About Us

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The mission of the Ojai Valley Lavender Festival is to demonstrate and promote the many uses of lavender, to broaden public awareness and to educate potential growers/farmers about the benefits of plants that celebrate the Ojai Valley’s Mediterranean climate, and to promote Ojai as a unique and welcoming destination.

A festival to celebrate everything lavender was inaugurated in 2004. Last year the Ojai Lavender Festival became the Ojai Valley Lavender Festival with new management, mission and goals.

2010 marks our seventh year as a festival. The overwhelming success of this event energizes and amazes even those who work so hard to make it the attraction it has become.

The fourth Saturday in June will see Libbey Park in downtown Ojai filled with the marvelous sights, sounds, soothing aromas, and textures of many varieties of lavender products including the plants themselves, a tour of a demonstration garden, vendors with fascinating and unique wares, talks by knowledgeable lavender growers and producers, plus a background of live music to weave it all together.

We are proud of the Ojai Valley Lavender Festival which attracted nearly 5,000 visitors in 2009. We invite you to share this memorable event beneath the majestic oaks of Ojai.