Showing posts with label Blanco Lavender Festival. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Blanco Lavender Festival. Show all posts

Friday, June 8, 2012

Blanco Lavender Festival

The Blanco Lavender Festival is underway in the Texas Hill Country this weekend, June 8 - 10.  The drought has clearly taken its toll on the lavender farms but it's still a good time to visit the historic towns of Blanco, Johnson City, and Wimberley.

Lavender plants in bloom


Beautiful vistas of the hill country


Plenty of lavender plants available


Wildflowers are lovely too


This winecup was the subject of some interest from a couple of visitors.

"What's this flower" she said
"It's a weed" he said
I offered "It's a winecup, one of our native wildflowers.  It may be a weed to some, but a wildflower to me!"


She was pleased.  He not so much.  Oh well.

There's also plenty to see and do at the festival on the beautiful Old Blanco County Courthouse grounds.  Vendor tents go all the way around the building in double rows.


Gorgeous plants for sale


Colorful garden art too


Can't get enough of these vintage stone buildings in the Texas Hill Country


The Blanco Lavender Festival is going on now through Sunday June 10th.

I'll be posting photos of our tour of beautiful Texas Hill Country back roads soon.