Traveling to our Valley this summer? Bring your family! With sports, music, theatre, history, culture, and education, Walla Walla provides plenty for families with kids of all ages. As our community gears up for summer break our businesses, nonprofits, and facilities gear up for family fun! Grab your glove and head to the ballpark for…
Driving just outside of Walla Walla, amongst all the greens and golds, we come upon a pop of purple. Tucked into the fields of alfalfa and wheat is Blue Mountain Lavender Farm. I absolutely love anything U-pick. So when I heard Walla Walla Valley had its own U-pick lavender farm, I knew I had to go.…
What a grand spring season it is here this year in the Walla Walla River Basin- you should see it, all of the natural world is alive and generating young for the future. This beautiful and unique basin hosts many hundreds of species that bring a wonderful spark of diversified life that allows all types…
My husband and I recently moved from Maine, a land of trees, snow, and rocky soil, to Walla Walla, with its wide open spaces, dry heat, and lushly growing farmlands. When I move to a new place, I love to learn all I can about a place when I move there, really dig deep into…
What an amazing place to be alive in April! The Walla Walla River Basin is eye poppingly beautiful this early spring month. The winter wheat around the valley is vivid green, the dogwood, cherry, apple and plum trees are covered with blooms and pollinating bees. This year looks really breath taking as thousands of wild…
If wine is not your thing, have no fear, the Walla Walla Valley has plenty to offer for the craft beer drinker. Perhaps more well-known for its wineries, Washington certainly holds its own in the world of microbrews, and Walla Walla is no exception. As newcomers to town, my husband and I are closer to…
It is March in the spectacular Walla Walla River Basin and a very vibrant green blanket sprinkled with patches of purple, yellow, white and pink flowers has covered this valley in places. The new wheat is a vivid living green in the late afternoon sun. We have had many grand rain storms which paint amazing…
When I travel to a new place, I love to explore it by going on a run. So I thought I would share one of my favorite runs through town, which was a great way for me to get to know my neighborhood. My route encompasses some of the oldest and most beautiful homes in…
After a wetter, cooler winter season spring has gone and jammed its foot in the door here in the Walla Walla Valley. Life is bucking to renew bringing energy, color and action to this very beautiful valley in southeast Washington. The Walla Walla River basin already shows many signs of new growth and life. Yesterday,…
Yes, it is a New Year and here in the beautiful Walla Walla Valley it is all about moisture accumulation. Every living organism requires water and is completely dependent on the water that is coming our way, this month and on into the next three months. This valley is wonderful and green in the spring…