A look back at Bridestowe Lavender Farm/Estate at Nabowla towards the north-east of the Island where I Iive in Tasmania, Australia. Time for the lavender to bloom is December through to January making a pretty picture and attracting so many bees which is good.
Bridestowe Lavender Farm/Estate runs over 260 acres and is the world's largest privately owned lavender farm. It is estimated 650,000 plants are growing there and the lavender stretches for approximately 200 kilometers in total.
The Denny family from England settled in the Lilydale area, they brought with them Lavender seeds from the French Alps, Lavandula Angustifolia (the true French Lavender.) before their journey. They chose Lilydale due to it's climate similar to where Lavender was grown in France. Eventually the farm was moved to it's present site which is not that far from Lilydale at Nabowla.
There is a shop near the gate where you can have lunch, morning and afternoon tea or just a lavender icecream. There is another shop there where you can buy many items relating to lavender such as soap, oil and so on.
How beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteIt is lovely, to get out of the car go to through the gate and to be met with all the purple colour is amazing, Anne.
DeleteSuch a beautiful lavender field! I would have never thought of a lavender farm in Tasmania. It seems a “little Provence”, the french region where lavender cultivation dates back to ancient times. Lovely post, Margaret. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteHave a nice new week,
G.
We have another lavender farm in the southern area of Tasmania but it's a small one, Giorgio.
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What a beautiful lavender field! You took some amazing photos, Margaret.
ReplyDeleteThank you Angie, always enjoy being there.
DeleteI wish I could feel the scent, Margaret! The lavender is one of my favorite flowers. Beautiful flowers. Take care.
ReplyDeleteThe perfume is good but not so strong in the field as the breeze carries it away, but, however it is wonderful to smell. We had two lavender hedges here at home, one out the front and one out the back, all now gone, we've changed both areas again.
DeleteWow! What a nice lavender farm. We have a few around my area but not this big. Have a nice day today.
ReplyDeleteThank you.
DeleteThere is a smaller lavender farm way down south of home but I haven't been to that one, only driven past it. Must be a sea of colour if you go past those where you are.
Das Blau des Lavendels ist unverwechselbar. Ich kenne die Lavendelfelder aus der Provence in Frankreich. Vor Jahren wollte ich unbedingt mit einem Zelt neben einem Lavendelzelt schlafen. Der Bauer erlaubte es. Am nächsten Tag zog ich mit starken Kopfschmerzen weiter. Der Lavendel duftete so stark, dass ich die ganze Nacht nicht schlafen konnte.
ReplyDeleteOh gosh, that was no good at all then. Interesting though as I can imagine the scent of so many lavenders around you being rather strong, especially if not enough breeze about.
DeleteBellissimi questi campi di lavanda e chissà che profumo meraviglioso.
ReplyDeleteIo poi adoro il miele di lavanda
Really lovely perfume for those that like it and I believe most do. That sounds nice lavender honey, I've had lavender cheese, that was nice.
DeleteLove Levander farm from photographers perspectives
ReplyDeleteThank you. Be good photo at sunset.
DeleteIt must be close to an anniversary of the first blog post of yours I read, being about lavender.
ReplyDeleteCould be Andrew. I can't find it, did you?
DeleteLavender Ice-cream??????????? I think I'd give that a miss!
ReplyDeleteThe scent must be overwhelming???
The owners certainly have a flare for cultivating the flowers
in such great lines.
I wonder do they need rain - it has been raining here now everyday of last week.
We have web feet - quack quack !!!
But the surf has been great for the board riders and they are there in the
hundreds!
Cheers
Colin
I've never had lavender ice cream as I don't have any flavour expect vanilla then I'm fussy, can't stand gelato ice cream, just prefer normal ice cream as I know it. I'm sure they would a GPS to get those line perfect, that's how farmers do things these days, Colin.
DeleteLavender of course need a certain amount of rain but prefer dry conditions.
We need rain and it's forecast for tomorrow but probably only be a sprinkle.
Busy time at the beach then, I guess with the weather further up north not being the best it eventually comes to the south so far.
