We have over twenty four acres of lavender growing at Hartley Park Farm that we harvest in July and August to produce 700 litres of pure lavender oil.

We grow four species of lavender: Folgate with a mild aroma which produces a top quality English lavender oil; Maillette, originally from France with a strong perfume, also for top quality essential lavender oil; Imperial Gem and Grosso which are primarily used for dried production and bunching because of their vibrant colour. Grosso produces the pungent and abundant lavandin oil.

It takes three years for the lavender plants to mature, each with a life cycle of between 10 and 12 years. After harvesting we distil the lavender at our own distillery on the farm. The lavender oil is then left to mature for several months before we make our body care range of products.

We are proud that all our products contain our own quality lavender grown on the farm and share our enthusiasm with welcome visitors to Hartley Park Farm during the summer months.

FARM VISITS

During the normal flowering season, we open our farm to visitors. We hold our annual open days, over two weekends in June/July. This year we will be holding them on Friday 4th July, Saturday 5th July, Saturday 12th July and Sunday 13th July. They include Cream Teas, Tractor tours of the farm, walking tours of the Lavender fields and distillery and more. Why not come along and see for yourself!!

We also offer private visits to specialist groups of 25+ people throughout July. Please contact us for more details.