Maine's Glendarragh Lavender Farm

I always associate lavender with France, Italy & England.

But yesterday we visited a Maine lavender farm! 

After a beautiful ride through green, green, green, 

woods, farms & fields, overlooking rivers & lakes 

& the Camden Hills to the east, 

we arrived at a 26 acre farm in Appleton,

 nestled in rolling meadows & 

filled with French & English lavender, 

flower gardens, bird houses, & old oak trees, 
not to mention happy wanderers.

Glendarragh Farm is open to the public 

only 3 days a year, during the harvest. 

Young student farm workers guide you , 

explain the growing, harvesting & drying processes, 

and share some history of how the farm came to be.

The gift shop, in an old barn, allowed us to bring back home

 a little healthy, therepeutic, aromatic, cheerful Lavender, 

in my case, in the form of a bouquet.

The Glendarragh Farm Lavender shop 

on Camden's Main St. is open year round!

When the front door is open, enchanting, enticing 

fragrance wafts out the door & lures me in, to luxuriate in

the scents of dried lavender,  & lotions & balms,

made by Glendarragh's owner.  

 They are interspersed with lovely treats such as 

blue & lavender scarves, pottery, sachets, & candles... 

The Fourth of July: 

It was a, pastoral, lavender filled summer day...