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| Lavender at Entrance to Long Row Lavender Farm |
If you are looking for a pleasant way to spend a late spring day, I would suggest visiting a lavender farm. In the St. Louis area we have a farm about an hour west of the city that my friend, Barb and I spend some time exploring on a beautiful June day.
Long Row Lavender Farm
Long Row Lavender Farms is located on 15 acres just south of Wright City Missouri. It is a family owned farm that was started in 2007 by 6 family members as a way to bring the family closer together and work toward a common purpose. They see the farm as a midwest destination and offer a variety of activites and services.
Cafe
One of my favorite features of the farm is the Cafe. The cafe offers a small but delicious menu that you may eat at a variety of small areas around the farm. There is seating both inside the remodeled barn, outside on the porch or down by the pond.
I enjoyed a delicious sandwich of grilled cheeses, tomatoe and bacon on sourdough bread. I also had a refreshing glass of lavender lemonade from their menu you can see below.
Inside the barn you will find a gift shop full of lots of handmade products from the farm. There is a variety of bath and body products, seasonal clothing, and home decorations. You can also buy plants at the shop.
Workshops
Lavender farms offers weekly workshops at their facility where local artists teach of variety of different crafts.
Enjoy the Grounds
The grounds of the farm are beautiful and full of flowers and lots of little nook and grannies to sit back and relax. There are benches on the porch, a wonderful porch spring, a pond, and lots of flowers. Here are a few of the photos I took around the grounds.
Lavender
Of course it wouldn't be a lavender farm without lots of lavender. In looking up lavender online, I found that the name is Lavandule and lavender is the common name for the genus. There are 47 known species of these flowering plants and they are members of the mint family.
At Long Row Farms they have about 1200 lavender plants and 7 different varieties. The varieties they have are : Provence, Phenomenal, Hidcote Blue, Twickel Purple, Edelweis, Grosso, and Ellagence Pink. Here are some photos I took of the different plants.
In the midwest the lavender blooms in early to mid June. The blooms are then harvested a few weeks after they bloom and then go through the drying process which takes about 3 weeks. The drying takes place in the loft of the barn where they are hung up in bundles to dry.
The farm also grows peonies, zinnias and sunflowers so there are lots of blooms to see throughout the summer.
Zazzle Products
I always enjoy make products from my photographs. Here are some from my visit to Long Row Lavender.
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