Franconia Notch - Sugar Hill & Easton - New Hampshire - Chamber of Commerce

The 15th Annual Lupine Festival    
June 6 - 22, 2008

Sugar Hill, Franconia, Easton 

Come celebrate the 15th Annual Fields of Lupine Festival,  June 6th - June 22nd, 2008.

View slideshow of winners from previous Lupine Art Shows

View daily progress of the Lupine Flowers

Visit Harman's Cheese Lupine web page

Paying homage to the annual blossoming of this captivating wildflower, the Fields of Lupine Festival is a time honored regional event. A quintessential spring bloom with brilliant spiking flower heads; the lupine carpets local fields and pastures in a rolling sea of vibrant purples, pinks, blues and whites. The long-lasting blossoms attract equally dazzling butterflies and create a breathtaking floral display against the majestic backdrop of the Franconia, Presidential, and Kinsman Mountain ranges.

The communities of Franconia, Easton, Sugar Hill, Bethlehem, Littleton and Lisbon join together to showcase this colorful pageant. Complementing the natural beauty of the floral show, the Fields of Lupine Festival offers:

• June 7 & 8:  Fields of Lupine Art Show at the Sugar Hill Meeting House
  Exhibits, demonstrations and sale of art and crafts.  For more information, call 603-838-2300 or email  Cheese@HarmansCheese.com.  Sponsored by Lisbon Art Gallery.June 10: Concert - An Evening of Song
  7 PM, Sugar Hill Meeting House
  Performed by mezzo-soprano, Amy Mitz and Accompaist, Anita Bonnevie
  Freewill Donation to Littleton Hospice
  
  
• June 21: 6:00-9:00 PM - Fields of Lupine Festival Concert
  featuring the Wicked Smart Horn Band (Dow Field Gazebo, Franconia)
  
  
• The 5th Annual Lupine Photo contest. Watch a slideshow of previous winning photos. The Best Overall Photo Winner will be featured on the cover of the 2009 Fields of Lupine Tour Book. The complete rules and application for the photo contest is included in the 2008 Fields of Lupine Tourbook.
  
  
• Open air market in Sugar Hill with concerts, each weekend
  
  
• Historic Inn Tours, Concerts, Walking path through a Lupine Field, Horse drawn Wagon Rides
  
  
• Special Events and Sales at many Businesses
  
  
• Museums and Attractions:
  Sugar Hill Historical Museum, New England Ski Museum, Franconia Heritage Museum, Iron Mine Furnace, Robert Frost Cottage, and the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway.
  

The Fields of Lupine TourBook is your ticket to many Festival events. It includes a map of local Lupine fields, a day-by-day listing of all events, information about the businesses and the specials they have to offer. Many advertisers also will offer specials in the Fields of Lupine Tourbook. The 2008 Fields of Lupine TourBook will be available May 1st, 2008 for $7.00, mailed directly from the Franconia Notch Chamber of Commerce. They will also be available at participating area merchants for $5.00.

Every visitor is guaranteed abundant photo and recreational opportunities in the Northeast's most spectacular mountain region. Our local greenhouses and businesses will be offering lupine plants and seeds for you to start your own field of lupine. Retailers and restaurants will be offering promotions, discounts, entertainment, and refreshments.

Come for a day . . . Come for a weekend. . . Come for a week!

June 5 - 21, 2009:  16th Annual Fields of Lupine Festival