Delicious Orchards is having its inaugural Colorado Cider Festival November 2nd & 3rd. Taste great hard cider from local cideries - great music, great food, fresh apple cider, orchard tours and FREE orchard camping.

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!

Here are the dinner menus and reservation info. [NB: The phone number exchange for the Ranch is 921.]

Here's the menu for the barbecue on the 5th and lunch on the 6th:
Blackbelly Catering + Ela Family Farms
Cinco de Mayo Orchard Celebration
MAY 5-6

MEXICAN STYLE ROAST PORK DINNER - $65

slow smoked, marinated heritage berkshire pork from the farm
fresh homemade tortillas and rolls
jams and apple butter
fire roasted salsas
mexican cheeses
apple-jicama slaw with apple cider dressing
mexican style crema
fresh papusas with mushrooms & huitlacoche
vegetarian green chile posole
organic black beans
achiote rice
fresh spring radishes
fresh farm greens with dried apple vinaigrette

warm peach and apple cobbler with fresh whipped cream for dessert

sun tea, fresh lemonade, cider, and aguas frescas for the non-wine drinkers


LUNCH- $18

Pulled Pork Sandwiches on Organic Bread
Zesty Creole Slaw
Chips
Homemade Pickles
Cookies