Colorado Lavender Festival by Courtney Drake-McDonough, Publisher and Managing Editor | May 3, 2018 | Events & Festivals, Real Food & Drink, Real Food Finds, Real TravelFields with varying shades of blue and purple bursts of lavender plants, set against reddish rock formations. It’s an increasingly common scene in the Grand Junction and Palisade regions of Colorado, on the “Western Slope” of the Rocky Mountains....