Yesterday we managed to dodge the rain for the first part of the afternoon to visit Yorkshire Lavender, a beautiful Lavender Farm and Gardens set in Terrington, a few miles from "my beloved" Castle Howard. The entrance is free but very few visitors will manage to leave the farm without acquiring a “memento” of the place, from the simple tasting of great snacks, lavender ice creams and cakes in their coffee shop to the fragrant lavender essential oils, conserves, soaps, candles, etc etc.
The farm consists of nearly 60 acres of land set in the Howardian Hills with spectacular panoramic views over the Vale of York and beyond and has been featured on UK national TVs and radios more than once. The owner bought the land and set up the lavender farm 15 years ago prompted by his wife’s premature death and soon became a family project for him and his children and it’s dedicated to her memory.
Of course I couldn't resist a delicious cream tea consisting of the famous lavender scones with blueberry and lavender conserve! Divine!!!
And last but not least, a simple but useful advice…
A walk in the fantastic lavender garden can restore body and spirit in just a few minutes. It’s a stunning array of different colours - white, pinks, blues, lilacs to magnificent deep purples with a range of distinct and heady scents. A truly wonderful experience.
It also features "The Spirit of Yorkshire", a cricket match played by blue metal sculptures on the top of a hill overlooking a beautiful panorama. In the photo above I am attempting a poor imitation of a cricket player…useless!
Of course I couldn't resist a delicious cream tea consisting of the famous lavender scones with blueberry and lavender conserve! Divine!!!
And last but not least, a simple but useful advice…
17 comments:
Oh Antonella! The views and flowers are stunning, and I wish there was some way to share the scent over the internet! It must have been so wonderful!
I love lavender - strangely we have it in the roundabouts here in our town!!!
That is so gorgeous! And now I'm going to be singing "Lavender blue, dilly dilly, lavender greeeeen" all night long! :)
Wonderful panoramas!! Don't you need someone...italian mother-tongue speaking....
Ciao
Lory
Oooooooooooooooooooooooh! Wow! :D Lovely place and yummy scone! :)
Hi there-it looks totally fabulous here and thanks for the lavender oil foot tip too!!
I have two impulses:
1) I want to breath in this lovely post and be overtaken by the scent of lavender.
2) I want to eat that scone and all of that clotted cream. Yum!
I love lavender and brush past it in my garden every morning just to smell that calming scent.
I love Lavendar! Have a few Lavendar planted in my yard. Lovely pictures. Thanks for sharning.
beautiful! just beautiful! I'm imagining the wonderful scent.....
I've never seen a picture of a lavender field or garden. Thanks for posting!
You sure had a lovely day and this is a fab place, BUT I'm a bit envious of your son in sunny Italy ;) Have a lovely day, it started sunny here, but rain arrived soon :/
I will definitely have to go back to see the area at this time of the year
I love lavender, its colour, its perfume!
Ciao da Ischia! MG
Love the pics. I had no idea there were lavender farms in the UK. I've only visited them in France.
Happy Sunday, Anto! :) Mostly sunny here, hope there too.
Hubby and I leave tomorrow morning for a few days (I just posted about it), happy Monday ahead! Hugs!
I've heard of using lavendar for sleep but not by rubbing it into the soles of your feet. I'll give it a try.
Beautiful country and photo's.
Darla
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