Brian Brenno Blown Glass ~ btbrenno@comcast.net
Tara and Brian Brenno 
Mosaic and metal garden art
Brian is nationally known for his hand blown glass hats. He also makes blown glass vases and drinking glasses. New this year is our art for the garden. Brian makes hand blown glass flower garden stakes and together we create mosaics for the garden using the broken glass from his blown work. We also collaborate on the copper and glass garden trellises and wind chimes.

Bill Dilly: Tiger wood sculpture  

Stewart Wright: Metal obelisks sculpture

Todd Eugene: Steel Sculpture in the tall grass
The universal theme of Mr. Eugene’s work is extremes.
Fire and ice, dark and light.

Jesse Whitford and Stefan Wolczko are two Vashon Island High School graduates who are currently attending college.  They play a mixture of folk, rock, blues and funk on their acoustic guitars, and they love to come back and play music on the island. They performed on the Youth Stage as the Sound Band at the Strawberry Festival a few years back.

The LA LA’S Three generations of family musicians make up the La La's. While Cajun and Zydeco music are their forte, they are also known to throw in some Swamp Pop and traditional country music to spice up a set.

Chris and Jyl Leininger have been performing acoustic jazz in their kitchen for many years. Performing during a six-week stay in Italy last year, they wowed B and B hosts and agritourismo guests alike with Chris’s nifty Martin travel guitar and Jyl's angelic singing. Their renditions of jazz standards and classic pop music will bring tears to your eyes and a smile to your lavender- kissed lips.

Just Fiddlin’ Around Traditional music to watch lavender by. Dust off your boots and get ready to step to the captivating sound of Vashon’s own Just Fiddlin’ Round! This unique family band, featuring two twelve year old fiddler/singers will knock your socks off with their original versions of old time fiddle, bluegrass and Celtic favorites. Whether stepping to “Angelina Baker” singing imaginative versions of “Big Rock Candy Mountain,” or yodeling to “Cowboy Sweetheart” this group is destined to win your heart.

Leslie McMicheals ~ Pluckmusic.com ~ 206-567-4768
Performs lilting harp music midst the lavender plants.

Three For The Road A trio comprised of fiddlers Emerson Shedenhelm and Lila O'Brien and singer-guitarist Zoey Rice. We play anything we can lay our hands on, from Irish to Klezmer, Classical to bluegrass, Simon & Garfunkel to the Indigo Girls. Our band has been together in one way or another since our middle school days, performing in a variety of venues, including Vashon Bookshop, the Strawberry Festival, Folklife, and open mikes at Café Luna and VHS.

Morgan Spiess , The Corner Clarinet Player Morgan can be heard often on First Fridays outside the Hardware Store Restaurant in downtown Vashon,, or outside Safeco Field on Mariner game days.  He plays a nostalgic ensemble of easy listening old jazz standards.

Sue Goetz is a garden designer, writer and speaker. Through her design business Creative Gardener she works with clients consulting and designing personalized gardens.  Her work has earned gold medals at the Northwest Flower & Garden Show and the Point Defiance Flower and Garden show as well as the Fine Gardening magazine “Best Design” award. She was named one of the ‘Top 40’ landscape designers by Northwest Home & Garden magazine. She loves to share the creative side of gardening with freelance writing, horticulture classes at Tacoma Community College, public speaking engagements and workshops. Her garden column regularly appears in the Peninsula Gateway.  
She can be reached at 253.265-2209, info@thecreativegardener.com or visit her website at www.thecreativegardener.com

Lorelle Shearer, although a scientist by training, she is an experienced caterer and cook with an exquisite palate!  Her classes are filled every year and she has a lavender cookbook that will be available for sale.

Michelle Thibert, licensed aroma therapist and massage therapist, will share her extensive experience in the medicinal uses of lavender.  Michelle graduated from the Brenneke School of Massage in Seattle, Washington. She holds a Diploma in Holistic Aromatherapy.  She has a massage practice in the Bonney Lake and Enumclaw areas. She teaches Aromatherapy certification programs and various Aromatherapy classes. Michelle enjoys making aromatic products and using aromatherapy with her clients. Michelle works part-time for Good Samaritan Home Health and Hospice as an Aroma therapist and a Massage Therapist.  She will also offer massage in the lavender fields Saturday.

Linda Chalker-Scott earned a Ph.D. in Horticulture from Oregon State University and is an ISA certified arborist.  She is a WSU’s Extension Urban Horticulturist and an Associate Professor in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture.  In her position, she develops educational materials for WSU Master Gardeners and the nursery and landscape industry.  She is also the state editor for Master Gardener Magazine, a Washington-based quarterly publication that presents scientifically valid information to a popular gardening audience.  Her first book, The Informed Gardener, is an examination of some common horticultural myths to be released in 2008 by University of Washington Press.  She has edited and co-written with 22 academic authors a lengthier text, Sustainable Landscapes and Gardens, which should also be available in 2008 from GFG Publications.  You can contact Dr. Chalker-Scott at lindacs@wsu.edu and find more information on her web page  http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%20Chalker-Scott/

Thane Lewis  Although one could write pages about Thane Lewis, the musician and Violist for the Tacoma Symphony orchestra, he comes to Fox Farm as an experienced beekeeper.  His happy bees (no meds or chemicals) made some of the best lavender honey last year and hopefully again this year!  He will give a talk about how bees live and work together and we will have 2 kinds of lavender honey to taste! www.eastsidesymphony.org/Biography/ThaneLewis.htm