Every June, the Maryland Lavender Festival offers some of the most picturesque views in the state, attracting thousands of visitors to Springfield Manor in Thurmont, Maryland. The festival features tours of local lavender farms as well as dozens of vendors, live music entertainment, watercolor painting, lavender hydrosol samples, food trucks, 70+ vendors, wine and beer, spirits tastings, photo op spots and backdrops, seminars, and demonstrations. Visitors will be able to enjoy English and French cultivars, Hidcote, Munstead, Fat Spike, Provence, Dutch, & Edelweiss varieties of Lavender.
Festival Activities and Entertainment
Maryland Lavender Festival visitors can relax in fragrant fields, have a picnic with a beautiful view, or take some great shots for their Instagram. Visitors can buy plants, dried lavender, and freshly cut flowers as well as try lavender gin, lavender vodka, and homemade lavender lemonade. The festival runs from 9 am to 4 pm at Springfield Manor Winery Distillery Brewery. Live music is on Saturday and Sunday from 9 am to 12 pm and from 12 pm to 4 pm. The Festival will be held rain or shine.
Festival Tickets
The Entry Ticket costs $25, but it covers a single-day entry to the festival. Visitors must buy tickets in advance. Adults and children 2 years old and over require a ticket to attend the fest. There will also be free parking on-site. However, the organizers ask you not to bring your pets to the festival.
Location
Springfield Manor is a beautiful Bed & Breakfast not far from Washington D.C., Northern Virginia, Baltimore, and Gettysburg. It also hosts a brewery and distillery for fine spirits: Rye & Corn Whiskey, Rum, Bourbon, Vodka, Grappa, & Brandy from local orchard fruit. Surrounded by picturesque Catoctin Mountains and Cunningham Falls State Park it is a perfect mountain retreat that reminds of Provence when lavender fields are in full bloom.
