The Ohio Lavender Festival 2008: Event Preview

We're still finalizing this year's Guest Artists and Educator's but so many of you have written in asking what's on the program that I wanted to get this up for you as quickly as possible. - Jody Byrne

Explore our Ohio Heritage!

MEET JOHNNY APPLESEED as he shares his life story, mission and passion in an interactive program of story, song and pioneer humor for the whole family!

Johnny Appleseed, born John Chapman (September 26, 1774 - February 18, 1845), was an American pioneer nurseryman who introduced the apple to large parts of Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois. He became an American legend while still alive, largely because of his kind and generous ways, his great leadership in conservation, and the symbolic and real importance of apples.

LET YOUR CREATIVITY RUN WILD!!
ENTER THE OHIO LAVENDER FESTIVAL HERBAL SCRAPBOOK CONTEST ... Create a single page or box or container using any media with lavender as the subject. There will be two Grand Prize Winners each of whom will receive a $100 Shopping Spree at the DayBreak Lavender Farm store. There will be a Juried winner and a People's Choice Winner. Details and contest rules will be announced soon.

Plan your Festival to the MAX!

There's a lot to do at the Festival so we've created an guide to let you plan your festival visit to the max. There are three types of events you'll want to investigate before you do your schedule in ink! We've put everything on one long page so you can scroll up or down without leaving the page.

1. FREE MAIN TENT SEMINARS The Main Tent in middle of The Pasture is where the majority of our lectures, seminars and demonstrations take place. You are welcome to plant yourself for one or two classes or take a chair and stay all day!! It's all good. And it's all FREE!

2. MAKE & TAKE CRAFTSHOPS These are up close & personal workshops where you actually create something like a HyperTufa Planter or learn a new skill like Fragrance Blending in the AromaTherapy workshops. There is a materials fee involved to cover the cost of what you will be taking home. Sign up for these early as many have class size limits and sell out quickly.

3. SPECIAL EVENTS One day only's! Don't miss kinda things. Check them out!!

4. DELIGHTFUL ALL DAY, EVERY DAY EVENTS These are ongoing drop-ins you definitely want to check out!!

Delightful All Day Every Day Events!

• FREE! 5-Minute Chair Massage in The Woods! See Map for location.
• Pick Your Own Lavender Bouquet
• Shop The Lavender & Herb Plant Sale
• Become A Certified DayBreak Naturalist Young People's Nature Treasure Quest! - Identify 10 common field species and receive Official DayBreak Commemorative DayBreak Lavender Farm Certificate.
• Herbal Healing Pillows from TLC by Diane Gray. Preview them at herbaltherapypillows.com
• Create! Bring your paints, pastels or camera and let the lavender inspire you!
• Picnic! We have beautiful spots for al fresco dining. Bring your own picnic! Or stop by The Gourmet Pavillion for a Gourmet Box Picniques or High Teas!
• Shop The DayBreak Boutique in The Farm House
• Hear The Alpacas Hum! They're cuddly, furry and friendly!!
• Kids! Parents! Take The Nature Treasure Hunt & Become A DayBreak Naturalist!
• Cast your vote for the Winner of The Art Of Lavender Entries inside The Red Barn
• See A Small-scale distilling operation in The Red Barn
• Walk All DayBreak Lavender Farm's Trails
• Explore DayBreak's Woodland Paths
• Want A Rain Barrel for your garden? We've got 'em!
• DayBreak Complexion Makeover & Skin Care Clinic - Kathy Dixon, DayBreak's Director Of Training, & Chantal Rhodes will offer free Skin Care Analysis for anyone with skin!! Teens welcome!! In The Farm House
• Lavender Field Tour & Nature Walk. How To Grow, Farm, Harvest & Groom Lavender - Michael Slyker. Fellow farmers especially welcome!!
• Memory Room... Meditate in the quiet serenity of DayBreak's Memorial Nature Sanctuary surrounded by the sights, sounds and scents of the woods alive!
• Pick Your Own Fresh Lavender Bouquet In Our Lavender Field! All day every day. Daisies are FREE!! Browse the field and select your very own stems for cooking, drying or perfumery. Cost: $10, $15 or $20 depending on bouquet size.

Make a Day of it!
Enjoy these Free Activities!

18 Free Main Tent Seminars!!

Special Events

FREE MASSAGE IN THE WOODS
Imagine, a soothing, relaxing massage in our woods amid graceful maples and beech trees and serenaded by red-wing black birds, robins and tree frogs!! Susan McConnell, of Massage & LaStone Therapies in Ravenna, will be on hand from 10 until 2 all three days. 10 minute Chair Massages are FREE!!

