SEQUIM — Artwork by Patricia Taynton of Sequim will grace posters, T-shirts and other materials for the Sequim Lavender Farm Faire in July.
The farmers who broke off from the Sequim Lavender Growers Association and formed their own group, the Sequim Lavender Farmers Association, earlier this year will hold their fair — which includes Lavender in the Park and the Lavender Farm Tour — July 15-17 at Carrie Blake Park.
The Sequim Lavender Growers Association will hold its Sequim Lavender Festival on the same days but on Fir Street.
“This is a classic painting in the tradition of Sequim lavender farm art,” said Scott Nagel, executive director of the Sequim Lavender Farm Faire, who joined the farmers group after having led the festival for the growers group since 2004.
The painting has not been named. The farmers association is conducting a contest to name the artwork.
The winner will receive two free tickets to the Lavender Farm Tour and a lavender gift basket.
Ideas can be submitted to info@sequimlavenderfarms.org.
The 2011 Sequim Lavender Farm Faire poster will go on sale beginning March 19 at the Soroptimist Gala Garden Show in Sequim.
At Lavender in the Park, Taynton will have a booth and will sign posters.
Plans for fair
Lavender in the Park will feature tours of more than 60 acres of lavender farms, some 200,000 lavender plants for sale, 225 crafts booths, 97 workshops and demonstrations, 19 food booths and wine gardens, 105 musical performances and a dog-sitting service, Nagel said.
Lavender in the Park will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. each day. Admission will be free.
Farm tour hours will be from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday.
Tickets to the Lavender Farm Tour are $10 in advance and $15 during the weekend. Children 12 and under get in free, and tickets for active-duty military and their dependents are $10 at all times.
On the farm tour will be Cedarbrook Lavender & Herb Farm, Jardin du Soleil, Olympic Lavender Farm, Port Williams Lavender, Purple Haze Lavender Farm, Sunshine Herb & Lavender Farm and Washington Lavender.
Artist’s background
Taynton paints in watercolor and tempera. A graduate of Moore College of Art in Philadelphia, she has taught both private workshops and classes at Peninsula College in Port Angeles since moving to the North Olympic Peninsula.
She is a juried member of Women Painters of Washington and has work featured at the Olympic Gallery in Quilcene and Gallery on the Walls in Sequim.
Taynton’s work has been commissioned by The Franklin Mint, Defenders of Wildlife, the International Council for Bird Preservation, the World Wildlife Fund and the National Wildlife Federation.
For more information, phone 360-452-6300, e-mail info@sequimlavenderfarms.org or visit www.lavenderfarmsontour.com.