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Oregon Lavender Festival

Join us next for the next Oregon Lavender Festival on July 14 &15, 2012: Oregon Lavender Festival

Email the Oregon Lavender Association for more information about joining the festival, joining the association as a lavender lover, or joining the festival for help in marketing your lavender business.

Paint out and Photo Contest

Submission deadline July 1, 2012.

Capture the Magic of Lavender in Rural Oregon! Inviting artists & photographers to capture the allure of lavender bursting into color in the many lavender fields throughout Oregon. See website for details

Contact

Oregon Lavender Association
PO Box 741
Yamhill, OR 97148
info@oregonlavender.org
971-533-7753

membership in ola

Owners of Lavender-centric businesses and individuals interested in lavender are invited to become members of the Oregon Lavender Association (OLA). Our primary goals are:

Promote lavender as a viable, thriving agri-business in Oregon
Encourage the general population's interest in lavender and lavender by-products
Educate the public about the beneficial properties and applications of lavender
Promote the propagation of lavender and contribute to the body of knowledge regarding growing lavender
Raise awareness through sponsoring an annual lavender festival and other events throughout the year
Encourage a spirit of community and/or charitable giving
Provide education and information to our members
Raise awareness by sponsoring educational events available to the community

Members have the option of choosing between a basic membership, a marketing membership focused on promoting your lavender business, or an extended membership with inclusion in the annual Oregon Lavender Festival -- a successful, well-attended, and growing festival that has been celebrating all things lavender since 2000. Attendance has increased dramatically each year.

Benefits

General Membership:

Attendance at 4 general membership meetings every year, each with an educational component featuring experts in the industry, demonstrations, presentations, and/or panel discussions
Inclusion in an established support network of lavender lovers, lavender growers, experts on lavender cultivation, and lavender craftspeople
Information exchange via a members’ website on topics such as regional advice on growing and marketing lavender products
Group buying power (plants, landscape cloth, supplies)
Access to OLA library of lavender resources
Distillation expertise and advice on stills and equipment
Inclusion in and access to a directory of all OLA members
Membership in a non-profit organization
Participation in OLA educational events such as distillation demonstrations, lavender cuisine samples, etc.

Membership + marketing add-on:

All the benefits of general membership as detailed above
Listing on well attended Oregon Lavender Destinations website and Facebook pages (www.oregonlavenderdestinations.org with link to member’s Web site (with up to 10,500 visitors per month, and an average of Facebook 25,000 page views in summer months)
Listing on a full-color Festival map, with 20,000 plus copies distributed to tourism locations, B&Bs, wineries, garden centers, and gathering spots such as restaurants and coffee shops
Discounted advertisement rates for OLA marketing publications
Membership in a newswire service for shared and individual press releases
Wholesale rates on OLA merchandise such as lavender honey, OLA tote bags, etc.
Access to low cost OLA-branded promotional materials such as postcards, business cards, etc.
Joint selling privileges at venues such as Christmas bazaars, and other events
Option of having artists and photographers visit your business and having paintings/photos of your site displayed at the Festival
Other benefits under investigation, such as group membership in organizations such as the Oregon Flower Grower’s Assn, online sales via the website, etc. Let us know your ideas.

Membership + Festival Participation:

All benefits included in the General Membership with the marketing add-on as detailed above, plus:
Promotion in festival advertising materials such as posters & postcards
Featured listing on a full-color Festival map, with 20,000 plus copies distributed to tourism locations, B&Bs, wineries, garden centers, and gathering spots such as restaurants and coffee shops
Participation in a well-established, successful, and growing festival with regional advertising exposure
Group rates on festival signage, printed and promotional materials
Help from other members to identify and promote unique strengths of each business
Resource for vendors, bands, food, etc. for individual farms during festival weekend
Other benefits under investigation – let us know your ideas

Costs

General Membership: $50/year; General Membership with Marketing Add-on: $200/yr; General Membership with Marketing Add-on and Festival Participation - $300/yr.

Standards for Membership:

Interest in growing lavender or lavender products
A willingness to show integrity to uphold the Oregon Lavender Festival’s excellent reputation

Standards for participation in the Festival:

Lavender related business
100 or more lavender plants in ground or year-round inventory of several varieties of lavender in nursery
Adequate parking
Public restrooms/facilities (can be portable, handicapped recommended)
Agreement to adhere to OLA standards as outlined in OLA bylaws
Festival Tour Participants are juried to ensure each meets minimum qualifying standards

More info

You are also welcome to Contact us via email with any questions.

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