Lavender Time

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. 

The red doted area is Nabowla where the Lavender Farm is in Tasmania, Australia.  It's not too far home Launceston and it's a lovely drive.

Farmland

We went to buy some cherries at a cherry orchard north of home here in Launceston, Tasmania.  Then ventured onto a strawberry farm and bought some, and off for a drive we went down the Tamar River way.  Firstly the photos are taken from the Windermere Road on the way to Swan Bay.  It was a warm day but being in the car with the air conditioner was much better than being home sitting with the air conditioner on.  We were gone 3 hours, called into the supermarket on the way home and got a few items that were on special.  I don't always buy specials only if I need them. 

A name of a property and the number.