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Willow Pond Farm Announces Dates For The 2009
Pennsylvania Lavender Festival
The 2009 Pennsylvania Lavender Festival will be held June 19-21, 2009 at Willow Pond Farm in Fairfield, PA, ten minutes west of historic Gettysburg and only 90 minutes from Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD.
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.
This year’s keynote speaker will be David Hirsch, co-owner of the Moosewood Restaurant and the author of The Moosewood Restaurant Kitchen Garden. His book 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, NY, was one of the original organic vegetarian restaurants in the U.S.
Tom and Madeline Wajda, owners of Willow Pond Farm and the founders of the Festival, will speak on growing, harvesting, and cooking with lavender.
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.
Dr. Arlene Bobonich will lecture on the aromatheraputic effect of lavender.
Susannah Reppert, Cathy Olson, Sylvia Braderman, Michael Chapman, Linda Guise, Don Brubaker, and chef Joe Renfroe will offer lectures and demonstrations on lavender crafting, herbal teas, bonsai, garden photography, organic gardening, and herbal cuisine.
Cut your own lavender from the farm’s three-acre field and start your own lavender bed by purchasing some of the 100 certified organic varieties propagated at Willow Pond Farm including three — ‘Madeline Marie’, ‘Rebecca Kay’, and ‘Two Amys’ — developed at the Farm.
Admission is $5.00; children 12 and under attend for free. Please no dogs. Free parking and free shuttle service.
Herbal picnic fare (prepared by Chef Joe Renfroe of the York Culinary Institute) will be available for purchase or you can bring your own lunch.
Advance Sale Ticket Packages are No Longer Available
You can buy tickets at the festival gates. Hope to see you there!
Statement About Accessibility
Willow Pond Farm is a working herb farm. There are no paved paths. The terrain is fairly level but still somewhat uneven. We do offer bundles of freshly picked lavender for sale during the festival for visitors who are not comfortable with walking to the lavender field.
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