SEQUIM — Two fairs, two tours show off one sweet product blooming throughout the Sequim-Dungeness Valley.
The Sequim Lavender Weekend — with tours of lavender farms and vendors selling lavender products — began Friday and continues today in Sequim.
The Sequim Lavender Growers Association’s free “U-Tour” of seven lavender-growing operations is open from 10 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.
The growers association’s Street Fair, on Fir Street between Sequim and Third avenues, is also free and open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Sequim Lavender Farmers Association’s Lavender in the Park, a gathering of vendors and entertainment at Carrie Blake Park, 202 N. Blake Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., with free admission.
The farmers association also hosts the Heritage Farm Tour of seven farms from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. today, with shuttle buses traveling to farms every 30 minutes.
Admission is $15, $10 for active-duty military and spouses, or free for children 12 and younger, with tickets available at any of the seven participating farms, all of which have activities, food and drink vendors, artisans’ displays and live music.
They are:
■ Purple Haze, 180 Bell Bottom Lane.
■ Port Williams Lavender, 1442 Port Williams Road.
■ Jardin du Soleil, 3932 Sequim-Dungeness Way.
■ Olympic Lavender, 1432 Marine Drive.
■ Washington Lavender, 939 Finn Hall Road.
■ Lost Mountain Lavender, 1541 Taylor Cutoff Road.
■ Sunshine Herb & Lavender, east of town at 274154 U.S. Highway 101.
Lavender lovers also can drive or bicycle to one or more of the stops on the growers association’s free “U-Tour”:
■ Blackberry Forest, a lavender and berry farm at 136 Forrest Road.
■ Graysmarsh, another expanse of lavender and fruit, at 6187 Woodcock Road.
■ Nelson’s Duckpond and Lavender Farm at 73 Humble Hill Road.
■ Martha Lane Lavender at 371 Martha Lane.
■ Oliver’s Lavender Farm at 82 Cameron Acres Lane.
■ The Lavender Connection at 1141 Cays Road.
■ Peninsula Nurseries in its new location at 1060 Sequim-Dungeness Way.
Information about these and many other activities throughout this Lavender Weekend is at www.VisitSunnySequim.com.
