Attending the Lavender Festival at Beach Lane Farm in Nova Scotia, Canada is a chance to soothe the soul and senses, surrounded by beautiful and fragrant fields of lavender.
There's plenty to see and do and a little something for every taste--young and old alike. Visitors can watch demonstrations, sample delicious lavender dishes, and take home a variety of lavender products.
Lavender Festival Activities
The Victorian Lavender Festival is held each year in River John, Nova Scotia. The festival takes place in mid-July when lavender plants are at their peak. The fair is an open-air event in the countryside. Visitors are offered ample room for parking and a short stroll down a winding lane opens onto a vista of brightly colored rows of lavender and the festival area.
- When you attend Beach Lane Farm's Lavender Festival, start the day off with a field tour--your chance to see, smell, and learn all about organically grown lavender.
- Next, stroll through a rolling lavender field and leisurely pick a fresh lavender bouquet, while listening to the strains of live classical music.
- Wander through the tent and listen in as hosts David and Anita Carlson discuss lavender and its properties. Find out how lavender plants are grown and harvested and how the buds, flowers, leaves and stems can be dried and stored.
Attending the Victorian Lavender Festival is sure to increase your appreciation for versatile lavender. Organic lavender offers a complimentary approach to green living. It has antiseptic, anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties and is used to make a number of useful products for home and body.
- Festival visitors learn about lavender essential oil and how it is extracted from lavender plants and used in lavender aromatherapy to ease stress and tension and to relieve headaches and insomnia.
- See how you can use lavender to make attractive, scented craft items such as wreaths or decorative brooms.
Beach Lane Farm's Victorian Lavender Festival includes a lavender luncheon. Visitors can sample a number of dishes containing culinary lavender, with offerings such as lavender butter, lavender shortbread or lavender infused whipped cream. Lavender tea is also available when you attend the festival.
Lavender Festival Offerings
- Live music
- Art exhibit
- Lavender field tours
- Lavender luncheon
- Lavender household, bath/body and aromatherapy products
- Culinary lavender buds--for cooking with lavender
- Pre-picked lavender bouquets
- Cold tolerant lavender plants (northern hardy English lavender)
Attending Nova Scotia's Victorian Lavender Festival is a great way to experience the charm of northern Nova Scotia: it people, its places, and its beautiful and fragrant earth-friendly organic lavender.
Getting There: Sunrise Trail, Highway 6, 147 Carlson Lane
Recipe Ideas: Lavender Pancakes
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