COPENHAGEN, New York (WWNY) – The Hopenhagen Lavender Festival is under way Saturday.
“We have over 140 vendors, we have food trucks on top of that, live music,” said Mary Rumble, Co-Owner of Hopenhagen Farm. “But the big draw? You cut your own lavender.”
Rumble and her husband have been drawing crowds to Copenhagen since 2017.
“Copenhagen is such a small town,” she said. “And to have thousands of people come through our village, and it’s not just us that get to enjoy everybody here but our downtown businesses and up across the bridge, they get business too from it.”
With plenty of vendors, and things to do, it’s fun for the whole family, with plenty of attendees praising the event.
“Coming out with my mom, seeing the lavender, smelling it and deciding which ones we want to do for our bundle,” said Brook Hufnagel. “Its just… that’s my favorite part.”
“I love seeing all the small companies and start up businesses and just people making things with their hands, and supporting them,” said Theresa McMahon.
When it comes to lavender, it can be used for all sorts of things. Dry it out, use it as essential oils, put it in tea. Or if you’re at the Lavender Fest, get a bottle of wine or even ice cream.
“I’m up to 8 flavors of lavender hard ice cream, and I’ve been working with and experimenting this year,” said Rumble. “Lavender lemonade, lavender snow cones, lavender slushies, lavender wine coolers. A mixture of either lavender or lavender blueberry or lavender strawberry, because lavender is just a nice herb that mixes well with different fruits.”
And with the sun shining, folks couldn’t have chosen a better day to check out the festival.
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