Red Rock Ranch Farms Lavender Festival at Concho June 20

Years ago near the White Mountains community of Concho, Mike and Christine Teeple began quietly planting lavender as part of the landscaping on their 130-acre ranch. They’ve now blossomed to a commercial operation and 45,000 lavender plants, including French and English lavenders that are grown and harvested each summer by hand. Mike Teeple says Red Rock Ranch & Farms is one of the largest lavender-growing outfits in the western hemisphere. The public gets a once-a-year chance to visit Red Rock Ranch & Farms during the annual Arizona Lavender Festival, now in its eighth year. The 2013 dates are set for June 20-30.

Events include tours, U-Cut lavender, cooking and craft demonstrations, and lavender oil distillation.

2013 Festival Dates – 10th Annual. Open 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Thurs. June 20 
Fri. June 21
Sat. June 22
Sun. June 23
Thurs. June 27
Fri. June 28
Sat. June 29 
Sun. June 30

Festival Activities

Lavender Tours
9:30 am and 11:30 am

Cooking Demonstration and Tastings
10:30 am and 12:30 pm

Topic of the Day
1:30 pm 
Chance to win a $50.00 Red Rock Lavender 
Gift certificate. (Must be present to win.)

Thursday, June 20th

Growing Lavender, Plant Selection & Care with Mike Teeple

Friday, June 21st

Lavender Harvesting, Drying, Sifting & Uses with Christine Teeple

Saturday, June 22nd

Presentation by David Heininger of Black Mesa Ranch, Arizona’s Premier Goats Milk Cheese Dairy. David will have samples for you to taste of his award winning artisan goat cheeses.  He makes one of his cheeses with our Lavender Herbes de Provence. 

Sunday, June 23rd

Grilling with Lavender Demonstration & Sampling Easy recipes 
using our Lavender Herb Blends to grill chicken, salmon and 
veggies with Mike Teeple

Thursday, June 27th

Lavender Crafts Demonstration, Lavender Wreaths, and 
Swags with Christine Teeple

Friday, June 28th

Watercolor Demonstration with Catherine Sickafoose, Artist and Painter of settings at Red Rock Lavender.  Catherine is back by popular demand with a fascinating demonstration of her artistic techniques

Saturday, June 29th

Lavender Ice Cream Demonstration & Sampling with Christine Teeple

Sunday, June 30th

Candle Making Demonstration with Christine Teeple

Throughout the Day
9am – 3 pm
U-Cut Lavender – $5.00 per Bundle
Lavender Shop Open – Products for Sale at a Festival Discount
Lavender Plant Sales
Plant Selection and Growing Advice
Box Lunches Available on a Pre-Order Basis

Festival Picnic Packages

$20.00 Each – Pre-Order
(Must Be Ordered 24 hours in Advance) 

DIRECTIONS: Take US 60 east past Show Low. Turn left on Highway 61. Travel about 20 miles, then turn left on Highway 180A. Turn right at mile marker 352 (Shiloh Village) and follow the two-lane dirt road. Turn right when the road becomes one lane; turn left at the first curve and drive down the lane to the gates.
DRIVING TIME: 4 hours, 23 minutes (227 miles)
ADMISSION: $5 per person
LODGING: Heritage Inn Bed and Breakfast, Snowflake (heritage-inn.net), pinetoplakesidechamber.com
INFO: 928-337-2289, redrockfarms.com