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Welcome to Blanco!
Festival Information
Information Booth- Pick up your program under
the big ten on Pecan Street, learn about the farms,
buy souvenirs and a lavender cookbook, and discover why people keep coming back to Blanco!
Lavender Capital of Texas®
Welcome to Blanco -- the hub of the Hill Country, located close enough to Austin and San Antonio for
convenience, yet far enough from the hustle and bustle of city life to be able to kick back and relax.
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The Blanco area accommodations include special getaways from local ranch stays to cozy bed-andbreakfast inns and local motels to beautiful state parks and RV campsites. The Blanco area features a
variety of Hill Country-style restaurants, a local brewery, numerous vineyards, lavender farms, exotic
wildlife ranches, scenic drives, antiques and unique shopping venues, seasonal wildflower trails, farmers markets, nearby Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park, and Blanco and Pedernales Falls state
parks. The hub of the Hill Country is a haven for artists, specializing in pottery, painting, sculpture and
textiles, as well as artisans skilled in making goat cheese and other handcrafted delicacies. The Blanco
area also hosts a variety of ranch, art and music festivals and events throughout the year, including the
Hill Country Trail of Lights from Thanksgiving to New Years Day.
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Public Restrooms- Look for banners marking
restrooms for public use. For convenience to the
market and food booths, use porta-potties located
on Pecan Street between 2nd & 3rd Streets. For
air-conditioned comfort, Uptown Blanco (across
Hwy 281) welcomes public use during the festival.
Parking- Park for free on any side street or take
advantage of the watchful eye of a parking attendant in one of several paid lots. Traffic monitors
located around the square are ready to direct you
to your preferred destination.
The Blanco Chamber of Commerce welcomes you to the 6th Annual Lavender Festival, and invites you
to come back to explore the area and have a relaxing stay in Blanco!
2010 Board of Directors
President – Marcy Westcott, Westcott Graphic Print
Vice President – Liz Waller, On The Square
Past President – Debbie Homeier, Vallone Real Estate & Paragon C&D Builders
Treasurer – Pat Caufield, CPA
Secretary – John Stults, Texas Hill Country Financial Services
Director – Jon Brieger, Brieger Pottery & Redbud Café
Director – Ann Cook, Individual Member
Director – Jennifer Oines, Individual Member
Director – Karen Roets, Miller Creek Lavender Farm
Director – Rick Sebenoler, Blanco Hill Country Retreat
Director – Russ Whitlock, Lyndon B. Johnson National Historical Park
Director – Deb Yorgensen, Individual Member
Executive Director – Penny Thomas
The GO TEXAN Rural Community Program is an
initiative from the Texas Department of Agriculture
designed to spotlight rural Texas and promote rural
Texas tourism. Make your getaway! For more information on the GO TEXAN Rural Community Program call (877) 99GO-TEX or visit www.gotexan.org.
Blanco Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 626, 312 Pecan St. • Blanco, Texas 78606 • 830-833-5101 • www.blancochamber.com
Mark your calendars for
Blanco Lavender Festival 2011
June 10-12
Y’all come back!
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Restaurants and Food Court- Enjoy dining in our local restaurants or at the Food
Court on Pecan Street, featuring everyday favorites and unique lavender dishes.
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“Thank you to all of our dedicated volunteers
without whom this festival would not happen!”
Saturday & Sunday
(Courthouse second floor)
2010 Blanco Lavender Festival Steering Committee
Marcy Westcott - Co-Chair / Penny Thomas – Co-Chair
Jennifer Oines & Jan Brieger – Vendors
Marcy Westcott – Beer & Wine Tent
Karen Roets – Farms
Tanya Kasper – Volunteers
Deb Yorgensen – Soda & Water Booth
Genie Strickland – Speaker’s Pavilion
Ralph de Leon – Entertainment
Pat Caufield & John Stults – Finance
Kelly Carper Polden – Media Relations
Debbie Homeier – Marketing
Penny Thomas – Sponsorships & Advertising
Donnea Simon – Grounds Maintenance
Don Gaines - Parking
Ann Cook & Pat Vallone - Information Booth
Rebecca Doll & Carolyn Boydston – Old Blanco County
Courthouse Liaison
The Boyhood Home
Johnson City
The Texas White House
LBJ Ranch
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Blanco Lavender Festival
Speaker’s Pavilion
Friday, Saturday & Sunday, June 11-13 2010
www.blancolavenderfestival.com
Talented speakers share their knowledge through
lectures and demonstrations.
