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| Grosso Bouquets |
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| Royal Purple |
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Our lavender grows on a sloping hillside below a Roman road atop Maesmynis Valley in mid-Wales. These 2,000 plants on half an acre of rich red earth are part of an experiment, which began in 2003 with the help of a Welsh government Glasu grant. Glasu means to become green and the idea behind it is to encourage diversity in farming. Welsh lavender would satisfy that goal. |
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| View across Maesmynis Valley |
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| Grosso |
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Grosso is long stemmed and its flower dries to a classy shade of purple grey. This oil producer gives off a heady camphorous lavender scent.
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| Royal Purple |
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Royal Purple is popular because of its vivid colour. It has a lovely scent and makes an excellent bouquet or pot pourri.
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| Maesmynis Valley north towards Builth Wells |
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As far as we know no one else is growing lavender on a field scale in rainy grey skies Wales. As it happens, the sun shines more than one might expect here and our lavender flourishes. This summer's harvest looks wonderful. We produce three varieties of dried lavender bouquets: Royal Purple, Grosso, and a limited amount of Maillette.
Nancy Durham & Bill Newton-Smith
Maesmynis Valley Lavender
Cefnperfedd Uchaf
Maesmynis
Builth Wells
Powys Wales
LD2 3HU
lavender@welshlavender.com
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