Wow..wasn't that a great Irrigation parade we had in Sequim this past weekend. I tell you, for a small town, Sequim knows how to party. The turnout was outstanding despite the Hood canal bridge being out.
Well if you missed that parade or you just like parades go on down the road to the seaside town of Port Townsend and catch their Rhododendron Festival Grand parade this Saturday, the 16th, starting at 1pm.
If you are not into another parade try the Rubber Duck Race in Port Angeles on Sunday. You still have time to make your purchase of a rubber duck and the chance to win the grand prize of a new Toyoda Tundra truck. The proceeds go to the Olympic Medical Center Foundation. The event starts at 11:30 at 1902 Marine Drive. Food and entertainment will be provided.
And last but not least, if you are in Sequim on Saturday our weekly Sequim Open Aire Market is now open, on Cedar St just off Sequim Ave, from 9am to 3pm. Lee Tyler Post will perform with a selection of blues and rock from 11am til 2pm. Come out and buy local.
Our next big event is the Lavendar Festival check here for last years post.
Showing posts with label Sequim Festivals. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sequim Festivals. Show all posts
Friday, May 15, 2009
Friday, July 04, 2008
Visit Sequim for Sequim Lavender Festival 2008
It's time to talk the talk about Sequim, it's lavender fields and the Sequim Lavender Festival. The 12th Annual Sequim Lavender Festival, the biggest highlight for our small town Sequim, is quickly approaching. It will take place July 18 - 20. When we were picking strawberries at the Cameron strawberry fields, this Japanese couple talked to us and asked us where they could see some lavender? Well, we said it's all around you, as there is hardly any private garden which does not grow at least a few bushes of lavender. Our own lavender bushes at home are in full bloom. We noticed though that lavender farms grow a later kind, which is also grown at the entrance to Carrie Blake Park.
Despite the cooler weather this spring, the lavender farm growers believe that their fields will be in full bloom by the festival. Everybody in Sequim who is in the lavender business is getting business ready for thousands of visitors, tending to their lavender fields and filling up their stores with their own lavender products.
Lavender Farm Tour tickets cost $15 for adults (children age 12 and under are free) and allow you admission to eight lavender farms for all three days of the festival with unlimited use of the farm tour buses.You can buy tickets at the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce 1192 E. You may also go shopping at the online Lavender Store offering beautiful lavender posters, calendars and even a Lavender Festival Dinner by Cedar Creek restaurant.
Lavender Farm Tour tickets cost $15 for adults (children age 12 and under are free) and allow you admission to eight lavender farms for all three days of the festival with unlimited use of the farm tour buses.You can buy tickets at the Sequim-Dungeness Chamber of Commerce 1192 E. You may also go shopping at the online Lavender Store offering beautiful lavender posters, calendars and even a Lavender Festival Dinner by Cedar Creek restaurant.
If you are still looking for a place to stay during the Sequim Lavender Festival, our fully equipped 1Bd/1Ba 'Bell Hill View' Sequim Vacation Rental is still available. Please, email us with subject 'Sequim Rental Lavender Festival' for rate and reservation. Why not visit Sequim for the Sequim Lavender Festival!
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Sunday, May 18, 2008
Sequim Irrigation Festival 2008 Photos
Before starting our new post about our visit to the Sol Duc Hot Spring Resort, we have to show you our photos from this year's 2008 Sequim Irrigation Festival. The festival had been a big success as usual and even Sequim weather showed sunshine for the Grand Parade on Saturday.
We had the best seats for Friday night fireworks at Carrie Blake Park, right on our balcony. I took some photos but was always pushing the button too late. Too bad the firework photos did not come out the way I expected it but most important the firework itself was a great display of colors and shapes on the Sequim night sky. Hope I will be more experienced next year to take firework photos.
Well, here is our display of photos of the Grand Parade of the 113th Sequim Irrigation Festival. Washington Street was all lined up with lots of chairs and families, old and yound, cheering to festival participants. We noticed the same enthusiasm and excitement by participants and spectators alike as we saw the last 2 years of our moving to Sequim. We love living at small town Sequim with big town amenities. Our premier location between water and Olympic National Park makes Sequim a top vacation destination for hiking, biking, berrie picking and just relaxing. Plan your Sequim Vacation today.
We had the best seats for Friday night fireworks at Carrie Blake Park, right on our balcony. I took some photos but was always pushing the button too late. Too bad the firework photos did not come out the way I expected it but most important the firework itself was a great display of colors and shapes on the Sequim night sky. Hope I will be more experienced next year to take firework photos.
Well, here is our display of photos of the Grand Parade of the 113th Sequim Irrigation Festival. Washington Street was all lined up with lots of chairs and families, old and yound, cheering to festival participants. We noticed the same enthusiasm and excitement by participants and spectators alike as we saw the last 2 years of our moving to Sequim. We love living at small town Sequim with big town amenities. Our premier location between water and Olympic National Park makes Sequim a top vacation destination for hiking, biking, berrie picking and just relaxing. Plan your Sequim Vacation today.
