17th Annual Fields of Lupine Festival
June 4 - 20, 2010
Paying homage to the annual blossoming of this captivating wildflower, the Fields of Lupine Festival is a time honored regional event. The brilliant spikes of the lupine flower carpet 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.
 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 so you to start your own field of lupine.
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 special events within the festival. Retailers and restaurants will be offering, promotions, discounts, entertainment, and refreshments, as will museum and historic inn tours, an open-air market on Main Street Sugar Hill, and other locations throughout the communities all month long. Complete details. including a calendar of events will be posted here as plans for the 17th festival are confirmed.
Fields of Lupine Festival Program Tour Book
This complete guide to the Festival contains a page by page calendar of daily and weekend events, a location map of Lupine  fields and directions, interesting historical facts, as well as full details of special events, concerts and the open-air markets. The Tour Book contains information on the Lupine Photo Contest and an entry form. Many discounts and specials are included on the pages of supporting sponsors and Festival participants throughout the area. One of the more popular features of the book is the many unique and delightful recipes included on the pages of the many supporting sponsors of the Festival.
Lupine Festival Program Tour Book acts as your admission ticket to many of the festival events and entitles you to all area business discounts and specials mentioned above . The Book will be available for purchase in May at local participating  businesses, at the Welcome Center of the Franconia Notch Chamber of Commerce in Franconia off Exit 38 from I-93 and on-line here when available.
Annual Lupine Photo Contest
The Lupine Festival is a photographer's paradise! Enjoy the endless photo opportunities and then enter your best photo in the annual Lupine Festival Photo Contest. Your can watch a slideshow of previous winning photos. The Best Overall Photo Winner will be featured on the cover of the 2010 Fields of Lupine Tour Book. The complete rules and application for the photo contest is included in the Fields of Lupine Festival Program Tour Book.
2009 Annual Lupine Photo Contest Winners
Winners of 1st and 2nd place in each category are listed here and displayed top to bottom on the right:
 Ron Kolias: Best Overall Lupine Photo* - (Top photo)
*Photo to be featured photo on the cover of the
2010 Lupine Tour Guide Book
Lisa Sciola: 1st Place- People enjoying the Lupine Festival
Harold Dubnow: 1st Place- Wildlife and Lupines
Linda Fairchild: 1st Place- Lupine Flowers
Donna Webb: 1st Place- Lupine and Natural Vistas
Gregg Ohanian: 2nd Place- Lupine and Natural Vistas
Laura Thibault: 2nd Place- People enjoying the Lupine Festival
David Abraham: 2nd Place- Lupine Flowers
Renee Bachrach: 2nd Place- Wildlife and Lupines
Slideshow of 2009 Photo Contest Winners 
Slideshow of previous Photo Winners
2010 Schedule of Events
A daily schedule of events throughout the area from June 4 - 20 will be listed in the Lupine Tour Book- exciting features, Special Events, Sales at many businesses, museums and attractions such as the Sugar Hill Historical Museum, New England Ski Museum, Franconia Heritage Museum, Iron Mine Furnace, Robert Frost Home, and the Cannon Mountain Aerial Tramway. Open Air Market in Sugar Hill with feature concerts each weekend (see below), a list of Historic Inn Tours, and a scheduleof dates for walking path through a Lupine Field and/or horse drawn wagon rides. Weekend Dates to watch for: 
June 5: 30th Annual Wildflower Festival at Rocks Estate
The Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests invites wildflower enthusiasts to kick off the annual Fields of Lupine Festival June 5th at the Rocks Estate. The day will mark the 30th Annual Wildflower Festival, with a full slate of fun activities planned at the turn-of-the-century Estate. From photography to crafts and floral identification to use as a food, wildflowers will be highlighted on this early summer day.  Several workshops and tours are planned to keep visitors engaged with all aspects of flowers from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Forest Society staff and volunteers will lead walks on the beautiful Mile Path, a hidden woodland trail from a bygone era. The Mile Path Walks are limited (only 20 per walk) and fill quickly, so reservations are strongly advised. The cost for the day-long Wildflower Festival is $10 for adults and $5 for children and covers all programs, including sampling the floral edibles.
June 5/6: Fields of Lupine Art Show
At the Sugar Hill Meeting House Exhibits, demonstrations and sale of art and crafts sponsored by the Ammonoosuc Arts Council. For more information, or to participate, contact The ARTS Gallery at 603-838-2300 or email theartsgallery@hotmail.com. 
Fields of Lupine Festival Concerts
Special entertainment and concerts for 2010 will be listed here as the artists are confirmed. 2009 delightful diversity of concerts includedThe Chris Côté Trio, The Parker Hill Road Band, Joseph Hansalik, an exceptional local favorite on keyboard, Back Shed String Band, Mountain Streams Music- Celtic Harp and Bagpipes at Adair Country Inn and Restaurant, Not The Best playing a a myriad of instruments, The Wicked Smart Horn Band (at the Gezebo on the Dow in Franconia) and an organ concert At St. Matthew’s Chapel in Sugar Hill by New Hampshire Executive Councilor Ray Burton. St. Matthew's Chapel is the most-photographed chapel in New England becuase of its architech, history and scenic location on Route 117 in Sugar Hill.
 Market Concerts are outdoors, lawn chairs are welcome. In case of rain, all concerts will be in the Sugar Hill Meetinghouse. For more information regarding participation or support of thr month-long events, contact Brenda Aldrich at 603.823.8000 or email cheese@harmanscheese.com.
Visit this page often for updates on the 2010 Fields of Lupine Festival!
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