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This year's Lavender Festival might be done, but our lavender season is far from over! We still have six more beautiful weeks of lavender! With U-Cut open seven days a week from 10am-5pm, along with our gift shop, there is still plenty going on all day at the farm. And if you still can't make it out to the farm, don't forget our online store! We've decided to extend our Free Shipping Offer on online orders of $50 or more through the end of the month of July, 2010.
We didn't have much free time during Lavender Festival, but we did manage to get in a few photos to share with you! We sure appreciated all of our visitors, and participants of our 14th Annual Lavender Festival. Your continued support really made this year's festival a success!
Do you have any Lavender Festival stories to share? Did you try new lavender culinary delights at Jardin du Soleil? Did you have a great time getting your photo taken in the fields? Share your stories with us on facebook! Can't wait to hear from you!
The lavender season is here. The 14th Annual Sequim Lavender Festival is only 16 days away! Can't make it to the Festival? We will make it easy to indulge yourself with lavender. Free Shipping for online orders of $50.00 or more through July 20, 2010. Relax in the bath with Lavender Bubble Bath (Paraben free). Relax in the shade with our Lavender Tea Blends. Our Provence Tea and our Garden Supreme Tea make delightful iced teas. Keep your lips in shape with Lavender Lip Balm or try Raspberry and Vanilla too! Moisturize against the drying summer sun with our always popular Lavender Lotion, rich in shea butter. We have new pricing on our bulk Lavender Buds if you need to make wedding sachets! $20 for 1 pound of certified organic lavender. Great as a wedding toss. Don't forget Free Shipping on all online orders of $50.00 or more through July 20, 2010.
It's June 21st today, and with that we welcome summer with great eagerness and excitement!
What will you be doing this summer? We are busy preparing for our U-Pick Lavender Season, as well as our 14th Annual lavender Festival! Our U-Pick Lavender Season starts July 1, and our festival weekend is July 16th, 17th, and 18th. Need directions to to farm? Click here. Looking for accommodations in Sequim? Click here. We are all looking forward to seeing you soon! Enjoy your summer!
Start the summer learning to cook with lavender!! The LAVENDER Cookbook by Sharon Shipley on sale now for $14.95 while supplies last!
Welcome back to the fields and gardens of Jardin du Soleil.
The sun is out, the weather is warming, and our fields of lavender are putting on shades of purple!
But what is that white foamy stuff on my plants??
Spittle bugs will appear in early spring on your lavender plants and are detected by the white foamy spittle, which is emitted as camouflage! Your plants may appear unsightly but the damage is minimal. Damage may result in twisting or deformation of the leaves and stems. Washing the spittle bugs off the lavender plants may only be a temporary solution, and could result in too much moisture in and around your lavender plant.
We don't worry about them in our fields, because as the weather warms the spittle bugs will disappear before the flowers bloom.
So relax about the white foamy stuff and look forward to the lavender season to come!
Happy Gardening!
Come join the fun with Sequim's 14th Annual Lavender Festival!
Lavender Fest started with only about 8 lavender farms in Sequim, planted between 1995-1998. At that time Sequim was in danger of loosing its historical farmland to further housing and commercial development. Since then, more than 30 lavender farms have been established, thus aiding to the farmland preservation in Sequim. Cultivation of lavender in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley has grown into a strong, environmentally friendly, community minded agricultural business. It's beauty provides a richness to our surroundings which attracts many many visitors each year. Come see what its all about!
Read more about Sequim's Lavender Festival here, and here.
Look for lodging in Sequim, 20 miles away in Port Angeles, or 25 miles away in Port Townsend.
Sequim makes for a great destination for those looking for a day trip, with even more to offer during Lavender Fest.
We look forward to seeing you very soon! Click here for directions...
May is almost over and with that comes the end of
Jardin du Soleil's online promotion of
FREE SHIPPING on all online orders of $50 or more...
So place your orders soon and have a great Memorial Day!
It is the final week to take advantage of Jardin du Soleil's promotional offer of FREE SHIPPING on online orders of $50 or more through May 31, 2010!
Now is the time to stock up on soap! Have you seen how many types of soap Jardin du Soleil has? All of them are made with Jardin du Soleil's Lavender essential oil, so they clean and nourish your skin.
Enjoy Jardin du Soleil's handmade artisan French-milled soaps made with shea butter, and a larger Lavender Verbena!Not sure what to get? Try the Soap Sampler containing all four fragrances!
Perhaps you prefer the softness of handcrafted soaps.
Jardin du Soleil offers five different fragrances to choose from; six if you include the Lavender Pomegranate Gift Set.
Jardin du Soleil also carries a liquid Hand and Body Wash line in Lavender, Lavender Vanilla, Lavender Verbena, and Lavender Pomegranate. These are great moisture rich soaps for the kitchen as well! All of these soaps have a matching lotion.
Jardin du Soleil has soap to help the fight against cancer. Hearts for Hope and the Lavender Pomegranate Gift Set offer a portion of their proceeds to select organizations.
That means you will feel as good as your skin will!
"Add the subtle scent of lavender to aromatic jasmine rice and you get a new side dish fit for company- and easy enough for quick weeknight meals. Take your choice of mushrooms. Cremini and Shiitake are especially good. I like to prepare the pilaf in a rice cooker. If you don't have one, use a covered 2-quart casserole dish and bake the rice at 350 F for 20 to 25 minutes."
Ingredients
1 tbls. dried Jardin du Soleil Certified Organic Culinary Lavender
2 tsp. mustard seeds
1/2 tsp. fennel seeds
2 tbls. extra-virgin olive oil
1/4 lb. mixed mushrooms, diced
1 cup uncooked jasmine rice
1/2 cup finely diced shallot
1/2 cup finely diced green onions
1/2 tsp. sea salt
1/4 tsp. freshly ground black pepper
2 cups reduced-sodium chicken broth
Combine the lavender, mustard seeds, and fennel seeds in the spice grinder. Pulse until finely ground.
Warm oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the mushrooms and saute` for 7 minutes, or until golden and the liquid released my the mushrooms evaporates. Add the rice, shallot, green onions, salt, pepper, and lavender mixture.
Transfer to the rice cooker and add the chicken broth. Cook for 30 minutes, or until the rice is tender and the liquid has been absorbed.
This recipe is taken from page 136 of Sharon Shipley's The Lavender Cookbook,available here.
Come see what Sequim's Lavender is all about! Join Jardin du Soleil this year in celebrating the 14th Annual Sequim Lavender Festival! Take a look at the festival's web page, download a festival brochure, and mark your calendars!
Need Directions? Click here.
Accommodations? Better book now. Click here for were to look!
Take a look at Jardin du Soleil's Lavender Festival info. Come enjoy great food, arts and crafts, live entertainment, watch the distillation process, learn about caring for lavender, and more! Last year was such a success and so much fun for the whole family, we can't hardly wait for this years!
This festival is a big part of the preservation of Sequim's farm land, and we are so thankful for your support!
See you soon!
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