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Monday, May 05, 2008
Sequim Irrigation Festival -113 years old.
You may have missed the beginnings of the Sequim Irrigation Festival however there is much more to come.. On May 8th & 9th, the Funtastic carnival begins at 5pm on the Sequim High School green field.
On Friday May 9th you can attend the Crazy Days breakfast at the Elks Lodge on Port Williams Rd starting at 7am. Not sure of the cost on this one however businesses and individuals come in costume and perform skits so should be lots of fun and a breakfast to boot.
Friday May 9th also has the Logging Truck and Tractor Pull. This is an event for all ages featuring axe throwing,pole climbing, lawn mower races, tractor pull and more. Plus food stands.
Hang around after the logging show for the Fireworks display at 9:30pm
Saturday May 10 is the best Salmon Barbecue on the Olympic Peninsula, being served from 11am to 6pm at the Trinity United Church next to Carrie Blake Park.
May 10th also features the Super Cruzz Parade and Car Show. The parade starts at 11am down Washington St and the car show is in the Walmart parking lot.
Last but not least to round out the week is the 113th Irrigation Parade with entries from all over the Peninsula and beyond. Get your family together and find your best spot along Washington St, it starts at noon and is good fun.
Hopefully we will have some that fine weather I mention in my previous post.
Enjoy the festivities.....Keoki
On Friday May 9th you can attend the Crazy Days breakfast at the Elks Lodge on Port Williams Rd starting at 7am. Not sure of the cost on this one however businesses and individuals come in costume and perform skits so should be lots of fun and a breakfast to boot.
Friday May 9th also has the Logging Truck and Tractor Pull. This is an event for all ages featuring axe throwing,pole climbing, lawn mower races, tractor pull and more. Plus food stands.
Hang around after the logging show for the Fireworks display at 9:30pm
Saturday May 10 is the best Salmon Barbecue on the Olympic Peninsula, being served from 11am to 6pm at the Trinity United Church next to Carrie Blake Park.
May 10th also features the Super Cruzz Parade and Car Show. The parade starts at 11am down Washington St and the car show is in the Walmart parking lot.
Last but not least to round out the week is the 113th Irrigation Parade with entries from all over the Peninsula and beyond. Get your family together and find your best spot along Washington St, it starts at noon and is good fun.
Hopefully we will have some that fine weather I mention in my previous post.
Enjoy the festivities.....Keoki
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Saturday, July 14, 2007
Sequim Lavender Festival YOUtube Video
Wow, I have to share this video with all of you, Sequim residents who are proud of Sequim and its Lavender Festival, and everybody else who plans a visit to the Lavender Festival this year.
Get a taste of the Sequim Lavender Festival with this Youtube Lavender Festival video by travel channel with Mark de Carlo. The Travel Channel's "Taste of America" visits the Annual Sequim Lavender Festival. Watch the full video below.
The 11th Sequim Lavender Festival is awaiting your visit. Have a great time in Sequim.
Get a taste of the Sequim Lavender Festival with this Youtube Lavender Festival video by travel channel with Mark de Carlo. The Travel Channel's "Taste of America" visits the Annual Sequim Lavender Festival. Watch the full video below.
The 11th Sequim Lavender Festival is awaiting your visit. Have a great time in Sequim.
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Thursday, July 12, 2007
Sequim Lavender Festival
Before we moved to Sequim at the beginning of 2006, we had done our homework and read everything what was available on this small retirement town on the Olympic Peninsula. Most impressive features apart from the amazing beautiful location of Sequim, embedded in Sequim Dungeness Valley between the Paicific Ocean and Olympic Mountains, was the special Sequim weather & the love for festivals. It was then that we heard for the first time about Sequim is the lavender capital of the world and about the Sequim Lavender Festival!
We already talked at our Sequim Town blog about a number of other big festivals, one of the biggest and oldest is the Sequim Irrigation Festival. The Sequim Lavender Festival is much younger but as it is in the middle of summer and people spending some fun vacation on the Olympic Peninsula anyways, it seems to attract many more visitors from other states and even around the world. The 11th Annual Sequim Lavender Festival takes place July 20, 21, & 22, 2007.
If you have not booked your vacation rental or Sequim B&B yet, you might be already out of luck. Here are a few Sequim Hotels & Lodges you want to try.
