Lavender and Garlic Festival (extended hours to 1:00 P.M.)
The market features fresh cut lavender bouquets, lavender plants, companion plants, special lavender products, various types of garlic, and special products featuring garlic. Arts/Crafts vendors will have unique items showcasing lavender and garlic.
Ask the Expert Tent:
- 7:45 – 8:15 am: Growing Garlic – Phil Herlan
- 8:30 – 9:00 am: Growing Lavender & Companion Plants – Jennifer Hobson
- 9:15 – 10:00 am: Cooking with Lavender and Garlic - Mia Maes
- 10:15 – 10:45 am: Cooking with Lavender: Sweets - Matthew Hartman
- 11:00 – 11:30: Using Lavender/Lavender Demo - Monica Canaris
- 11:45 -12:15: Natural Beauty Products - Betty Kloppenburg
- 12:30 – 1:00 pm: Cooking with Lavender & Garlic - Mia Maes
Grower Vendor Specials Include:
- Mia Maes: Lavender Rub & Spice Mix
- Old Windmill Dairy: lavender lemon chevre, garlic/herb chevre
- Green Growler Smoothies: Blueberry/Lemon/Lavender Smoothies
- Cravin Cookies: lavender shortbread cookies, lavender pound cake
- Nancy's Jams & Jellies: 4 types of lavender/fruit jams
- Bees Knees Chocolates: various chocolates infused with lavender
- Universal Herbs: lavender salve, lavender oil
- Little Ranch Creamery: Garlic flat bread
- Jericho Nursery: Lavender and companion plants
- Lewandowski: purple potatoes
- Herlan: Los Ranchos Garlic
- Hand-to-mouth: Various garlic varieties
- Brawley: fresh garlic, lavender bouquets, and lavender products
- Montoya's Garden: lavender sachets
- Geri's Catering: lemon lavender cakes, lavender lemonade
- Arrowsmith's: various types of garlic
- Los Poblanos Farm Shop: lavender products
Arts & Crafts Vendor Specials Include: (some Arts/Crafts vendors will be demonstrating their techniques at their booths)
- Josie Mohr: lavender soap
- Rita Ryan: lavender and garlic themed pottery
- Betty Kloppenburg: Lavender Natural Beauty Products
- Marie Watkins: lavender tees
- Brooke Harper Design: lavender dresses
- Pamela Armbrecht: lavender quilts
- Kevin Binkley: lavender soy candles
Music
Friends Forever (7:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.); Rob Roman (1o:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.)
Market Tables
There are a lot of choices of fresh, local produce and products including:
Apricots, blackberries, cherries, peaches, strawberries, basil, peas, spring onions, green garlic, lots of assorted greens (spinach, chard, kale, lettuce mixes, stir-fry mixes), micro greens, beets, fennel, carrots, turnips, rhubarb, sun chokes, edible flowers, fresh herbs, eggs, pecans, smoothies, jams/jellies, cheeses, grass-fed beef, Alaskan wild salmon, various breads and pastries, chocolates, pecans, honey, biscotti, tartlets, home-made granola, home-made seasonal plants, plant starts, herb plants, house plants, dried herbs, culinary herbal mixes, burritos, pastries, hot coffee, and more!
Worms/Worm Bins
Root Cellar Farms will be at the market on Saturday. Worms can be pre-ordered by Thursday the 9th, no later than 1:00 p.m. by contacting us at rootcellarfarm@gmail.com or at 286-6681.
Arts and Crafters
Arts and crafters feature creative and unique gifts including: Musical wind chimes, large selection of handcrafted jewelry, cold processed soaps, lotions and soy candles. Batiked and tie-dyed T-Shirts, women and little girl clothing, handbags, knitted scarves, ceramic ornaments, quilts, and table runners. Decorative and functional pottery, tiles, felt art for home and heart, stained glass, & mosaic tables. Beautiful wood home accessories, toys, and frames, fabric books, block printed and silkscreened textiles, hand painted silk scarves, greeting cards, origami, detailed paper-cuts; all handmade by NM artists.
