Owners of Lavender-centric businesses and individuals interested in lavender are invited to become members of the Oregon Lavender Association (OLA). Members have the option of choosing between the following membership levels:

Relax With Us: All Lavender Enthusiasts

Basic OLA membership fee: $35/year

  • Attendance at 4 informative meetings every year, each with an educational component featuring experts in the industry, demonstrations, presentations, and/or panel discussions
  • Discounts at participating OLA Lavender Destinations
  • Informative newsletters with articles on using and growing lavender
  • Inclusion in an established support network of lavender lovers, lavender growers and lavender craftspeople
  • Access to OLA library of lavender resources
  • 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.

Grow With Us: Lavender Oriented Businesses

Basic OLA membership fee ($35) plus level 1 marketing ($115) = $150/year

Intended for anyone with a business that involves or complements lavender

  • All the benefits of Relax With Us membership level as detailed above, plus
  • Link from profile page on OLD (Oregon Lavender Destinations) website to your business website
  • Ability to list your products and services on OLD website
  • Promotion through OLA social media network on Facebook. Our Facebook page receives over 25,000 page views in the summer months and is growing rapidly, including links to your Facebook page and periodic features of each individual business on the OLA Facebook page
  • Ability to list events where your products and services will be offered on the OLD website calendar of lavender events
  • Discounted advertisement rates for OLA marketing publications
  • Access to and inclusion in a member-to-member database of wholesale products and services offered by other member farms
  • Information exchange on topics such as regional advice on growing and marketing lavender products
  • Group buying power (supplies, lavender culinary products, etc.)
  • help from other members to identify and promote unique strength(s) of each business

Promote With Us: Lavender Oriented Businesses with a Destination site

Basic OLA membership fee ($35) plus level 1 marketing ($115) plus level 2 marketing $225) = $375/year

  • All the benefits of Grow With Us membership level as detailed above, plus
  • Your own page on the Oregon Lavender Destinations website which receives 20,000+ visitors in the summer months and is growing rapidly
  • Ability to list events where your products and services will be offered and events held at your destination on the website calendar of lavender events
  • Listing in the Oregon Lavender Destinations Guide, which will be a year-round resource widely distributed to the public free of charge
  • Copies of the Oregon Lavender Destinations Guide for your own distribution
  • Inclusion in the Oregon Lavender Destinations Guide companion app
  • Promotion in Oregon Lavender Farm Tour/Event advertising materials, such as posters and postcards
  • Possible OLA listings and advertisements in national or regional publications such as Travel Oregon, Oregon Events Calendars, etc.
  • Optional participation in a well-established, successful and growing farm tour with regional advertising exposure
  • Membership in a newswire service for shared and individual press releases
  • Wholesale rates on OLA merchandise, such as lavender honey, jam, cookies, chocolate, totes, etc.
  • Group rates on festival signage, printed and promotional materials
  • Access to vendor lists – including bands, food, crafts, etc. – for your Event/Festival/Farm Tour weekend celebration
  • Option of having artists visit your business during the Oregon Lavender Plein Air Paint Out, which culminates with a juried art show at the Willamette Valley Lavender Festival
  • Option of having photographers visit your business during the Oregon Lavender Photo Contest. Many of the photos submitted are used for OLA publicity, with the location clearly listed on the photo
  • Access to low cost, OLA-branded promotional materials, such as posters, postcards, rack cards, etc.
  • Other benefits, such as group membership in organizations like Travel Oregon, possible booth promotions, etc.

Costs

  • Relax with us: Lavender Enthusiasts $35 /year
  • Grow With Us: Lavender Businesses $150 /year
  • Promote With Us: Marketing $375 /year

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