THE GARDENER'S LAVENDER FARM!

January 23rd...Much better! Back to green grass after our mini white winter, and yes rain & a little mud now but more in keeping with our normal "Pacific North-wet" ...good paperwork day.

Call or email Lynda ...lynda@happyvalleylavender.com... for any special plant requests for 2012, as we go through all the gardens dividing perennials now, taking cuttings of our beloved Lavenders and start our glorious stash of fresh seeds mid February...

Please call  the farm to set up an appointment that works for us both for any pick ups, until public hours when the Nursery reopens in April. Lynda 250-474-5767

Stock wise for dried 2011 Sweet Lavender on the farm...We have a limited amount of dried flower bundles available in either dark purple English "Hidcote" Lavender or dainty French blue "Maillette". Use these bundles for culinary projects, crafts and weddings. Our only loose 2011 Lavender left now is available in silky sachets...June, we start taking pre-orders for loose Lavender 2012.

For stock left of cooking Lavender 2011: Please call Feys+Hobbs  Gourmet Boutique 250-590-5761. They open their new Oak Bay Shop in February at 2249 Oak Bay Avenue...Across from the Blethering Place and right next to the Royal Bank at Oak Bay and Monterey. They have the last of our bulk 2011 dried Sweet Lavender supply!

Year round we carry a selection of farm made Lavender products from teas to cooking blends; sachets to bath salts, lovely soaps, Lavender essential oil and more~ Not forgetting *GIFT CARDS* for plants & product...you name the amount!

*New* "OFF THE FARM" gardening services begin January 2012...High end total Landscape care on the ground or in the air...Rooftop garden care needed anyone? Patios? Estates?...Call Michael, Lynda & daughter Frances for more information...250-474-5767

For information for the farm's croquet club or dry stone wall building....email michael@ happyvalleylavender.com or call the farm! Watch for our new "Green Roof" Garden shop this Spring~

In season, we carry a wide selection of Lavender plants, Herbs, Vegetable starts, Edible flower plants and our favourite Rugosa Roses ...plus an array of exotics from Scented Geraniums, Lemon Verbena, Pineapple Sage, Gentian Sage, Stachys Hildago & many more temptations…

Lavender still holds the farm stage, front & center~ with varieties that grow best in Victoria's climate and most of all: smell heavenly! Traditional Lavandula angustifolia varieties smell the best...remembering for the Chef: Scent equals Taste! Other varieties are chosen for looks and performance. See our updated Lavender propagation list 2012

Herb plant selections always include a traditional range of Herbs. Cooking herbs for the professional Chef & at home, herbs for Teas, herbs for simple Medicinal recipes and home cosmetic bases plus herbs for Bees & Butterflies!

Vegetable starts will include favourites I grow for my own family in our vibrant veggie patch you can wander for inspiration plus a selection of varieties specialy chosen for smaller gardening projects!

3505 Happy Valley Road, Langford

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Sorry we do not ship plants...Farm sales only. Weekends April through August 10am-5pm.

In the dried Lavender department; we are now looking at Harvest 2012! Cutting will begin late July and with drying, cleaning & screening~ the finished bulk organic Lavender flowers  will ship by late August...You can pre-order with a small deposit  in June 2012.

Fresh Sweet Lavender bundle season starts mid July with the shorter Sweet angustifolia Lavenders; mainly English "Munstead Blue", French "Maillette" ( a dainty blue)and English "Hidcote Purple". These all have a rich great fragrance if a shorter stem. The taller Lavandin varieties have a very long elegant stem; they start blooming early August in traditional Lavender blue & a small amount of pure white. We also dry all these varieties to have bundles out of season to ship for orders...

Check out our year round Lavender products & treats here ~ cooking blends, teas, sachets, soaps, aromatherapy treats and more.

Our 2012 Lavender recipe is for a gluten free cookie "Lavender Amaretti"

Check our ongoing collection of  Metchosin Muse gardening articles ... Our current one is "An Appetite for Winter" with lots of ideas & recipes.

For local gardening events, check here.