Special Events Around the Square
Music in Bindseil Par
Park
Friday, June 11
3 p.m. - 6 p.m. - Lonesome G
Saturday, June 12
10 a.m. - Noon - Gerry’s Kids
Noon - 2 p.m. - Road Home
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Bobby Mack
4 p.m. - 6 p.m. - Zydeco Blanco
Saturday June 12
11:30 a.m. Bull Luedecke III: It Begins With the Soil
Gardening is sometimes a bit tricky in the Texas Hill
Country but his seminar and book Gardening in the Texas
Hill Country provide tools and formulas for our rocky,
alkaline soil. Get insider knowledge on critter repellants
while attracting hummingbirds and butterflies.
Sunday, June 13
10 a.m. - Noon - Local Churches
Noon - 2 p.m. - Black Ribbon
2 p.m. - 4 p.m. - Millennium Lights
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2:00 p.m. Lynn Cuny: A Shared World
Lynn Cuny is the founder and Managing Director of Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation (WRR) in Kendalia, Texas.
Learn about animal/human respect, the suffering that often
result from encounters with humans and WRR’s rehabilitation and release, and permanent sanctuary.
Go Texan® Wine, Beer and
Gourmet Food Tent
(Pecan Street)
3:30 p.m. John Dromgole: Organic Gardening
John is the owner of The Natural Gardener, Austin’s
organic garden center, and Lady Bug Natural Brand. His
award-winning nursery is a three-time winner of Today’s
Garden Center’s “Revolutionary 100 Garden Centers.”
Sunday June 13
11:30 a.m. Sibby Barrett: Lavender Foods
Sibby will talk briefly about different ways to use both
fresh and dried lavender in your kitchen. There will be a
variety of wonderful foods available for sampling to see
how tasty culinary lavender can be!
2:00 p.m. Melanie Van Aken: Lavender Power
Find out how easy it is to incorporate lavender and other
essential oils into your daily life. Includes a hands-on
lavender mister project.
3:30 p.m. Malcolm Beck: Conservation Issues
Malcolm has spent almost a lifetime in the study, experiment and practice of conservation, equipping an inventive spirit to create new systems solving both old and new
problems with our natural resources like soil, water and air.
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Hill Country Lavender
830.833.2294
4524 Hwy 281
Blanco, Texas 78606
www.hillcountrylavender.com
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Supporting Partners
Music in Beer and Wine Tent
10 a.m. - Noon - N
Nelson Broyles
Noon - 2 p.m. - Solo Vato
Blanco Auto Parts
Blanco Luxury Suites
www.blancoluxurysuites.com
The Blanco Settlement
www.blancosettlement.com
Healing Arts Community Health Center of
Blanco & Canyon Lake
www.healing-arts.net
Red Corral Ranch
www.redcorralranch.com
Ronald McDonald House Charities of Austin
www.rmhc-austin.org
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VISIT BLANCO
Lavender Capital of Texas®
Visit the 4 farms during the month of June and
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receive a complimentary lavender-themed gift.
Redeem at any of the four participating farms
((one per family, and while supplies last)
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Wimberley Lavender Farm
830.833.1595
11300 FM 2325
Wimberley, Texas 78676
www.wimberleylavender.com
Directions from Blanco Square: Take Highway 281 North 3.5
miles, located on right behind McCall Creek Farm Store.
Directions from Blanco Square: Take Highway 281 North 8
miles, then left on Miller Creek Loop for .4 mile.
Directions from Blanco Square: Take Loop 163 east, left on FM
165 for 7.5 miles, right on RR 2325 for 3.9 miles.
Hill Country Lavender is Blanco’s original commercial lavender
farm. Owner Tasha Brieger has been involved with the farm
since 1999 when the first lavender sprig was planted at the original location, owned at the time by National Geographic photographer Robb Kendrick and author Jeannie Ralston. After serving
as the farm’s manager for several years, Tasha purchased Hill
Country Lavender and relocated the farm just north of Blanco
on Highway 281, behind McCall Creek Farms. Since buying the
business, Hill Country Lavender expanded the lavender product
line, to include more than 75 products, offering a variety of
soaps, lotions, and sprays, as well as a full line of culinary items.
