Spectacular Easter Event at the Lavender Farm

It is amazing how time flies! This time last Friday, Suzette and I were racing around getting all the last wrinkles ironed out so we could have a smooth Easter event at the farm. We love planning these events where people from the community get to take time to reconnect with nature. Being outside with animals and plants gets people excited to bring living things, and products from those living things like essential oils, into their daily lives. And this event turned out great! We had a ton of fun and only compliments from all the people attending.

One of the activities that people liked the best was our on-going Easter egg hunt. At traditional egg hunts everyone gathers around and all at once they race off to get their eggs, sometimes trampling the little ones in all the mayhem. And if you're late, you're out of luck! But the Young Living Lavender Farm's egg hunt was different. We had all the hunters, parents in tow, take a wagon ride around the farm and down to the egg field. Once they got there, their own special egg hunt started. Each child got to find five eggs and then walk back to the other activities. It was a huge success!

Children at the Young Living Lavender Farm take off to find their easter eggs.

We had other spring-themed activities, including: pumpkin-seed planting, egg decorating, cookie decorating, and a petting zoo with baby animals. The baby goats were my favorite--even though one tried to eat my coat.

A student volunteer holding a kid.

We also had the well-loved activities you will find on the farm at every event: rock climbing, pony rides, and paddle boats. People also enjoyed the personal balloon creations made for them from The Balloon Guy and prizes from our fabulous new fishing wall.

Two children climbing the ever-popular rock wall.

One of the best things about the Fall and Easter events is the opportunity Young Living Lavender Farms has to work with students from Brigham Young University. Suzette teaches an event management class where students learn to plan, organize, and host special events. It is a great partnership; the students get hands-on experience and the farm gets wonderful volunteers. In fact, we couldn't have put on such a successful event without them. Young Living is privileged to mentor students and help them gain real-world experience that will help them in their future careers.