Kitsap Lavender Market - 2007

Offering robust plants, beautiful fresh and dried bundles and fragrant buds for crafts and lavender- based products, the members of the Kitsap Lavender Growers represent an emerging cottage industry increasingly noted for its high quality lavender products.

Most Kitsap lavender is grown in relatively small "patches." Growers provide "hands-on" attention to their plants year-round to assure the highest quality possible for landscape plants, bouquets, crafts and other products.

Superior soil conditions and a moderate maritime climate (aided by the famous "rain shadow" of the Olympic Mountains), give Kitsap growers flexibility to grow a wide variety of lavender plants that produce long-lasting fragrance as well as wonderful eye- appeal for home and commercial landscape designs.

Harvest season generally falls during the month of July when many of the Kitsap Peninsula's farmers markets offer glorious purple bundles of fresh-cut lavender. The rest of the year, many growers sell dried lavender buds for a variety of handcrafted products.

For the first time, local lavender growers combine for the Kitsap Lavender Market at the Farmers Markets, July 14, 21 and 22.

July 14, 9am-2:30pm - Kingston WA - Kingston Farmers Market
July 21, 9am-1pm - Poulsbo WA - Poulsbo Farmers Market
July 22, 11am-5pm - Port Gamble WA - Port Gamble Sunday Market

Kitsap Lavender Growers

NEW for 2007 - Boating Kitsap; the webpage and the magazine!

Boating Kitsap; the web page and the magazine both debuted in Januray.

The magazine is a 16 page glossy insert that can be found in the Nor' Westing Magazine Annual Resource Guide distributed throughout the Northwest as well as handed out at the Seattle Boat Show. Copies will be available at local marinas and boating related businesses throughout 2007.

BoatingKitsap.com, the website covers the same information as the magazine but will be updated on a regular basis with current information and specials & packages in each of the local communities.

Both have information on the ports and the communities.

The Kitsap Peninsula, centrally located in Puget Sound is an easy destination for Western Washington and Northwest boaters. The peninsula offers a variety of boating options from well equipped port marinas to state park mooring buoys.

The spectacular scenery, eclectic collection of communities, restaurants and shopping within walking distance of the marinas and the close proximity to larger metropolitan areas makes Kitsap a perfect trip for 2 days to a week or more.

Featured ports include: Kingston, Port Orchard, Bremerton, Silverdale, Poulsbo

VisitKitsap.com!

Photos for the magazine and web provided by: KitsapImages.com