to park through mid-August. Contact: 360-809-9615, purplehazelavender.com.
• Rain Shadow Lavender Farm, 1410 Kitchen-Dick Road; open 10 a.m.-6 p.m. Wednesday-Monday through Aug. 15. Free admission. Contact: 360-809-9613, rainshadowlavenderfarm.com.
• Rancho La Morada Lavender & Flower Farm, 1430 Marine Drive; open in summer. Free admission. Contact: 360-461-7679, facebook.com/Lavandamorada.
• Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm, 274154 U.S. Highway 101; open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. daily through the summer; Free admission. Contact: 360-683-6453, sunshinelavender.com.
• Victor’s Lavender Farm, 3743 Old Olympic Highway; open 9 a.m.-7 p.m. Friday-Saturday, July 19-20; 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, July 21, and daily, through Aug. 21; barn dances 7 p.m. July 19-20. Free admission; Contact: 360-681-7930, victorslavender.com.
More information at sequimlavenderweekend.com.
Sequim Gazette file photos by Matthew Nash Janna Isaeva of Everett makes a lavender bundle at Fat Cat Lavender last year during the Sequim Lavender Festival. The farm returns to be one of nearly 20 farms open this year during Sequim Lavender Weekend, July 19-21.
Sequim Gazette photo by Michael Dashiell Nelson’s Duckpond & Lavender Farm is open 10 a.m.-5 p.m. during Sequim Lavender Weekend as part of the Sequim Lavender Festival.
