Willakenzie Lavender
19700 NW Adcock Rd
Yamhill, OR 97148
Phone: 503-662-4297
Email: dlgorham@verizon.net
www.willakenzielavender.com

Open both days of the Festival
from 10 am to 5pm.

Willakenzie Lavender, LLC is the lavender farm Debbie Gorham and Bob Applegate operate just outside of Yamhill, Oregon - right in the heart of wine country.  Much of the soil type on their 20 acres is ‘willakenzie’ type soil; hence the business name.  Beautiful views surround their home along with rose and perennial gardens.  Visitors are always encouraged to tour the gardens.  Many different varieties of iris, lavender and roses are featured in the landscape.

Just beyond the landscape is an extensive lavender display bed.  In the lavender fields you will find Royal Velvet, Maillette, Violet Intrigue, Gros Bleu, Provence, and Grosso.  There are close to 4000 plants in the ground with more planned over the next few years.

Willakenzie Lavender specializes in growing Lavandula angustifolia, also known as ‘true lavender’ or English lavender.  It is the most sweetly scented of the lavenders.  The essential oil is used in aromatherapy and premium quality personal care products.  At Willakenzie Lavender, bath and body care products, as well as culinary lavender products, are handcrafted using estate grown lavender.  Products are available in the farm store on weekends during the summer, in several local stores, and always by appointment.  Just give us a call or send us an email message.

In 2005, Bob and Debbie started another enterprise called Velveteen Alpacas, LLC and are raising show quality huacaya and suri alpacas.  Alpacas are among the most prized fiber animals in the world because the alpaca fleece is so soft, lightweight, lustrous and warm.  Come visit the 5 newborn alpaca babies!  The farm store is open Friday, Saturday and Sunday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., from late spring through summer.  Both lavender and alpaca products are for sale, including yarn made from their alpacas.  Also available are books, garden tools, cards, and artwork done by plein air artists.

“U-Pick Lavender” begins just before the lavender flower buds open.  This year we are also offering lavender wreath making classes before, during and after the Oregon Lavender Festival.  Make your own wreath during a 2-hr. class for $35.  Sign up via email at dlgorham@verizon.net or sign up when you arrive at the farm.

A percentage of the sale proceeds from the Oregon Lavender Festival at Willakenzie Lavender will be donated to the Oregon Humane Society.  We support the big-hearted people who help animals in need.