Products are handmade at the farm and by local artisans. Hill
Country Lavender products are available year-round at Brieger
Pottery on the Blanco Square. Open Friday and Saturday 10am
- 4pm May 15 - July 31 and Thursdays 10am - 4pm in June
Miller Creek Lavender is an evolving dream of owners Karen
and Don Roets. The 12.5 acre farm, located near the intersection of Highways 281 and 290 north of Blanco, has grown
from a love of gardening to a passion for creating a peaceful,
Hill Country haven of 6,000 lavender plants. A three-acre field
features nine varieties of lavender. In addition to lavender, Miller
Creek offers a butterfly garden, a variety garden that includes 70
types of lavender, a blackberry patch, and plenty of shady areas
to relax and unwind. Miller Creek Lavender offers many unique
products -- the number one seller is our lavender margarita mix.
Other food specialty products include lavender-infused salsas,
jams, jellies, honey, mustard, teas and culinary lavender -- new
introduction this year is their lavender caramel popcorn. Miller
Creek Lavender also offers a variety of home essentials and bath
and body products. Open every Saturday from 9am - 4pm MayJuly and October.
Wimberley Lavender Farm is situated on a beautiful hilltop midway between Blanco and Wimberley. Special features include
Hearts for Hooves, a unique organization dedicated to bringing
miniature therapy horses to the deserving public. Karen and
O’Neil Provost have a thousand mature plants of the Provence
variety and have planted several new varieties as well. Indulge
yourself in a chair massage while the scent of lavender emanates
from the nearby fields, sip refreshing lavender lemonade, sit on
a swing and look over an amazing view, visit with their gentle
longhorn cows, or toss feed to the chickens -- it’s a relaxing
break from the city and the Provosts look forward to seeing
you. Open Friday and Saturday 10am - 4pm June 11 - mid-July,
depending on blooms.
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Heron’s Nest Herb Farm
830.833.2627
1673 River Bend Dr.
Blanco, Texas 78606
Directions from Blanco Square: Take Loop 163 east, left on
FM 165 for 4.2 miles, turn right on Chimney Valley Road for 1.7
miles, turn right on River Bend Dr. for 1.6 miles.
Heron’s Nest Herb Farm is excited to be a part of 6th Annual
Lavender Festival. We have a wonderful weekend of events
planned to showcase our culinary and medicinal herb farm. So
bring out your own picnic and enjoy the beautiful views and the
woodland creek path. We will have drinks and dessert for sale
as well as a wide array of quality handmade gifts. There will be
classes, tours and speakers throughout the day
Friday, June 11, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
10:30 am - Free Farm tours all day by Fred Van Aken. Gift shop
open. Food features include popcorn with a variety of different
sprinkle toppings, homemade cookies, brownies and at least one
gluten free dessert, ice cold Hibiscus Mint Tea and Lemonade
with Lavender Syrup to add to your taste.
All Things Lavender
Friday, June 11, 10 am - 4 pm
10 am - 4 pm Cut your own lavender, gift store open
1 pm - 2 pm “Here’s What I Know” – Meet Hill Country
Lavender’s farmhand turned proprietor
Friday, June 11, 9 am - 4 pm
Wand-weaving classes all day $10 (includes craft book), cut
your own lavender, pick your own blackberries (if ripe and
ready), gift shop, lavender plants, lavender food sample tastings.
