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Post by tillystar on Jul 12, 2009 20:21:15 GMT
Today we visited a lavender farm in Kent. It was beautiful and smelt amazing - sorry you can't smell the pictures! The tents in the last picture are massage tents, they do massages in the fields and the tents are in case of rain.    |
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 12, 2009 20:43:35 GMT
Ohhhhhhhhh, Tilly!
That is beautiful balm for the eyeballs absolutely glorious! I LOVE that the rope or pipe in the fields is lavender colored. I suddenly want everything in my life to be combinations of the apple green and the purple in your first photo.
Are you insanely relaxed right now?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 12, 2009 21:01:48 GMT
Nice pics Tilly. Where abouts in Kent is the farm? That is the neck of the woods where I come from...
Any idea what the uses are of Lavender, is it just used for perfume?
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Post by tillystar on Jul 12, 2009 21:28:07 GMT
Yes Bixa, I am very relaxed, I am burning some lavender oil. Zzzzzzzzzzz. The farm is in Eynsford Deyana - I think not too far from where you mentioned your mum lives. They sell lots of lavender products - jams, chutneys, apple and lavender juice, lavender essence for cooking and also all sorts of oils, candles, room sprays, polish, shampoos etc etc. They sell lots of lavender essential oil which has lots of uses. I use it for headaches and it great for relaxation. These are some uses of the oil www.organicfacts.net/organic-oils/natural-essential-oils/health-benefits-of-lavender-essential-oil.htmlThey also sell it dried in pillows - because of its sleep inducing properties. I bought some loose dried lavender and hops (also good for sleep) to make a pillow. My grandma made me a hop pillow when I was a kid and the smell is so nostalgic for me. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 5:03:47 GMT
I never think of lavender growing in England. After all, it needs a lot of sun and some dry weather.  |
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Post by spindrift on Jul 13, 2009 8:34:15 GMT
Tilly - those are beautiful pictures. I imagined that fields of lavender were only grown in the South of France! If Eynsford is anywhere near Sevenoaks I might visit it.
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Post by tillystar on Jul 13, 2009 8:39:58 GMT
It is pretty close to Sevenoaks, the farm is nice and Eynsford itself is pretty and with a lovely pub to eat by a stream full of little paddlers with their fishing nets!
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Post by happytraveller on Jul 13, 2009 11:32:54 GMT
Amazing, I didn't know there are lavender fields in the UK  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2009 12:48:26 GMT
I never knew lavender had so many uses. The farm must smell good from miles away.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 13, 2009 20:35:40 GMT
Lest everyone forget, one variety of lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) is commonly called English lavender.
Yardley has a venerable line of products featuring the scent & name of English lavender.
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Post by traveler63 on Jul 14, 2009 1:40:42 GMT
There are lavender farms in Oregon, so I am not surprised about them being in Kent. This farm is in Hood River, Oregon. I buy my cooking lavender from them. Their site is www.lavenderfarms.net [/img]  |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 15, 2009 23:45:40 GMT
Amazingly beautiful tilly,the odor must have been mind boggling. I can't grow it here because of the humidity,not unless I created some little micro climate for it. I always wonder if the dry stuff one sees available has a different scent or is it just a weaker,fainter reminisce of the fresh.Thank you.
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Post by bixaorellana on Jul 16, 2009 1:45:23 GMT
Casimira, have you tried growing Lavandula dentata? It's more tolerant of wet and heat, although you still might want to keep it in an elevated pot for extra care.  |
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 19, 2009 15:44:22 GMT
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Post by imec on Sept 19, 2009 16:37:34 GMT
I guess this is a post I missed while on vacation. Gorgeous colors tilly, the aroma must be divine! I'd like to park myself right in the middle of one of those fields with a bottle of white wine.
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Post by auntieannie on Sept 19, 2009 17:16:36 GMT
ooooh! (I also missed that thread somehow) ... What a fabulous idea to offer massage in the fields!
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Post by bixaorellana on Sept 19, 2009 18:31:16 GMT
:-*pen up all the boards ~~ there are treasures galore that may have escaped notice!
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