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Journeys of Discovery: Door County’s White Gull Inn and Midwest’s largest lavender farm

KCBX | By Tom Wilmer
Published August 7, 2020 at 10:36 AM PDT
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Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm on Washington Island, Wisconsin.
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Families come from all around the Midwest to savor Fragrant Isle Lavender Farm.
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The White Gull Inn in Fish Creek, Wisconsin has been welcoming guests since 1896.
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White Gull Inn includes detached accommodations in addition to the main house.
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Reporting from Door County, Wisconsin, correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Meredith Coulson-Kanter, innkeeper at the historic White Gull Inn, which has been catering to guests in Fish Creek since 1896. Next up is a visit with Martine and Edgar Anderson, owners of Fragrant Isle, the Midwest’s largest lavender farm located on Washington Island.

You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel show podcast, Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer, featured on the NPR Podcast Directory, Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, the NPR One App & Stitcher.com. Twitter: TomCWilmer. Instagram: Thomas.Wilmer. Member of the National Press Club in Washington D.C. Underwriting support provided by Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, and the Society of St. Vincent De Paul.
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Tom Wilmer
Tom Wilmer produces on-air content for Issues & Ideas airing over KCBX and is producer and host of the six-time Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR podcast Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer. Recorded live on-location across America and around the world, the podcasts feature the arts, culture, music, nature, history, science, wine & spirits, brewpubs, and the culinary arts--everything from baseball to exploring South Pacific atolls to interviewing the real Santa Claus in the Arctic.
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