If you ever get the chance to visit a lavender field, I highly recommend it. A few years ago, my daughter surprised me with a yoga experience in the lavender fields at Laveanne Lavender Farm. It was a great outing and it was beautiful to look out and see a sea of purple. Another local farm that is now doing a lavender experience is Pingle’s Farm Market and you can also pick your own lavender bouquet. If you get the opportunity to go I strongly recommend going!

When we moved to our home we decided to add some gardens in our backyard. We wanted to be able to enjoy lots of colour throughout the summer, especially perennials as they would come back year after year.

My Aunt graciously offered to help us plant the gardens and she brought a lot of extras from her own established yard. One of her many contributions was two lavender plants. They started off small but this year they are so spectacular. The smell is wonderful and they are getting so big. Next year I will definitely be able to split them and share them with other parts of the garden. Now I have a little bit of lavender in my backyard that I get to enjoy year after year.