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Lavender Festival Day 1: VIP Farm Tours of the North Fork Valley

  • Hotchkiss, CO 81419 USA (map)

Friday June 27th

VIP Farm Tours North Fork Valley

Enjoy an exclusive tour of four lavender farms in the North Fork valley each very unique. The tour will include a stop for lunch with live harp music and delicious local fare.

Tickets Available HERE

Tour Schedule:

Purple Pasture Farms

9-10:00 am

20053 High Park Rd Cedaredge, CO

We are home to a field of 500 lavender plants overlooking spectacular mtn vistas.    We are situated at 6,800' on the southern foothills of the Grand Mesa.  Expect to enjoy a lavender and garden tour,  a craft demonstration, complimentary refreshments on the deck, as well as a variety of craft and culinary items to purchase (cash preferred).

Elevation Herbal Tea

10:45am -12:30 pm  (LUNCH Included)

34691 Jacobs Rd, Hotchkiss, CO 81419

We will begin with a guided stroll through our cultivation fields. In-field tea-tastings and meeting each ingredient that we grow. Then explore the processing barn where the herbs are transformed into blended and packaged herbal teas. While enjoying lunch, listen to beautiful live harp music by farmer and company founder, Shannon. And meet some of our unique animals: Peacocks, Pheasants, Ducks, and our sweet rabbits.

Balcony Botanicals

1-2:20 pm

37248 Stucker Mesa Road Hotchkiss, CO 81419

Balcony Botanicals is a production lavender farm located between Paonia and Hotchkiss. In addition to 15 different varieties of lavender, we also grow other beneficial botanicals for use in our all natural, super moisturizing skin care products. Please join us this year for a walk through our field, refreshing lavender lemonade and a demonstration on how to make a simple, all natural lavender lip balm. 

Stanton Farms

2:45-4 pm

41586 Reds Road, Paonia, CO 81428

On Friday, June 27th we welcome you for a private tour of our lavender fields featuring 1200+ lavender plants. We grow 20 different cultivars including 6 culinary varieties. We’ll also offer a special distillation demonstration in the shade and send you home with lavender sachets with some of our boldest oil producers. Other lavender products and original artwork will be available for sale in our farm shop. Stanton Farms known for Summertime Picnics in the Lavender SCHEDULE NOW at Paonialavender.com.