Stop And Smell The Lavender
Lavender. I bet you did not expect me to be writing about lavender. The effeminate nature of my blog posts will become more prominent in the coming days with items involving ballet and yoga also completed within the year. I guess it is lucky I am not sexist or particularly concerned as to what others think of my pursuits.
Last year I noticed a large number of my friends visiting a lavender farm. On further investigation, I find out it is only a short drive away in Hitchin. This grabbed my attention as I associate lavender with many positive memories of my childhood. We would often visit a lavender farm outside Hunstanton where my late nan lived. The colour and smell of lavender being reminders of those summers spent in Norfolk.
Hitchin Lavender is a relatively young project to bring lavender back to Hitchin. It is worth noting it is not open all year round, but in-season it is open to the public and for a small fee you can walk the fields and pick your own lavender.
Photograph by Nicholas Moon
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I appreciate this is not to everyone’s taste, but it is a small local project steeped in history that deserves support. This may be one of those experiences you save for when relatives who come to visit. That is exactly what we did when Hana’s parents come to visit a few weeks back.
There is not a great deal of additional commentary to describe this item, so I will close this post with a hint to my next post. Hana’s parents stayed with us for three weeks. In that time we visited Hatfield House, Hitchin Lavender and finally ticked off item #83 – Visit a new castle in the UK.