As soon as spring arrives, we get many calls asking when our Lavender is in flower and what is the best time of year to see the fields in their full glory..

This is a photo of one of our Lavender fields taken on May 16th – this is part of what we call our Test Beds where we grow several different varieties of Lavender so we can see how they perform, the colour of the flowers etc – as you can see from the photo we have also been replanting some varieties as Lavender tends to get a bit woody after about 10 years or so and will produce less flowers and less oil.

We are also planting a lot more of our fields which used to be grain (barley and wheat) with lavender – these plants are very small and young and we will have to wait a few years before anything will come of these. We have a specially developed machine to help us with the planting and so we don’t have to use weed killers, we plant them through plastic which is being laid at the same time. This is all being done in fields away from our shop/tearoom area so sadly you won’t be able to watch this.

A few years to come and the farm will be nearly all Lavender!

Come to the end of June and into July ….. with a bit more sunshine (fingers crossed) this is what you will see, so the answer to the question “when is the best time to see your Lavender in full flower?” from mid June onwards.

Our website, Facebook and Twitter will be updated on a regular basis as soon as the buds start to appear and colour is showing.

From June 1st we will be open 7 days a week. At the moment we are open Wednesday to Sunday 10am to 5pm.

We are still worth a visit for our Tea Room and Gift Shop. Our Gift Shop sells all our Lavender products as well as a lovely selection of gifts and locally sourced Honey, preserves, oils etc.

Our Tea Rooms serves light lunches and cakes as well as our famous Lavender Shortbread, Lavender Scones and Lavender Ice Cream if its a lovely sunny day you can sit outside on our  benches and soak up the sun!

Our new outside seating area – when our fields are in flower and open for you to walk around, we have benches out there too!

We are dog friendly here, and although they aren’t allowed in the shop or tea room you are more than welcome to sit outside with them and when the fields are open to take them for a walk.

No matter what time of year your wedding is, you can use Lavender as a theme.

The best way to use the flowers for your wedding is to buy them in dried bunches (these are available from our shop) – Lavender still keeps its beautiful dark purple colour even when dried.

But using other Lavender products for your wedding is becoming very popular. 

Our pretty Organza Bags filled with our dried lavender grains are great to use as favours

 from £1.99 per bag, they are filled to the brim and tied with pretty ribbon

As featured in this months Brides etc Magazine.

We also do larger organza bags again filled with our dried Lavender – ideal for biodegradable confetti.

Our small Gift Wallets make the perfect gift for the Bridesmaids or the very pretty Lavender Printed fabric bag which is our own design filled with our Lavender Grains.

Our candles are made using our Lavender Oil – no artificial fragrance – many people have had them on their tables for their wedding – hopefully the scent will keep everyone calm!

And finally after all that dancing at your wedding why not treat your guests (or indeed yourselves) to our Foot Gel to soothe and refresh your tired feet!

Well the rain has certainly helped the Lavenders new growth appear – lots of new green shoots are showing which is a good sign.

The wild flowers on the farm are looking lovely, Cowslips, Bluebells and a few Orchids are flowering on the edges of some of the fields – we have also sown a small wild flower meadow this year and although we don’t expect much from it until next year, we hope to get a few wild flowers – we like to help the beneficial insects and want to also help the ever dwindling Butterfly population…

As you can see the Cowslips are doing very well here on the farm.…

and so too are the Bluebells (right)

It might be a wet one, it might be a cold one but we will be open over the May Bank Holiday! Saturday, Sunday and Monday 10am to 5pm each day.

Our Tearoom serves lovely lunches, including soups, baked potatoes etc and as always we have a large selection of yummy cakes …

For the more adventurous among you, why not try our delicious Lavender Shortbread…

 Our Gift Shop not only sells all our own brand products which you can see on this website, but much, much more…. a selection of locally sourced food, including preserves made using our Lavender and chocolate too. Gifts galore with a new range of pretty bags and scarves and of course a whole selection of Lavender goodies.

So come rain or snow!!! we will be open - a roaring log fire in the tea room will be here to warm you up – we look forward to seeing you.

Lavender has always been known for its healing properties – the scent alone is enough to help you relax and feel good.

After a hard days gardening why not try our Gardeners Muscle Rub, it combines our finest Lavender Oil with extracts of Thyme and Rosemary to help ease those aches and pains.

It would make a great Fathers Day present – a gift that he would really appreciate.

We also do a lovely Gardeners Gift Wallet which includes the Gardeners Muscle Rub, A Gardeners Hand Wash which has tiny grains of crunched up olive stones that work that ground in garden dirt off your hands and the hand wash leaves them silky smooth. We’ve also included a good quality wooden nail brush just to be sure to get those hands clean.

Available from our Cotswold Lavender website, our shop and also from many Garden Centres, Gift Shops and well known gardens such as Wisley and Kew.