Hello and happy Monday. What a fun weekend I had. My friend Lorie and I decided a couple of weeks ago to check out the annual Lavender Festival in Oak Ridge Tennessee. Oak Ridge is about an hour from us.
The Lavender Festival has been held annually since 1999, always the third weekend in June because that is when the lavender is in bloom in Tennessee, and was voted “Best Festival” last year by The Middle East Tennessee Tourism Council. The Festival is free and so is parking. More than 150 vendors are set up for the festival. There were several bands playing and lots of food and drink vendors. There were some Lavender garden tours that could be purchased but you had to sign up for those and I think there was an additional fee for those.
Lorie and I took off early Saturday morning and got to the festival around 9:30. Lorie spotted a prime parking spot very close to the entrance. What luck. The weather was perfect. It did get a bit warm as the day wore on.
I bought one of these lavender plants and then discovered they are toxic to cats. Lorie is taking it to her house.
This booth had infused glass. I love the designs. This artist has amazing talent.
There were a couple of vendors selling these concrete planters. They are made by mixing concrete and pearlite together and putting them in boxes or buckets to frame them. I bought the one on the right with this gorgeous succulent.
We didn’t get to try the lavender lemonade the line was just too long.
Beautiful and smelled so nice.
Several Bands were playing. This one was really good.
More of the infused glass. I especially loved the little cat ornaments.
Lots and lots of flowers, succulents and even fresh fruits and vegetables. Lots of everything.
By mid afternoon the crowd had really grown.
Me and Lorie. We have so much fun when we get together. I love hanging out with her she is up for whatever adventure we get into. Nothing is too crazy for us when we get together. This might be good or bad, HA!!! We decided to make the Lavender Festival an annual event for us.
We didn’t get to try the lavender lemonade but we did try the Bold Rock Blackberry Cider. It was yummy and really hit the spot in the heat of the day
Before coming home we stopped in Sweetwater at Sweetwater Creamery and got some ice cream. This is such a cute place and the ice cream is homemade and delicious. I got Peppermint Pattie.
Peppermint Pattie. They also make the waffle cones daily. This is a single scoop!!! Yummy.
I brought my succulent home and put it on the deck. I think it fits in well with the rest of my cactus family.
Sunday was a rather quiet day. Mostly hanging around the house with hubs and working on clearing some things from the garage. A really nice weekend. How was your weekend?
Hello everyone, my name is Lisa I am a southern girl born and raised in East Tennessee. I love discovering new places and things to do. I have a lot of favorites, shopping, traveling, knitting and photography are all at the top of my list. I am married with my fur babies my only children. This blog is actually named after my beloved basset hound Patches. She passed away a few years ago but will always have a huge part of my heart. Come with me and we will explore some wonderful places and discover some really fun things. Are you ready?
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4 thoughts on “Lavender Festival In Oak Ridge Tennessee”
My lavender will probably begin to blossom within the next week. It’s such a lovely fragrance but I’ve never tried it to flavor any foods or drinks – it just seems too flowery so doesn’t appeal to my taste buds. Your plant is very cute.
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My lavender will probably begin to blossom within the next week. It’s such a lovely fragrance but I’ve never tried it to flavor any foods or drinks – it just seems too flowery so doesn’t appeal to my taste buds. Your plant is very cute.
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Looks like a great event!
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Wow! That looks amazing & that ice cream looks SO delicious.
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