Lavender Arts and Crafts & Education at our Farm

By Caryn Gehlmann

I’m so thrilled that our working lavender farm, Lavender Fields Forever, opens for the 2018 summer season on June 15th! We’re located in the Applegate Valley of Southern Oregon and we cultivate, harvest and distill seven exceptional varieties of lavender for arts and crafts, culinary use, and oil production.

If you come for a visit you can pick your own lavender bundles, shop at the barn store for handcrafted lavender products or join us for one of our classes. Please visit our website, Lavender Fields Forever, to find our hours and directions to the farm.

We’ve added a lot more classes this year — ranging from gardening, cooking, lavender arts and crafts, herbal skin care and more! If something catches your eye, make sure to sign-up ahead of time on our class page because space in each class is limited.

Here’s the current lineup of classes at Lavender Fields Forever:

Pollinator Garden Workshop – June 2nd
Who are our pollinators, and why are they important? What can we do to reverse their population declines?

Herbal Skin Care Class – June 9th
Would you like skin care solutions specifically formulated for your skin without harmful chemicals? An herbalist will teach how to make natural lotion, salve, toner and more with natural ingredients.

Lavender Propagation Class – June 30 or July 8
Tailored for the home gardener, whether you have a green thumb or not, this class will teach you simple techniques for propagating and growing bountiful and fragrant lavender.

Culinary Lavender Class – July 1 or July 7
Interested in cooking with lavender? Learn to identify culinary lavender as well as methods for harvesting and preparing it to use in your kitchen.

Wreath Class – July 20 or July 21
Enjoy the beauty and aroma of beautiful lavender flowers by making a wreath you can hang at home.

Lavender Essential Oil/Hydrosol Distilling- July 28, August 3, or August 11
Harvest the lavender, distill essential oil and hydrosol, and bottle them. Then take home your own bottle of essential oil and hydrosol distilled by the class.

Lavender Wand Class – August 4
Lavender wands pleasantly scent and decorate drawers, closets, and small rooms. Get the tools, supplies and instructions you need to make this relaxing traditional craft.

Lavender Farminar Class – August 4 or August 12
Join us for a field tour and our down-on-the-farm version of a seminar on all things lavender – and enjoy hands-on harvesting and essential oil distilling session of lavender oil and hydrosol.

Lavender Harvesting & Processing 101 – August 5
Learn how to best cut and bundle fresh lavender. Take home a bundle of fresh lavender to dry at home and dried aromatic buds that you process in class.

I’ll be teaching some of the lavender arts and crafts classes myself, and others will be taught by some of my favorite people who are knowledgeable instructors who make learning fun! You can get additional details on the class page where you can also sign-up and pay ahead of time online.

I hope I get the chance to meet you at the farm. Visit our Facebook page and let us know how you enjoyed your visit. And if you don’t live in the area, don’t forget you can benefit from Lavender Fields Forever products available in our online store.