Full 30 Minute Whole Body Massage, $25, must be scheduled in advance by calling Susan at 330-296-2216.
Cost: Chair Massage is FREE! 30 Minute Whole Body Massage $25
Time: 10 - 2 Friday, Saturday & Sunday.
Where: DayBreak Woods
To book a Whole Body Massage call Susan McConnell at 330.296.2216 or 330.281.9333.

SATURDAY ONLY!! FREE EMOTIONAL FREEDOM TECHNIQUE SEMINAR
It's been called ".... acupuncture without needles." The Emotional Freedom Technique is an easy-to-learn routine of tapping on a series of energy points. Following her Main Tent introductory presentation, Margaret Swift will lead a one-hour EFT seminar that delves deeper into this effective, versatile and simple technique. Learn how to handle cravings, beat stress, release negative emotions and memories and much more.
Cost: Chair FREE!
Time: 1:15 on Saturday only!
Where: Follow Margaret!! She'll find a nice spot.

SATURDAY ONLY!! TAI CHI IN THE TREES WITH PAUL HARMS
The Western Reserve Raquet Club's Tai Chi expert will lead you in a basic routine that you'll easily memorize and be able to repeat at home. Breathe deep and inhale all that glorious oxygen that the trees release. Tai Chi is always best done "in the trees!"

Make & Take Hands-On Craftshops

Detailed class descriptions and fee will be posted shortly! Promise!!

FRIDAY
10:15 Making A Dream Catcher with John Finsel
11:15 HypterTufa Garden Container Workshop with The Portage County Master Gardeners
1:15 Lavender Crafting: Make a Lavender Wreath or Arrangement with Karen Sehein
2:15 Making A Dream Catcher with John Finsel
2:15 Come & Plant Your Own Take Home Medicinal Garden! Let's Do It!! with Maureen Burns, The Tea Lady of Herbal Sage Teas
3:15 AromaTherapy Blending Class with Jody Byrne, DayBreak Co-Founder and Fragranceur
4:15 Introduction To Portrait Artistry ... Yes you can!! With Shannon Casey, Peninsula Arts Academy

SATURDAY
10:15 Making A Dream Catcher with John Finsel
11:15 HypterTufa Garden Container Workshop with The Portage County Master Gardeners
1:15 Saturday Only!! Free Your Inner Monet: A WaterColor Experience with Grace Thompson
2:15 Come & Plant Your Own Take Home Medicinal Garden! Let's Do It!! With Maureen Burns, The Tea Lady of Herbal Sage Teas
2:15 Making A Dream Catcher
3:15 AromaTherapy Blending Class
3:15 Lavender Crafting: Make a Lavender Wreath or Arrangement
4:15 Introduction To Portrait Artistry ... Yes you can!!

SUNDAY
10:15 Making A Dream Catcher with John Finsel
11:15 HypterTufa Garden Container Workshop with The Portage County Master Gardeners
1:15 Lavender Crafting: Make a Lavender Wreath or Arrangement
2:15 Come & Plant Your Own Take Home Medicinal Garden! Let's Do It!!
2:15 Making A Dream Catcher with John Finsel
3:15 AromaTherapy Blending Class
4:15 Introduction To Portrait Artistry ... Yes you can!!

SATURDAY ONLY!! FREE YOUR INNER MONET!! A PLEIN AIR WATERCOLOR EXPERIENCE WITH GRACE THOMPSON
Many of last year's attendees dubbed this: "The best water color class I've ever taken!" so Grace Thompson returns by popular demand. Grace asks: "What we will do" Use the lavender fields as inspiration and subject matter for an exciting watercolor painting experience. This is an opportunity for everyone to enjoy - all ability levels welcome.
Materials Included: All materials and paints needed are provided.
• Class Size: 12
• Fee: $15.00 includes all materials and paints. Grace does it all for you!!
• Time: Saturday only at 1:15

PLANT YOUR OWN TAKE HOME MEDICINAL GARDEN! LET'S DO IT!!
Your instructor is Maureen Burns, CEO of The Herbal Sage Tea Company. Her craft as a blender of superb teas is grounded in her studies with nationally recognized herbal authorities. Over the years, Maureen, a gifted teacher, has opened many hearts to the wisdom of plants. In her class you will learn the health benefits of herbal remedies and how they can impact your family's health and well-being. Learn what herbs grow well in this region. Each participant will have their choice of 5 medicinal plants, included in the cost of the class. These plants retail for $5.00 each, but are included in your cost of the hands on class!

