Monday, June 22, 2015

A day at the lavender farm

Last week I was so excited to hear about lavender festival here in AZ. The summers are so hot that I would never think it could grow here. The lavender fields in WA state were beautiful so I wanted to see it again.
 
The Red Rock Lavender farm is located in Concho, AZ. The 4 hours drive towards Show Low is not particularly easy because of distance but we drove through beautiful pine forest and meadows scenery and enjoyed it.

We got there in the afternoon and were just in time for a painting demo presentation by watercolor artist Catherine Sickafoose. What beautiful paintings!
Lavender blooms were beautiful and fragrant there on the field.
I cut a small bouquet, took some photos and was very happy with my day.
I bought a small lavender plant to plant at home hoping that it might survive the heat. So it was quietly resting in our cup holder on a way back  home. This whole plant is so fragrant, it filled our car with a lovely aroma.

A great souvenir to bring back home !

9 comments:

TonyaUtkina said...

Amazing and beautiful! I wish we had lavender farms in our state. Maybe we do I just don't know about them :)

ReStyleGraphic said...

A magical journey! I love lavender blossoms and wonderful scent. Lavender fields is one of the most magical species that I have seen in my life!

Katrinshine said...

I'd like to have lavender farm here near Brindisi)

SocksAndMittens said...

Yes, I'd like to have a lavender farm closer. Too bad it is too hot her for a lavender field.

Natalya said...

Мы жили в Крыму рядом с лавандовым полем, когда ветер доносил аромат с него это было волшебно)))
Таня очень красивые фотографии. особенно букет
Зшла на страничку к художнице. красотища

oksanai said...

kovely piks, many thanks

SocksAndMittens said...

Thank you so much for your comments, guys :) I am glad you like my post!

Unknown said...

Great local journey!

DemyBlackDesign said...

Looks lovely! I remember that someone brought me some lavender from south and it had such a nice smell......

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