A festival in Lane County this weekend celebrates peak lavender bloom. It’s part of an Oregon-wide celebration of lavender that takes place every year on the second weekend in July.
Carol Tannenbaum, who owns McKenzie River Lavender in Walterville, said they’ve invited people to the farm since about 2010. This year, the event will include live music, as well as about a dozen craftspeople. Tannenbaum said that will include “artisans from jewelry to glasswork to different kinds of textiles. And we have a beekeeper on the property, so he will be selling his honey.”
She said, although the bees eat the plant’s nectar and pollen, the honey doesn’t taste like lavender unless it’s infused with lavender essence…