Pennsylvania Lavender Festival to be held June 19-21

One-of-a-kind event offers myriad sensory delights with three acres of lavender

(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 2/16/2009

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CONTACT:

Tom Wajda

Willow Pond Farm

(717) 642-6387

The 2009 Pennsylvania Lavender Festival will be held June 19-21, 2009, at Willow Pond Farm in Fairfield, Pa., 10 minutes west of historic Gettysburg and only 90 minutes from Washington, D.C., and Baltimore.

This year�s keynote speaker will be David Hirsch, co-owner of the Moosewood Restaurant and the author of The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden which offers information on growing, harvesting, and cooking vegetables, herbs, and edible flowers. David�s demonstrations will include Summer Cooking With Fresh Herbs and Cooking with Herbs of the Mediterranean. Moosewood, located in Ithaca, N.Y., was one of the original organic vegetarian restaurants in the United States.

The only such event in the eastern U.S., the festival offers myriad sensory delights with three acres of lavender in bloom. Participants are encouraged to enjoy Willow Pond Farm�s lavender fields and herb demonstration gardens, attend lectures and workshops by internationally acclaimed experts, and shop at the �Lavender Tent� and at the dozen juried outside vendors.

Tom and Madeline Wajda, owners of Willow Pond Farm, will lecture on growing, harvesting, and cooking with lavender. Arlene Bobonich, MD, will discuss the aromatherpeutic effects of lavender.

Susannah Reppert, Cathy Olson, Sylvia Braderman, Michael Chapman, Linda Guise, Don Brubaker, and chef Joe Renfroe will offer lectures, demonstrations, and workshops on lavender crafting, herbal teas, bonsai, garden photography, organic gardening, and herbal cuisine.

Cut your own lavender from the farm�s three-acre field; start your own lavender bed with some (or all) of the farm�s nearly 100 certified organic varieties including �Rebecca Kay,� �Madeline Marie,� and �Two Amys,� all developed at Willow Pond.

Admission is $5; children 12 and under attend for free. Please, no dogs. Free parking at Fairfield school and free shuttle to the farm. Herbal picnic fare prepared by Chef Joe Refroe of the York Culinary Institute will be available for purchase or you can bring your own lunch.

For additional information, call Tom Wajda at (717) 642-6387 or email [email protected].