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| Harvested baskets of Royal Velvet fine Lavender and Lavandin Grosso picked fresh from our gardens. |
Our Lavender Harvest Celebration this July attracted over 100 people! We are sure that we would have had a record turnout if it weren't for the heavy rains and strong winds that prevailed for most of Saturday afternoon. This year's growing season has been full of challenges. The cold wet Spring resulted in our Lavender blooming at least 10 days later than in previous years. Also, we encountered a record number of rain showers while harvesting our lavender. This resulted in the harvest taking two weeks longer than scheduled to complete. At the end of June we had the pleasure of visiting beautiful Provence, France! The main focus of our trip was to meet with Lavender farmers and chemists but also we were looking forward to seeing fields of glorious lavender in bloom. Imagine how surpised we were to see that the lavender crop was not in bloom. Their lavender crop was also behind schedule by a couple of weeks because of a cold wet Spring! Stoney Hollow's 2009 Lavender Harvest Celebration will take place on Saturday and Sunday July 17th and 18th. Details will be provided on this page in early 2009. Be sure to mark next year's calender with the dates and check our website often for news items. Stoney Hollow Lavender's Fall Shows 2008 Split Rail Festival, Flesherton, ON. (Arena, Hwy. 10) Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 20th and 21st, 10-4. Meaford Apple Harvest Craft Show (Arena and Curling Rink) Meaford, ON Saturday Oct 4th 10-7 and Sunday, Oct 5th 10-5. Tara Craft Show, Tara, ON Friday October 17 1-9 and Satuday Oct 18 10-5. Georgetown Craft Show, Georgetown District High School, Hwy #7 Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 25 and 26th 10-4. Iroquois Ridge High School Craft Show Oakville, ON Saturday Nov. 1, 10-4 Mistletoe Mart at Port Nelson Church Burlington, ON Saturday Nov. 8th 9-3. |
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