Something Is Blooming in Millboro

Moseymore Lavender Farm Brings Its Festival Back — Bigger Than Ever — on June 6th

By Danny Cardwell  |  Allegheny Mountain Radio  |  June 2026

There is a place in Millboro where the air smells like lavender, your phone can wait, and whatever you are carrying — joy or grief — is welcome at the gate.

Moseymore Lavender Farm, co-founded by Teece Nowell and her husband Doug, opens its second annual Lavender Festival this Saturday, June 6th, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 188 Over the Hill Lane in Millboro. What started last year as a grand opening with a handful of vendors has grown into a full community festival, drawing craft and art vendors from across the region and beyond.

Teece Nowell joined Allegheny Mountain Radio — for her third appearance on the show — to talk about what is in store this weekend and what makes Moseymore a place unlike anything else in the Allegheny Highlands.

From Grand Opening to Full Festival

Last year’s event was Moseymore’s public debut — a thousand lavender plants in the ground and a handful of vendors welcoming the community for the first time. This year, Nowell put out a call and the response exceeded expectations.

“Last year we had four or five vendors. This year I just wanted it to be more enticing for the public to come out, so I put out a call — and it’s really amazing, the people that contact you who want to come and join in. It gives them an opportunity to show their craft and sell their wares. But it’s festive and fun, and I think people today are looking for something festive and fun — something community oriented.”  — Teece Nowell

The festival will feature 25 art and craft vendors representing communities from across the region — Covington, Clifton Forge, Waynesboro, Harrisonburg, Bath County, Highland County, and West Virginia among them. North Mountain Barbecue will be on site, and there will be face painting as well.

The farm itself has also been transformed since last year. A new gift shop has been finished and restored, a patio has been added, and shaded seating areas are now in place for visitors who want to slow down and take it all in.

A Season That Does Not Last Long

Timing matters at a lavender farm. The blooming season — that window when the flower spikes turn purple and fill a field with color and fragrance — lasts only six to eight weeks. Nowell says this year’s plants are just beginning to open, and the timing for the festival could not be better.

“The lavender is just about to pop. Some of the plants are budding, many have thrown up their spikes. It looks very different this year because the plants are fuller than they were last year.”  — Teece Nowell

Beyond the festival, the farm will be open every Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through the lavender season, with workshops planned throughout — including a class called Rooted in Lavender featuring yoga, a nature walk, and guided meditation using lavender oils. Visitors who want to come on other days are encouraged to simply call ahead. Nowell says someone is almost always there, and they love walking the fields with guests.

More Than a Pretty Plant

Lavender is easy to appreciate on sight. But Nowell — who holds an undergraduate degree in horticulture and spent decades as a mental health counselor working with children, families, and hospice patients — wants people to understand how much deeper it goes.

“Lavender has a chemical property in it called linalool, which is calming and completely natural. We use it in almost all of our products — essential oils, flower water, teas. No chemicals have ever been sprayed on our plants. We are an organic farm, not certified organic, but organic. The oil really works, which is always a little amazing to me. It helps you sleep, it calms you down, it helps with everything from dry skin to cuts. It is just a powerful herb.”  — Teece Nowell

That combination of horticulture and healing is not accidental. Moseymore was built at the intersection of two fields Nowell has spent her life in — and the result is a farm she describes as a place for quiet, for wandering, for being still.

“I wanted to bring those two fields together and offer a serene place just to come. You can wander through the lavender fields, up into our woods, be quiet, meditative. We are really trying to use this herb to its fullest — and pull together everything I have done with my life.”  — Teece Nowell

Joy and Grief, Both Welcome

For someone who spent years walking alongside families through cancer, loss, and the hardest moments of life, the farm represents something intentional. Moseymore is not just a place to buy lavender products — it is a space designed to hold whatever visitors bring with them.

That philosophy shows up in the workshops, in the way the farm is laid out, and in the quiet paths that lead up into the woods above the lavender rows. Nowell says she is supposed to be retired — but she cannot stop building something meaningful.

One Note for Visitors

Nowell asked that visitors please leave their pets at home. With 25 vendors, guests, and lavender plants in full bloom, dogs running through the fields is not a combination that works well for anyone — especially the lavender.

Festival Details

  Date: Saturday, June 6, 2026

  Time: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

  Location: 188 Over the Hill Lane, Millboro, Virginia

  Food: North Mountain Barbecue

  Activities: 25 art and craft vendors, face painting