Pennsylvania Lavender Festival to be held June 18-20
Ninth Annual event is only such festival in the Mid-Atlantic
(Gettysburg, Pennsylvania) - 6/9/2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ...
CONTACT:
Tom Wajda
Willow Pond Farm
(717) 642-6387
[email protected]
The ninth annual Pennsylvania Lavender Festival will be held June 18-20, 2010, at Willow Pond Farm in Fairfield, Pa., located only 90 minutes from Washington, DC, and Baltimore.
The only such festival in the Mid-Atlantic region, the Pennsylvania Lavender Festival is a
sensory delight and offers a wide range of experiences for participants, including tours of lavender fields and demonstration gardens, lectures and workshops by nationally known experts, herbal cuisine, and cut-your-own lavender from the farm’s three-acre field. Garden related vendors will be selling their wares.
This year’s featured speaker is Dr. James Duke, author of The Green Pharmacy and many other publications. Duke, known as “America’s Chief Herbalist,” is acknowledged as a global authority on herbal medicine. For nearly 20 years, he served as chief of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Medicinal Plant Laboratory, which collaborated with the National Cancer Institute to screen medicinal plants for cancer treatment.
The festival is a “must do” event for lavender lovers, gardeners, cooks, and crafters. Willow Pond Farm propagates nearly 100 certified organic varieties of lavender, including three varieties — “Madeline Marie,” “Rebecca Kay,” and “Two Amys” — developed at the farm.
Admission is $5; children 12 and under attend for free. Shuttle service and parking are free. Festival hours are Friday, June 18, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, June 19, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; and Sunday, June 20, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tours and festival activities occur outdoors.
Willow Pond Farm is located at 145 Tract Rd., Fairfield, Pa., 10 minutes west of Gettysburg, and 45 minutes north of Frederick, Md. For more information and a complete schedule, visit www.palavenderfestival.com
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