Lockwood Lavender Farm Lavender Market is OPEN for the Season!

We are delighted to announce that Lockwood Lavender Farm will be open for the season every Saturday, Sunday and Monday starting Saturday, May 11th.  This year we have decided to change our open hours to 10am to 5pm.

Our English (Angustifolia) Lavender typically blooms mid-June, followed by our long stem Lavandins Intermedia) in early July.  Please watch our website and our FACEBOOK page for bloom updates, so that you may arrange your visit during our peak blooms for picking your own bouquet.  We look forward to welcoming old and new friends this season.

Take a look at just some our new and your favorite products we will be offering this year.

Our Lavender Pottery is made in the USA!

Wouldn't this look great with a bouquet of lavender?

It's Sandal Time.  Need a little help getting you feet soft and smooth?  Here is your answer...Our Lavender Fancy Feet Salted Foot Scrub and Fancy Feet Foot Cream.

Many of our customers have suggested selling our photo's of the farm as cards. And we always listen to our customers.

 Our Skeeter Cheater, Herbal Bug Repellent is back by popular demand!  And our popular Gardener's Hand Cream with just a touch of lemon.

The Chef in your family will love cooking with our Culinary (English) Lavender.  Did you know that lavender is part of the Mint family?  Try one of our recipes.

 Oh HONEY!

If you haven't tried our Lavender Fudge Sauce you are missing something on your ice cream.

 It's time for some aromatherapy with Lockwood Lavender Farm, Lavender Candle.  We also carry Lavender, Cucumber & Sage Candles and Rosemary Candles.

Our "NEW" Linens is a nice touch to any kitchen.

 Our course you'll find some sheep in our market...

 and bees.

Our "New" Lavender and Honey Lip Balm and Keychain to hold it right where you can find it.

Watch for more details about our upcoming Lavender Plant Sale.

When to Pick Lavender!

When harvesting flowers for everlastings, I check the dark flower heads daily and collect them only at the swollen bud stage, when just one or two of the flowers have opened on the flower head. Picking the flower heads at this time preserves their dark color and ensures that the flowers will stay attached to the stalk once dried. Picking flower heads once they have passed this stage results in paler flower colors and shattered flower heads. When harvesting lavender for potpourri, I'm less concerned about shattered flower heads and flower colors than I am when collecting flowers for drying on the stalk to make everlastings. I don't harvest white or pink flowering varieties for drying on the stalk, as their colors turn muddy when dried. However, they are fine for potpourri or sachet making. L. angustifolia and its cultivars are the best lavenders to use for potpourri because the oil quality is the best.

Here are the varieties of lavender you can pick this weekend. 

 Buena Vista

Hidcote

Royal Velvet

Purple Bouquet

Maillette

Lavender Wedding

One of the reasons Gary and I started growing lavender was because I wanted the fragrance and color in my wedding bouquet and in our floral arrangements for the reception.  Who knew 11 years later we would have over 2000 plants and helping others in decorating their own wedding.  

One of our many brides, Emily Lamarche visited our farm last year and picked her own bouquets of lavender for her July wedding.  I got caught up in the excitement of her wedding plans and how she was going to use the bouquets for her bridesmaids.  I was so thrilled to receive her wedding photos it brought back so many memories of my own wedding.

True lavender flowers have their own special meaning.  When given as a gift, lavender represent purity, silence and luck.  Lavender also convey a message of devotion, love and fidelity.

I love Emily's choice in bridesmaid dresses.

Beautiful bride and wedding party.  Thanks Emily for sharing!
Here are some ways to use lavender in your wedding.

For the Ceremony

1. Dried lavender buds for the flower girl to strew down the aisle fills the space with scent. As the bridesmaids follow, stepping on the buds releases even more fragrance to last the ceremony. (No one ever objects to the lingering scent of dried lavender in the vacuum cleaner)

2. Lavender buds in the ring bearers pillow scent the ceremony.  The pillow fragrance will last forever and can find a place on your bed to hold the memory and freshen your linens.

3. Bunches of dried lavender tied with big bows at each pew or row of chairs. 

4. Consider a Unity or Promise Candle made with lavender and soy wax to light at the wedding and anniversaries everafter.

5. Fresh or dried lavender in the Bridal and Bridesmaids bouquet for color and fragrance. 

6. As a wedding toss, dried lavender in little net bags can be given to each guest to toss at the departing Bride and Groom. It is a soft and fragrant toss that will not offend humans or birds.

For the Reception

7. Dried lavender mini-bouquets to attach to place cards give a rush of lavender scent as your guests arrive and also become an inexpensive keepsake.  Layer the natural fragrance with lavender stems in table arrangements from bud vase size to large arrangements.  

8. Lavender can enhance the food and beverage served at the Reception. Many delicious recipes are available to make lavender scented Cakes, ice cream, cookies and punch. A sprig of lavender in a glass of champagne makes a wonderful aperitif, for example.

After the Wedding

9. Store your wedding gown in a cloth bag or a large box with acid free paper and tuck in a lavender sachet to keep mustiness and moths away. Tuck lavender scented shoe stuffers into your shoes to keep them looking new and fresh.

10.  Send guests a thank you note with pressed lavender stems applied to stationary, or consider decorating your invitations, programs and thank you notes.

We would love to hear stories of how you brought lavender into your wedding!

The Lavender is in full bloom...perfect day to pick lavender!

Folgate, is great for fresh or dried flowers.

 Hidcote, is wonderful for culinary uses.  Just hang upside down in a dark, dry place (closet) and in two weeks you a sweet delight for any dessert, lemonade or herb de provence.

Royal Velvet, one of my favorites.  Fresh, dried or culinary it has a royal purple color.