Hold the front page!

...well close enough, page 3 of The Express today and also at the Daily Mail Online. We'll upload some scans later today but the photos tell the real story - the lavender is looking fantastic. If you're in or visiting Hitchin or Hertfordshire and want to come and see the lavender fields please pop in and say hi!

Ickleford Open Gardens

Sunday 26th is Ickleford Open Gardens day and anyone with a programme gets into the field for free. The lavender is looking fantastic at the moment and we're expecting some great warm weather - which is just as well as we spent the morning cleaning the ice cream bike! Visit flickr to see what the fields look like today.

Open 7 days a week

A quick update on what the lavender looks like at the moment - this shot was taken a couple of hours ago. For more pictures visit our flickr pages The lavender fields are now open 7 days a week which making those last minute day trips out of London or Cambridge even easier!

Remember to bring a pair of scissors when you visit as the £4 entrance fee includes a bag so you can take home a bunch of hand picked freshly cut lavender!

Don't forget our 2-for-1 webshop deal for lavender essential oils and your last chance to purchase a place on Rachel Warne's photography workshop day.

Essential Offer

Just a quick update to say that for a short time only we're offering a two for one deal on all of our essential oils for purchases from our webshop. We sell two different varieties of lavender oil - Angustifolia lavender oil (sometimes known as English lavender) and an Intermedia Lavander oil (sometimes known as lavandin) they both have slightly different scents - with the Lavandin having a stronger slightly campherous note to it. Visit our shop to make the most of this before we change our minds!!

Website revamped

The webshop has just been virtually restocked and revamped - the online equivalent of getting the shopfitters in. It's now packed full with all of the new products we've been busy organising over the spring.

All of our products are made with our own lavender, either using our own farm grown and dried lavender or our fantastic essential oil. The new products include an amazing Lavender Body Butter, divine Lavender and Cocoa Butter bath melts, some pretty special lavender candles too and much more besides.

You can check them out here

We've also been busy planning some special events for the summer, including an open air cinema with the lovely people at Barnardo's; an excellent photography course in our lavender fields with award winning photographer Rachel Warne and we're just finalising details for a wonderfully relaxing Yoga Day with our pals at Pop Up Yoga.

You can find out about all of the events we're planning by clicking here

Hope to see you soon.

Hitchin Lavender Now Open!

Hitchin Lavender Now Open!........

.........No rain for 2 months - The day we open it pours....

....would be rather annoyed if it wasn't for the fact that we really needed it! - might even make the tulips and alliums perk up a bit more!!

The Final Countdown!

It doesn't seem to matter how many late night and long days you put in the last few days before the start of the season always seem crazy. We open on Saturday 7th May and although fields have a little way to go before they flower they already smell amazing. We'll have 20 varieties of lavender to buy in the shop and a huge number of new products that we've been working on over the winter. It would be lovely to see you, so pop on in for a coffee and a chat this Saturday.