Celebrated Sonoma landscape artist at Sonoma Lavender Festival

Meet Barbara Greensweig and see her award-winning paintings of Sonoma, at Sonoma Lavender Festival, June 23 & 24 Chateau St. Jean, Kenwood, CA

Barbara will be showing many originals, as well as prints and greeting cards.

For more about Sonoma Lavender Festival, http://www.sonomalavender.com/festival.html

NEW! Chateau St. Jean shuttle at Lavender Festival!

Sonoma Lavender Festival has expanded to Chateau St. Jean!
 Saturday and Sunday June 23 & 24

Now there will be a shuttle between Chateau St. Jean and the Sonoma Lavender Festival, so lavender lovers can enjoy both venues and double their pleasure. There will wine and lavender cusine pairings, as well as celebrity artist Barbara Greensweig painting originals. Peruse a special Sonoma Lavender store in the rose garden. Special Lavender festival wine discounts and a free lavender gift is offered at Chateau St. Jean.

In the Sonoma Lavender Fields, play our new field game, "Passport to Bliss" and get free sachets or bath salts. Free spa treatments under the oak. Live music by Nate Lopez. Lavender Cuisine by Lisa Hemenway of FRESH. Wines by Chateau St. Jean and BR Cohn. Sparkling wine by Rack and Riddle. Lavender Specimen Garden. More...

LAVENDER FIELDS OF AMERICA- book signing and video presentation at 12:30.

In other words, fun, fun, fun. $5 per person. Children under 12 free. Next to Chateau St. Jean, Kenwood.  More info:
http://www.sonomalavender.com/festival.html

Lavender Cuisine with FRESH by Lisa Hemenway

Sat. June 23 and Sun. June 24, Sonoma Lavender Festival

Come meet Chef Lisa Hemenway as she prepares the best lavender cuisine has to offer.

SNACK! Savory lavender nuts, lavender snickerdoodles, lemon lavender cupcakes, delightful strawberry lavender ice cream

DINE! On lavender delicacies such as lavender duck confit, lavender niciouse salad or barbequed lavender salmon.

LAVENDER MARKETPLACE! Take home handmade lavender cheeses, crackers, mustards, rubs, sauces, olives, nuts, cookies.

Meet Chef Lisa Hemenway at Sonoma Lavender Festival June 23 & 24

Lisa Hemenway has been delighting Sonoma County diners with her gourmet flair for almost 30 years. Widely known for her award-winning Lisa Hemenway’s Restaurant in Montgomery Village for almost 20 years and Lisa Henemway’s Bistro in Town & Country Center, she also founded Polka Dots restaurant, and was the original Sous Chef and Pastry Chef for John Ash & Co. In addition to her Sonoma county fame, Lisa launched private dining rooms and restaurants in Vietnam and Singapore for an international organization. Her food-related travels have taken her through France, around the Mediterranean, to Vietnam, Singapore, Thailand, and New Orleans. She brings inspiration and ingredients from her travels to her original recipes and well-loved favorites.
For more about FRESH, http://www.freshbylisahemenway.com/

Sonoma Lavender Festival June 23 & 24. next to Chateau St. Jean, Kenwood, CA  Sonoma Lavender products, free demos and samples, lavender cuisine by FRESH, Wine by Chateau St. Jean, Kunde, Kenwood, BR Cohn, live music by Nate Lopez, Barbara Greensweig Art, Cooking demos by Chef Mary Bergin, Lavender Lounge by Massage Envy and Hello Beautiful, Lavender Crafts, Portraits by Deborah Welsh. For more about Sonoma Lavender Festival, http://www.sonomalavender.com/festival.html

the Lavender Field with Massage Envy

Massages in the Lavender Field with Massage Envy

Sat. June 23 and Sun. June 24, Sonoma Lavender Festival

A yearly tradition! Enjoy a relaxing massage in the lavender field with Massage Envy of Santa Rosa and Sonoma.

CHILLED LAVENDER NECK PILLOWS! Come to the Lavender Lounge to soothe tense muscles with a chilled neck pillow and spa mask.

CHAIR MASSAGE! Fifteen minutes of bliss in the lavender field. Only $1 per minute, 15 minute minimum
FULL BODY MASSAGE! Fifty minutes massage with Sonoma Lavender Massage Oil resets and energizes your whole body. Only $1 per minute, 30 and 50 minutes.

Try a Lavender Massage at Sonoma Lavender Festival June 23 and 24
Massage Envy- Sonoma 452 First St. E. Sonoma, Sonoma, CA 95476 (707) 938-7404
Massage Envy- Santa Rosa 5761 Mountain Hawk Hwy. Suite #103, Santa Rosa, CA 95409 (707) 537-0555
For more about Sonoma Lavender Festival, http://www.sonomalavender.com/festival.html

Portraits in the Lavender Field

Portraits in the Lavender Field with Deborah Welsh

Sat. June 23 and Sun. June 24, Sonoma Lavender Festival, Kenwood, California

Come meet photographer Deborah Welsh as she takes your portrait in the lavender field.