City of Sequim Lodging
Sequim Econo Lodge
Sequim Ramada Inn
Sequim Sunset Marine Resort
When here on your Sequim vacation or coming for a visit to the Sequim Lavender Festival, get the most out of your stay and join the eight beautiful Farms on Tour in the stunning Sequim-Dungeness Valley. Enjoy the fragrant essence of purple lavender fields swaying in the breeze, the seemingly never ending fields of beautiful purple lavender plants and the many tastes of lavender. Visit the Street Fair, featuring Northwest crafts and Olympic Coast cuisine. Join more than 35,000 visitors from all over the world in this glorious Festival!
As newcomers to Sequim, we liked the recent articles in the 'Sequim This Week' about two big Sequim Lavender Farms. Owners Randy and Pam Nichols started their lavender farm Jardin du Soleil Lavender in 1999 and have turned it into one of the regions most successful oil producers.With the lavender festival approaching, they are preparing to greet thousands of fans of the unique fragrant calming herb.They offer a wide variety of lavender products at their farm store and through their online store at JardinDuSoleil
Another successful Lavender Farm in Sequim is Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm which celebrates its 40th anniversary. This lavender farm is the state's oldest and first herb farm New owners Gary and Marcella Stachurski, who bought the farm in 2005, watch over thousands of lavender plants and other herbs and flowers. They feel lucky to be part of the history of the oldest lavender farm in the state.
In preparing for their third Sequim Lavender Festival they told Sequim This Week that they have plenty of surprises for people who visit their farm. One open secret is their new restaurant Cafe Provence (former Petals) will have music each evening and serve a buffet-style meal to limit waiting time.
The Sequim Lavender Festival is a production of the Sequim Lavender Growers Association. The SLGA is comprised of over 30 lavender farms in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley. Find out more on the SLGA website. For Lavender Festival Information email 877-681-3035 (toll free).
With our visit to Sequim lavender farms at the festival, we will try to snap some good shots of lavender fields and flowers. It's not just for our blog. We also intend to make those into beautiful photos. Wal Mart offers this great service to make your photos into posters. We see you at the 11th Sequim Lavender Festival. Don't forget we have a leave a comment button. Sequim vacationers and vistors love to hear from your and your visit to the festival.
Thanks a lot. The Sequimers
We already talked at our Sequim Town blog about a number of other big festivals, one of the biggest and oldest is the Sequim Irrigation Festival. The Sequim Lavender Festival is much younger but as it is in the middle of summer and people spending some fun vacation on the Olympic Peninsula anyways, it seems to attract many more visitors from other states and even around the world. The 11th Annual Sequim Lavender Festival takes place July 20, 21, & 22, 2007.
If you have not booked your vacation rental or Sequim B&B yet, you might be already out of luck. Here are a few Sequim Hotels & Lodges you want to try.
City of Sequim Lodging
Sequim Econo Lodge
Sequim Ramada Inn
Sequim Sunset Marine Resort
When here on your Sequim vacation or coming for a visit to the Sequim Lavender Festival, get the most out of your stay and join the eight beautiful Farms on Tour in the stunning Sequim-Dungeness Valley. Enjoy the fragrant essence of purple lavender fields swaying in the breeze, the seemingly never ending fields of beautiful purple lavender plants and the many tastes of lavender. Visit the Street Fair, featuring Northwest crafts and Olympic Coast cuisine. Join more than 35,000 visitors from all over the world in this glorious Festival!
As newcomers to Sequim, we liked the recent articles in the 'Sequim This Week' about two big Sequim Lavender Farms. Owners Randy and Pam Nichols started their lavender farm Jardin du Soleil Lavender in 1999 and have turned it into one of the regions most successful oil producers.With the lavender festival approaching, they are preparing to greet thousands of fans of the unique fragrant calming herb.They offer a wide variety of lavender products at their farm store and through their online store at JardinDuSoleil
Another successful Lavender Farm in Sequim is Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm which celebrates its 40th anniversary. This lavender farm is the state's oldest and first herb farm New owners Gary and Marcella Stachurski, who bought the farm in 2005, watch over thousands of lavender plants and other herbs and flowers. They feel lucky to be part of the history of the oldest lavender farm in the state.
In preparing for their third Sequim Lavender Festival they told Sequim This Week that they have plenty of surprises for people who visit their farm. One open secret is their new restaurant Cafe Provence (former Petals) will have music each evening and serve a buffet-style meal to limit waiting time.
The Sequim Lavender Festival is a production of the Sequim Lavender Growers Association. The SLGA is comprised of over 30 lavender farms in the Sequim-Dungeness Valley. Find out more on the SLGA website. For Lavender Festival Information email 877-681-3035 (toll free).
With our visit to Sequim lavender farms at the festival, we will try to snap some good shots of lavender fields and flowers. It's not just for our blog. We also intend to make those into beautiful photos. Wal Mart offers this great service to make your photos into posters. We see you at the 11th Sequim Lavender Festival. Don't forget we have a leave a comment button. Sequim vacationers and vistors love to hear from your and your visit to the festival.
Thanks a lot. The Sequimers
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