Dear Margaret, your photos are absolutely gorgeous! I also love your blog header and background, dear friend. I love lavender....the fragrance. I have never tasted anything lavender, though. Thank you so much for sharing.
ReplyDeleteYou are welcome, Linda and thank you.
DeleteAmo las lavandas . Bellas fotos. Te mando un beso.
ReplyDeleteThank you and lavender is pretty.
DeleteSo beautiful ... wonderful photographs.
ReplyDeleteAll the best Jan
Thanks Jan.
DeleteIs Lavandula Augustifolia the one that has the beautiful deep purple colour that is in your header picture? It's gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteYes, it's the same one R. Sometimes it appears more purple that other times, depends on the light and sun - if you recall we used to have two Lavandula Agustifolia hedges front and back of the house, now gone.
DeleteWhat wonderful photos of the lavender fields!
ReplyDeleteI love lavender, it smells so wonderful.
I wish you a wonderful week.
Greetings Irma
It's a nice plant, lavender, Irma.
DeleteThank you.
We've got a couple of lavender farms close by-- or at least we used too I haven't looked for a while. Lovely shots!
ReplyDeleteThank you and I guess they are still there.
DeleteI am not sure which part of lavender attracts the bees. But I Iove both the colour and the scent.
ReplyDeleteThe flower bit Hels, not the green. Alway lovely to have in the garden.
DeleteWow, that is a lot of lavender! There is obviously a huge market for it.
ReplyDeleteThe fields look like a sea of purple/mauve, David. Their lavender is sold in various forms mainly in the tourist places here on the Island and it is also exported overseas to various countries, but I don't know which one.
DeleteThese lavender fields are gorgeous, truly beautiful.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful week.
Best regards.
Thank you Jose. You too.
DeleteDear friend Margaret 🥰
ReplyDeleteWhat a delightful post full of lavender 🤗👍♥️
200 acres farm of lavender reminds me a calandar we had on our wall hanging for few years,it had very lengthy and broadly spread of lavender fields. I think today’s post is about that same place 🥰
Best wishes to you and yours ♥️🙏
That's interesting your calendar Baili, must have been a pretty picture then.
DeleteLove your background wallpaper! Beautiful...
ReplyDeleteI can't begin to imagine the scent from that many blooms!!
hugs
Donna
Thanks Donna, just change for wallpaper and header.
DeleteBeautiful perfume and not over powering as there is usually a breeze there.
Margaret, a beautiful violet sea to admire. Lavender can be used for desserts. I don't like it because it gives me the impression that I am 'eating soap'.
ReplyDeletelol, well I guess that is what it tastes like to some people in desserts. I didn't mind the lavender cheese I bought a few years ago, it wasn't too strong in taste and certainly had a good cheese taste with a hint of lavender.
DeleteHello Margaret
ReplyDeleteWhat a magnificent and vast lavender plantation. I was planning to visit a place like this during the summer, of course a much smaller lavender plot, but somehow I ran out of time. I love such pictures, and the scent of lavender always reminds me of something pleasant.
It's worth knowing that in Australia, the flowering period is December and January, because for me it's more like July and August :)
Warm greetings from my frosty neighborhood. It was -13°C this morning.
Minus 13 deg C, oh my, that is cold, well for me it is. You keep warm and think of the summer :) blue skies, sea and sand. Yes opposite times for the lavender and maybe this year you will get to see the lavender.
DeletePurple is my favorite color so I loved this.
ReplyDeleteI love purple too and so does one of our granddaughters.
DeleteStunning photos of the lavender fields and the beautiful location. Simply gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteThank you Bill, good to see the lavender blooming.
DeleteMargaret como gostaria de está em um lugar assim, muito bonito, feliz terça-feira bjs.
ReplyDeleteThank you and same to you.
DeleteI like the colour and smell of lavender, many years back we had lavender growing in the front yard
ReplyDeleteThey are nice, Jo-Anne, we have a few growing in our garden at the moment but of course they have bloomed and lost their flowers now.
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