EVENTS

We run an occasional series of events, markets and workshops which will be listed below. Follow us on Instagram or join our mailing list below to receive announcements.

We’ve been growing lavender since 2003.

We’re having a Lavender Festival to celebrate harvesting this crop, with a week of activities: join a series of workshops from our friends at Black Mountains College, enjoy walking through the lavender fields, seeing harvesting and distilling in action, and make sure you don’t miss one of our ever popular Makers’ Markets on Sat 10 & Sun 11 August. 

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Black Mountains College Short Courses – Mon 5 – Wed 7 August – Our friends at Black Mountains College are running a short series of 3 courses on the farm. 

  • Monday 5 August – Lavender Nature Treasure Hunt: Join us for some family fun, exploring nature and solving puzzles! Explore the beautiful Lavender farm, hunting for flowers, leaves, feathers, bugs, and more. Learn about what grows and lives on the farm. Click here to book the Morning or Afternoon Session.
  • Tuesday 6 August – Hands-on Introduction to Lavender: Explore lavender though all the senses, experience a lavender foot bath, and make a scented lavender balm.In this fun and activity-packed family course you will be guided to learn about lavender via techniques such as meditation, sensory learning, and balm making. You will take home your balm. Click here to book the Morning or Afternoon Session.
  • Wednesday 7 August – Greenwood Crafts & Hurdle Making: BMC’s popular hurdle making workshop comes to the Lavender Farm. Riven ash gate hurdles were traditionally used for folding sheep and pigs. Learn how to use a shave horse, handling a billhook and draw knife to de-bark, riven and cleave timber and will construct the gates from prepared timber. Click here to book the Morning or Afternoon Session.
Thursday 8 & Friday 9 August – Lavender Harvest – Visit the farm and wander through the lavender fields as our beautiful crop is in bloom. We will be harvesting lavender (weather dependent) and distilling. Come and see the process, bring a picnic to enjoy in this spectacular landscape and maybe take a dip in our swimming pond, or treat yourself to a gift in our farm shop.
 

Saturday 10 & Sunday 11 August – Makers’ Market  – Our popular Makers’ Market will be back this summer with another great line up of makers, creators and artists. Join us on Sat 10 & Sun 11 August for another fabulous weekend on the farm.  Our firm foodie favourites Origin Pizza will be here keeping us fed, and Expedition Events will be in charge of the coffee.

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