Lavender season is upon us as local lavender farms begin to harvest the first plants of the year. At the B&B Family Farm, 5883 Old Olympic Highway, the Torres family works together to cut the farm’s first bundles of Folgate on June 26. Zion Hilliker, the farm’s co-owner, said they’ll work together to harvest the lavender species for two-three days and hang it in the farm’s barn. Hilliker said he anticipates progressively harvesting more species after the Sequim Lavender Weekend at July 19-21. This is the fourth year the Torres family has worked together to help harvest the farm’s lavender.

Family members work together to cut the first lavender of the year on June 26 at the B&B Family Farm. Sequim Gazette photos by Matthew Nash