KIDS! COUPLES! FAMILIES! INDIVIDUAL HEAD SHOTS! $35

Make your appointment for June 23 or 24, today! Dwelsh1@aol.com    415-509-3438  415-509-3438

Deborah Welsh specializes in product and people photography, out of her unique photography studio under the Bay Bridge in the San Francisco SOMA. Deborah offers business and model headshots, as well as model composite cards. On location, business and party events are a specialty. Deborah also shoots exteriors and interiors for real estate companies. Clients include: General Motors, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, UGL Equis Corp., Sonoma Lavender, Apple/BMW, S.F.Opera, KQED, S.F. Chronicle, Armorall, Macys, Levi Strauss For more information about Deborah Welsh Photography, http://www.deborahwelsh.com
Sonoma Lavender Festival June 23 & 24. next to Chateau St. Jean, Kenwood, CA  Sonoma Lavender products, free demos and samples, lavender cuisine by FRESH, Wine by Chateau St. Jean, Kunde, Kenwood, BR Cohn, live music by Nate Lopez, Barbara Greensweig Art, Cooking demos by Chef Mary Bergin, Lavender Lounge by Massage Envy and Hello Beautiful, Lavender Crafts, Portraits by Deborah Welsh. For more about Sonoma Lavender Festival, http://www.sonomalavender.com/festival.html

Cooking with Lavender with Chef Mary Bergin

Sat. June 23 and Sun. June 24, Sonoma Lavender Festival

Come meet Chef Mary Bergin as she demonstrates how to use the exquisite lavender herb in cooking.

EXPLORE! Lavender’s fresh flavor goes savory or sweet. Try lavender rubs on fish, chicken and meat. Or add a delicate flavor to crème brulee, ice cream and shortbread.

LEARN! How easy it is to add the exotic taste of lavender to your cooking for rave reviews. Recipe handouts at demo!

TASTE! Chef Mary Bergin will prepare and serve tastes of lavender delicacies to try at home. Mary’s own lavender culinary products will be available for purchase.

Meet Chef Mary Bergin at Sonoma Lavender Festival June 23 and 24

Mary's star studded career began with Wolfgang Puck in 1982 at the original Spago Restaurant. Her innovative creations have been praised by customers, Hollywood stars, food magazines and fellow chefs. The James Beard Foundation invited Mary to create her imaginative cuisine for 1,500 guests at the Annual James Beard Foundation Awards honoring Julia Child. Mary was a frequent guest chef on Julia Child's Baking with Julia PBS television series and a contributor to the cookbook, Baking with Julia.

Mary has written two cookbooks with Judy Gethers, Spago Desserts and Spago Chocolate. Spago Chocolate was chosen "Best Cookbook of the Year." Her recipes are featured in Bon Appetit, Cook's Illustrated Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, TV Guide's Celebrity Dish, The New York Times, Chef Magazine, to name a few. She has been a guest on Good Morning America, Television Food Network, In Food Today and a host of other acclaimed television shows. Mary has prepared food for two presidents.

Chef Mary Bergin’s business includes Cooking Lesson Parties and Private Chef Lessons.For more information about Chef Mary’s Cooking Lessons, http://www.chefmarybergin.com/lessons.html

For more about Sonoma Lavender Festival, http://www.sonomalavender.com/festival.html

FEELING ANXIOUS? TRY LAVENDER.

Sometimes things just don’t seem to go your way, leaving you with angry, anxious feelings. Now a study from the University of Tsukuba in Japan concludes that lavender can significantly change those feelings of conflict and anxiety.

References and further reading may be available for this article. To view references and further reading you must purchase this articleLavender oil produced significant anti-conflict effects in the Geller conflict test and in the Vogel conflict test, suggesting that the oil has an anti-anxiety effect. Linalool, a major constituent of lavender oil, produced significant anti-conflict effects in the Geller and Vogel tests, findings similar to those of lavender oil, thus identifying linalool as the major pharmacologically active constituent involved in the anti-anxiety effect of lavender oil.

National Institute for Environmental Studies, 16-2 Onogawa, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0053, Japan College of Nursing and Medical Technology, University of Tsukuba, Japan 14 December 2006. SCIENCEDIRECT.COM

Sonoma Lavender recommendations for products to reduce feelings of conflict and anxiety:

Lavender Candles or Lavender Diffuser

Lavender sachets tucked in the car, purse, briefcase.

Lavender lotion, shower gel, oil.