The Lavender Garden was begun in 2005. It is 15 ft. long and 14 ft. wide. There are currently twenty-seven individual plants representing nine varieties of lavender grown in it. The nine varieties were chosen for their eventual uses. Some varieties are better for potpourris, others for bouquets and still others for their sweet flavor in food and drinks. The varieties, number of plants and when they were planted ae as follows:

Twikel Purple - 2008 (1), 2009 (1)
Grosso- 2005 (1), 2011 (4)
Provence- 2007 (2), 2008 (3), 2009 (2), 2010 (1)
Buena Vista- 2006 (1) 2008 (2) , 2011(2)
Royal Velvet - 2007 (3)
Alba- 2005 (1)
Super - 2006 (1)
Lodden Blue - 2008 (1)
Munstead - 2005 (1)

Twickel Purple and Lodden Blue make excellent small bouquets; Grosso, Provence, Alba, Super and Munsted are used in potpourris; and Buena Vista and Royal Velvet both have a mild, sweet flavor. Here are some recipes that make use of sweet lavender.

Below is a schematic of where each of the lavender plants are located in the Lavender Garden and the year that they were planted:

 

There are also lavender plants in other locations on the farm:

Pond Garden - (4)
Buena Vista - 2006 (1), 2011 (3)

Flower Garden (4)
Twickel Purple - 2008 (2)
Unknown English (2)

On the east side of the house (1)
Grosso - 2011 (1)

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