News
16 JANUARY 2012
People often say to me, isn’t it too cold for lavender high in the hills of mid Wales? Apparently not. If temperatures dropped well below freezing and stayed low for weeks on end it probably would be. As for snow, it helps to insulate lavender against the cold. We’ve had only one snowfall this season – see the photo below, taken just before Christmas 2011. It is the view from our original lavender field to a new one we planted in 2010. It has about 6,500 Grosso and Maillette lavender plants.
Our newest lavender field
23 July 2011
Photographer friends Carl Ryan and Mari Lloyd Owen have been in our fields over the past two weeks. Carl has captured our fabulous Welsh sky the colour of which is the inspiration for the top stripe on our labels. Mari found the rich red earth which reflects our name, Ruby. Lavender is Lafant in Welsh. We expect to have products in stock from 26th July.
Carl Ryan
Mari Lloyd Owen
Mari Lloyd Owen
18 July 2011
This week when the rain stops the harvest will begin. Imperial Gem is ready to cut and Royal Purple is almost there. Our luxurious creams are in production as I write and if there are no surprises they will be available the last week in July.
1 January 2011
We are having another very demanding winter. Heavy snow blanketed our lavender fields all through December. People often ask if it will hurt the plants. In fact snow is insulation against below zero temperatures – like the ones we experienced over Christmas. But the amount of snow and quick thaw wreaked havoc on our newly planted field – somehow the ground cover shifted and the plants disappeared underneath. We’ve got most of the cover back into position now and the plants look good.