The Lavender Association of Western Colorado is proud to announce its speaker line-up for the upcoming Southwest Lavender Conference – Beyond the Basics.  We will also have a guided motorcoach tour of area lavender farms on Sunday, September 30, 2012.

The conference will be held at Two Rivers Convention Center in downtown Grand Junction, Colorado on September 28, 29 and 30, 2012.  Please visit our website at www.coloradolavender.org to register for this informative conference.

Beyond the Basics
Raphael d’Angelo, MD , founder and director of the Center for Holistic & Integrative Medicine in Aurora, CO and the ParaWellness Research Program.
Five Things We Must Do to Move American Aromatherapy Forward
How to Beat Infections: The Doctor’s New Black Bag
Beachcombing for Lavender – Pretty Shells and Glitzy Pebbles

Susan Harrington, owner Labyrinth Hill Lavender, Hansville, WA
    CSI: Grand Junction--forensic analysis of a marketing campaign

Sarah Bader, owner Lavender at Stonegate, West Linn, Oregon
    Growing & harvesting lavender for essential Oils

Rhonda Follman, Area Director CSU Extension Tri-River Area, Grand Junction, CO
Colorado Cottage Foods Act and more

Janet Scavarda, DC,  Grand Junction, CO
    Essential Oils – A new paradigm for saving ourselves from the stress that is killing us.

Cindy Jones, MD, owner Sagescript Institute, Longmont, CO
    Using Hydrosols in cosemetics

Barbara Lucks, RA, owner Oasis Botanica/Alma del Sol, Mack CO
    Hydrosols: Fresh, local,  accessible aromatherapy

Lida Lafferty, author of Spike It with Lavender; Recipes for Living, Grand Junction CO    
    Getting Started in the Pantry
    Cooking with wine and lavender

Roxi Lane, owner Dayspring Farm. Olathe, CO
    Farm Fresh Food with lavender

Montanya Distillers, Karen Hoskins,  Crested Butte, CO
    A True Story: When Cocktails met Lavender and Fell in Love

If you have any questions please visit our website at www.coloradolavender.org or email Kathy Kimbrough at kkimbro49@yahoo.com

There's a Farm to Table dinner on the 27th and special winery tours on the 29th and 30th!

For the last two decades, Colorado Mountain Winefest has been the premier Colorado wine celebration in the state, bringing dozens of local wineries to celebrate our award-winning wines and growing industry.

With 50 Colorado wineries in attendance and a few thousand close friends to share unlimited sips, it’s the kind of perfect day that makes everyone wish they lived here. The daylong event in Riverbend Park features live entertainment, unlimited wine samples, a  commemorative tasting glass, wine tote and the chance to buy wine directly from the winemakers.

Click on image to register.