You will receive an extensive handout, exploring many medicinal plants that grow well in this region. Participants will learn the plants taxonomy, specific growing conditions, and the plants medicinal uses and applications.

You may bring your own heirloom container, buy a traditional container from Maureen, or take your 5 medicinal herbs home to plant in their own garden.
• Class size: 20
• Fee: $35.00
• Time: Every day at 2:15. You may register directly with Maureen by clicking here.

MAKING A DREAM CATCHER WITH JOHN FINSEL
Meet John Finsel, Master Gardener and a grand human interested in nature and the earth. "I have traced my roots and found I had an Iroquois background dating to pre-revolutionary times. My Native American name is John Climbing Bear. I like using willow, as this is a renewable resource. I cut any weed stalks to make my own beads. And I am always looking for unusual seedpods to use in making my Dream Catchers. I use artificial sinew to make the web." Sioux Indian legend says that the night air is filled with dreams both good and bad. The good dreams know the way, slipping through the outer holes and slide down the soft feathers so gently that many times the sleeper does not know that he/she is dreaming. The bad dreams not knowing the way, get tangled in the web and perish with the first light of the new day. Time about 45 minutes.
• Class size: 10
• Fee: $10 and includes beads, willow circle, feathers, natural leafs and assorted natural seed pods. All material provided with instruction sheet.
• Times: Daily at 10:15 and 2:15

HYPTERTUFA GARDEN CONTAINER WORKSHOP WITH KEITH BARTON & THE PORTAGE COUNTY MASTER GARDENERS
What is HyperTufa? It is a light artificial stone that yields gorgeous and long lasting garden troughs (plant containers), fake rocks and boulders, stepping stones, wonderfully whimisical garden spheres and all sorts of decorative garden accents. You can carve it, color it or add mosaic pieces to it. Smooth it over a form or mold, let it properly cure (dry) and you'll have a very durable DIY garden art treasure for years to come. For this class you will make a round bowl planter. Bring pine cones, polished rocks, anything you'd like to inlay or imprint in your planter.
• Class Size: 20
• Fee: $20 includes a completed HyperTufa Planter to take home plus plus bowl mold for reuse. Also includes necessary gloves, material, take home instructions and recipe so you can do it again.
• Times: Every day at 11:15

INTRODUCTION TO PORTRAIT ARTISTRY ... YES YOU CAN!!
Casey uses charcoals and oil to create portraits and figurative paintings that tell a story. Quick sketch charcoal drawings enable her to capture her sitter's personality with spontaneity - making the drawings an ideal choice for younger children. Now she's going to show you how to do it!! Tap into your creative side with a drawing workshop that provides an introduction to drawing portraits. The workshop will cover basic anatomy, building a structure, how to capture a likeness, constructing the head using planes of the face and shadow and light to convey form. Under Shannon's guidance, you will work with:
• Charcoal
• Conte Crayon
• Toned Paper and receive take-home materials.
• Class Size: 12
• Fee: $10
• Times: Every day at 4:15

LAVENDER CRAFTING: MAKE A LAVENDER WREATH, LAVENDER FAN, LAVENDER WAND OR LAVENDER ARRANGEMENT
A little bit different type of hand-on class, this table is a drop-in table where you'll learn how to make the item(s) you choose and then purchse a kit to take home. Each craft will be explained and then demonstrated by Karen Sehein, DayBreak's Master SoapMaker.
• Class size: 30
• Fee: Instruction is free. DIY Home crafing kits will be available for purchase.
• Times: Friday - 1:15; Saturday - 3:15 and Sunday - 1:15

Custom Blend your Personal Signature Lavender Scent

A Perfumer's Workshop. Working with Lavender, you will learn the basics of fragrance beginning with how to create an accord of top, middle/heart and base notes while composing your own signature lavender fragrance. With Jody Byrne, the fragranceur and co-founder of DayBreak.

Includes 4 essential oils in blending bottles which measure by the drop. (1/3 oz. each), bottle for your blend, scent strips for blends and informational handout.
• Cost: $35
• Time: Friday 3:15. Sunday 3:15 No Satuday class.
• Where: The DayBreak Crafting Table under the Tulip Tree.
• Pre-register: Email soapplease1@aol.com

A Little Shopping & Some Gourmet Goodies are fun too!