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2009 Texas Lavender Hills
Lavender Season Schedule
Please always call ahead to check availability of Pick-Your-Own Lavender (830-833-5169). We will also open by appointment for groups of 5 or more that are in the area.
Opening day at Farm & Market is June 5th.
Schedule for the Month of June:
Fridays, 10 – 3
Saturdays, 10 – 4
Sundays, 1 – 4
Except for weekend of Blanco Lavender Festival, June 13th & 14th (different hours)
Texas Lavender Hills 5K/10K Run (Saturday, June 6th, 8 am)
For more information about the Texas Lavender Hills 5K/10K Run, click here.
Blanco Lavender Festival (June 12th – 14th)
Friday, June 12, 10 – 4 (no events scheduled for this day – Farm & Market open only)
Saturday, June 13, 9 – 6
Sunday, June 14, 9 – 6
Farm Market Open by Appointment
Our lavender products and more are available at our market at the farm located at 5110 Kendalia Road in Blanco, Texas. The market is filled with all the wonderful lavender products you will find online, but offers you the opportunity to come in and smell, sample and test them first hand. We always get an unbelievable response to the terrific lavender aroma when people walk in the door. If you are in area, please come by and see us. Currently, we are open by appointment. Call 830-833-5169 and let us know when you want to come out. It is a beautiful and scenic 5-mile drive out of Blanco. Bring your friends, a picnic lunch and sit in the bistro tables under the oak grove for an enjoyable, relaxing shopping experience.
Texas Lavender Hills Wedding Site Now Available
Texas Lavender Hills will now be offering their beautiful lavender-wrapped hillside for a wedding site. With 360-degree views for miles of the Texas Hill Country and beautiful, fragrant lavender plants surrounding the hills, our farm offers a perfect natural setting for a wedding. We will only be offering a few exclusive dates for private weddings throughout the summer and fall months. Please call for dates available, rates and to arrange a site visit.
Lavender Plants
Currently, there are approximately 4,600 lavender plants growing on the rugged, rocky hillside within our 26 acres, including seven different varieties: Provence, Hidcote, Hidcote Giant, Maillette, Twickle Purple, Grosso and Fred Boutin.
Our farm started in the Fall of 2004, after we planted 1,000 4" Provence lavender plants. On Halloween weekend, our family and closest friends came and helped us plant them all. After planting, we watered them in and never watered them again that first year.
An additional 3,600 lavender plants of various varieties were terraced in a circular pattern around the remaining hillside in Fall 2005. They were a smaller size than the original 4" plants we started with on the 2004 planting, and we planted not knowing that we were going into drought conditions in Texas. Most lavender plants do fine in low water situations, once established, but these small plants were struggling to survive in such stressful conditions. Therefore, we put out drip line irrigation to all of our lavender plants and watered regularly. The majority of the plants has survived and is growing nicely. We are excited about the different varieties planted which will allow for a longer bloom season since many bloom earlier in the summer and at different times than the Provence. In addition, some varieties are more suitable than others for cooking, oil production or fragrant purposes.
Find our Products
Our Stores
Texas Lavender Hills Farm + Market
5110 Kendalia Road
Blanco, TX 78606
tel 830.833.9183
Other Locations
The Spa at Four Seasons
Four Seasons Austin
98 San Jacinto
Austin, TX 78701
tel 512.478.4500
McDade's Emporium
Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa
575 Hyatt Lost Pines Road
Bastrop, TX 78612
tel 512.308.1234
Villa Texas and the Lavender Market
234 West Main
Uptown Fredericksburg, Texas 78624
830.997.1068
Whole Food Locations
Whole Foods Academy, Albuquerque, NM
Whole Foods Parkway, Arlington, TX
Whole Foods Market Gateway, Austin, TX
Whole Foods Market Lamar, Austin, TX
Whole Foods Forest, Dallas, TX
Whole Foods Greenville, Dallas, TX
Whole Foods Kirby, Houston, TX
Whole Foods Woodway, Houston, TX
Whole Foods Market Quarry, San Antonio, TX
Whole Foods Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Central Market Locations
Austin, TX
Dallas, TX
Ft. Worth, TX
Houston, TX
Plano, TX
San Antonio, TX
Lavender In The News
A Hill Country Thanksgiving, Martha Stewart Living — November, 2007
Lavender, Neil Sperry's Gardens — February, 2007
Daytrippin' to Blanco, Horseshoe Bay Beacon — August 31, 2006
Head for the Lavender Hills, Texas Highways — June, 2006
New Lavender Farm Planted, Blanco County News — October 13, 2004
Blanco Lavender Festival Planned for May, Blanco County News — March 2, 2005
Lavender, Dallas Home Design — April 2005
Blanco Blooms with Lavender, Blanco County Area Guide 2005 — April 6, 2005
Memberships & Associations
Blanco Chamber of Commerce
For more information on the great town of Blanco, Texas, and for more details of what is happening in and around town, go to the Events Page at the Blanco Chamber of Commerce's website at www.blancochamber.com. Texas Lavender Hills is a proud member of the Blanco Chamber of Commerce.
Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce
Only a short 45-minute drive from our farm, you will find the historical German town of Fredericksburg. Texas Lavender Hills is a proud member of the Fredericksburg Chamber of Commerce. Please see their website at www.fredericksburg-texas.com for more details of things to see and do there, while you are in the area.
Go Texan!
Texas Lavender Hills is also a proud member of the Texas Department of Agriculture's Go Texan! program, supporting Texas agriculture products. For more information, visit their site at www.gotexan.org.
Member of the Austin Herb Society
Member of the Herb Association of Texas
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