Saturday, June 12
9 am - 6 pm Cut your own lavender, gift store open, lavender
lemonade and lavender-blackberry gelato available
10 - 11 am TBA
1 - 2 pm “Here’s What I Know” – Meet Hill Country Lavender’s
farmhand turned proprietor
3:30 - 4:30 pm Note card class – Create one-of-a-kind note cards
using aromatic lavender. $10
Saturday, June 12, 9 am - 6 pm
9 - 10:30 am Wand-weaving classes $10 (includes craft book)
11 am - noon Cooking with lavender demonstration
11 am - 6 pm Food available -- Lavender-smoked sausage
wraps, lavender-smoked chicken, lavender cookies,
and strawberry-lavender lemonade
1 - 1:30 pm Free lavender art class featuring Marilyn “Lavender
Lil” Lindholm
11 am - 5 pm Butterfly Garden Tours
12:30 - 2:30 pm Live music
4 - 5 pm Lavender for fun and profit featuring Don Roets
Sunday, June 13, 9 am - 5 pm
9 am - 5 pm Cut your own lavender, gift store open, lavender
lemonade and lavender-blackberry gelato available
1:30 - 2:30 pm “Here’s What I Know” – Meet Hill Country
Lavender’s farmhand turned proprietor
3 - 4:30 pm Wand-making class – Enjoy making wands using
ribbon and fresh lavender. $10
Sunday, June 13, 9 am - 5 pm
9 - 11 am Wand-weaving classes $10 (includes craft book)
11 - 11:30 am Free lavender art class featuring Marilyn “Lavender Lil” Lindholm
11 am - 3 pm Food available -- Lavender-smoked sausage
wraps, lavender-smoked chicken, lavender cookies,
and strawberry-lavender lemonade
11 am - 5 pm Butterfly Garden Tours
Bob & Carolyn Boydston
Arlyn & Ann Cook
Candi Kane & Tony Floerke
Cuts n Curls Beauty / Merle Norman
Das Zuehl Haus Guest House
Deb & Lyle Yorgensen
Dennis Moore Trucking
Gary & Tanya Kasper
Heron’s Nest Herb Farm
Hill Country Liquor
Just Us Guy’s
Pat Caufield, CPA
RBFCU
Rebecca Howerton
Riverview Guest House
Seymour’s Garage
Star House B and B
Tommy & Pat Vallone
Westcott Graphic Print
Wimberley Lavender Farm
Sample extraordinary wine from many Texas wineries, and enjoy wonderful Texas-brewed beer. All
are perfectly complemented by gourmet cheeses,
breads, and other savory goodies. Festival information, seating and soft drinks also available.
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Miller Creek Lavender
512.934.1616
8453 Miller Creek Loop
Johnson City, Texas 78636
www.millercreeklavender.com
Friends of the Chamber
Friday, June 11, 10 am - 5 pm
10 am - 4 pm Gift shop open. Lavender lemonade and lavender
ice cream available all day
Saturday, June 12, 9 am - 6 pm
9 am - 6 pm Gift shop open. Lavender lemonade and lavender
ice cream available all day
11 am - 3 pm Hearts for Hooves featuring miniature therapy
ponies
10 am - 4 pm Relaxing massage or lavender footbath from a
licensed massage therapist
Sunday, June 13, 9 am - 5 pm
9 am - 5 pm Gift shop open. Lavender lemonade and lavender
ice cream available all day
10 am - 4 pm Taste locally made goat cheese and yogurt from
Rusty Oaks Ranch
FEATURES - Refresh yourself while walking through our
fields of lavender with some ice cold Lavender lemonade or
lavender ice cream. Enjoy our gift shop - we’ve got everything
from soaps, misters, teas and pet shampoo to books and sachets!
Saturday, June 12, 8 am - 6 pm
8 am - Texas Lavender Women’s 5K and 10K Run/Walk www.
runintexas.com or www.signmeup.com/68332 to register
9 am - 6 pm Fine Art on the Farm featuring a variety of Hill
Country artists
9 am - 6 pm Hands-on Workshops with Essential Oils $5-$18
9 am - 6 pm Demonstrations of the art of distilling lavender essential oil from the lavender flowers
10 am - 3 pm Using Culinary Lavender hands-on workshop with
Sibby Barrett of Juniper Hills
Farm www.juniperhillsfarm.com $5-$18
10:30 am Free Farm tours all day by Fred Van Aken. Gift shop
open. Food available
Sunday, June 13, 9am-4pm
10 am Free Farm tours all day by Fred Van Aken. Gift shop
open.
10 am - 3 pm Hands-on Workshops with Essential Oils $5-$18.
10 am - 6 pm Demonstrations of the art of distilling lavender
essential oil from the lavender flowers
10 am Free Farm tours all day by Fred Van Aken. Gift shop
open. Food available
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