Shropshire Lavender

Shropshire Lavender at Wellbank Farm is situated in the gently rolling countryside on the north Shropshire Staffordshire border, about 3 miles from the market town of Newport in the hamlet of Pickstock.

Our lavender is all organically grown and hand harvested and dried in our barn during July and August. We grow several different cultivars specially selected for their properties for fresh and dried flowers, scent, pot pourri , lavender bags and confetti

We have always loved lavender and especially the wonderful heady perfumed fields of Provence.  Many family holidays were spent in the South of France dragging my poor husband and children round to look at ‘yet another’ lavender farm   I had a dream that we could possibly create that incredible sight right here in Shropshire! I finally wrung permission from my husband Robin to plant a small trial plot using 200 plug plants in the spring of 2004. We had previously marked out two rectangular plots about 20ft by 12ft in September 2003 and weedkilled the grass.  Because we had no field access at that time and it would have been impossible to get one of the huge modern tractors in, we at first thought of using a hired rotovator to turn over the soil.  After an exhausting few hours of getting nowhere and finding that the blades just clogged up with thick couch grass roots, my husband declared that it was going to be impossible.  A quick bit of thinking and an urgent phone call to our farmer neighbour established that there was a local ploughing enthusiast who would be delighted to come over with his vintage (small) tractor and plough and do what we needed immediately!

The Lavender Shop

During July and August our shop in the lavender field will be open on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays from 2pm to 6pm.  We sell a range of lavender products along with our own lavender bags, pot pourri bags and lavender cushions made with our own hand picked lavender.  We also sell dried bunches of lavender and very attractive wheat sheaf arrangements including our own lavender.

All the lavender based products I have carefully sourced from small family businesses.  My aim is to offer products that have been lovingly made and have their roots in cottage industry or ‘kitchen table’ enterprise.ring of 2004. We had previously marked out two rectangular plots about 20ft by 12ft in September 2003 and weedkilled the grass.  Because we had no field access at that time and it would have been impossible to get one of the huge modern tractors in, we at first thought of using a hired rotovator to turn over the soil.  After an exhausting few hours of getting nowhere and finding that the blades just clogged up with thick couch grass roots, my husband declared that it was going to be impossible.  A quick bit of thinking and an urgent phone call to our farmer neighbour established that there was a local ploughing enthusiast who would be delighted to come over with his vintage (small) tractor and plough and do what we needed immediately!

www.shropshirelavender.co.uk