Picnic at the Lavender Farm

I am so happy Spring has finally SPRUNG!!!!  Let's enjoy a leisurely summer afternoon in the garden with a picnic lunch, hike, etc....Lavender is one of my favorite flowers, one of many!!!  I think scents make some flowers even more beautiful than their blooms?  A rose is not the same without its aroma, is it?

DATE:  Wednesday, July 3, 2013

TIME:  12:30PM (I plan on attending the FREE seminar at 2PM)

ADDRESS:  DayBreak Lavender Farm

                   2129 Frost Rd., Streetsboro, OH 44241

COST:  FREE!!!!!!

We also have an opportunity for an art teacher we know to join us!  She could do demonstrations on painting lavender fields and assisting kids with their own painting.  There would be a small fee involved based on the number of participants/families.

DayBreak is a family affair run by husband and wife team Jody Byrne and Michael Slyker, DayBreak's Lavender Field is open to the public Wednesday - Saturday from Noon until 5. And on Sundays from Noon until 4. At DayBreak visitors can …

1. PICNIC next to DayBreak’s 2-acre pond! Or in the lavender field. Or find a secluded glen in the woodland area. FREE!
2. PAINT & PHOTOGRAPH Artists love DayBreak. Do a Monet! Set up your oils, pastels or water colors and capture an Ohio lavender field. Early morning, sunrise or sunset photo sessions are happily arranged. FREE!
3. RECONNECT with nature. The farm boasts every natural ecological system there is except a mountain and a desert. Experience and explore the friends, fauna and critters found in a …
   
   • Lavender Field
   • Field
   • Prairie
   • Bog
   • Swamp
   • Marsh
   • Woodland
   • Sugarbush (Maple Sugar producing area)
   Explore them at your leisure! And exploration is FREE!
4. HIKE OUR TRAILS There are over 5 miles of easy trails to stroll or hike, depending on the day, the temperature and your mood! FREE!
5. LEARN & DISCOVER how to grow, groom and harvest your own lavender! At 2:00 pm every day Michael Slyker will lead an interactive workshop on Growing Lavender In NorthEast Ohio. FREE!
6. EARN A JUNIOR NATURALIST CERTIFICATE! Fantastic for kids of all ages, DayBreak has designed a Junior Naturalist Program to encourage conservation among our youth. Kids identify and collect 10 common specimens from the farm’s diverse micro-environments and they receive a “suitable-for-framing” DayBreak Junior Naturalist Certificate. FREE!

PICK A FRESH LAVENDER BOUQUET! Enter the lavender field, take a deep breath and it’s clear that it’s bloomtime! And that means lavender bouquet picking time is here! Visitors can walk the lavender field and compose their own bouquet from 13 varieties of lavender. Or they can choose from farm-fresh bouquets in small, medium and large sizes. Bouquets range from $5 - $15 depending on size. And wild flowers and oxeye daisies are FREE!! Fresh or dried, lavender bouquets are excellent for …

• Fragrance & Cosmetics
• Wellbeing
• Drying
• Crafts

BEST LAVENDER PICKING DATES …

June 15 – August 15
Farm Hours: Wednesday – Saturday from Noon 'til 5p.m.
Sunday from Noon – 4p.m.
DayBreak Lavender Farm is located at 2129 Frost Road, Streetsboro, OH
Click here for a map and directions to the farm.

Please email Kim at DecadentChocolate@gmail.com with questions or interest in joining us!  Thank you!!! If interested in the lavender painting class, please indicate as I do not have the art teacher scheduled at this point, it will depend upon interest...

For we are to God the pleasing aroma of Christ among those who are being saved and those who are perishing.  2 Corinthians 2:15