Lavender Weekend News Today

Parking Lot Pipers keep Great Highland music marching on

Heidi Slack said there is a beauty and connection that comes from knowing the history of the bagpipes and the tunes.

After more than 50 years in the music business — producing, engineering, collaborating, writing songs, teaching songwriting and performing on stages ranging from intimate house parties to Carnegie Hall — Tret Fure will play a concert at Rain Shadow Lavender Farm on Sunday, July 30, kicking off a tour for her 18th album.

Newcomers and seasoned harvesters made the most of clear skies and pleasant weather for the 2023 Sequim Lavender Weekend.

Olympic Bluffs Cidery and Lavender Farm opens for first season

Ginger Wierzbanowski said lavender drew her and her husband Scott to visit the area 10 years ago, and after spending some time here, the locals’ friendliness made them feel like they belonged.

As lavender blooms through the summer, farmers have been working year-round to make the experience and products worth visiting each year in Sequim.

After hosting a show in Sequim during the 2022 Sequim Lavender Weekend, more than two dozen artists with the Artworks2 group are bringing their creativity to Port Townsend this weekend.

WHILE I HAVE adopted the Olympic Peninsula as my new “hometown,” I actually grew up in Oregon. Both of my parents are native Oregonians, Mom from Portland and Dad from a small logging town near the Coast Range called Sheridan.

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