On our recent holiday to Norfolk, we visited Norfolk Lavender in Heacham. I love lavender but I was amazed to discover that there are over 100 different varieties of lavender. It was glorious wandering around the lavender, herbs and gardens. Unfortunately I missed the guided tour of how the lavender distillery operates. The boys had fun too at Farmer Fred’s Play Barn which was on the same site.
I tried a lavender ice-cream there and bought a lavender cake and other tasty goodies from the farm shop to take home. I also bought some lavender syrup for my mum from the gift shop.
It was really interesting to read about each herb. I loved the fact about Lady’s Mantle that in the 18th century, women applied the leaves to their breasts to make them recover their shape after breast feeding.
I’d love to hear any other unusual herb facts.
The lavender distillery
A couple of unusual items for sale
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I love Norfolk Lavender, especially the farm shop there which is always a must when we visit my parents. I also particularly enjoy parking right outside the farm shop rather than in the proper car park 🙂
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the farm shop was truly exceptional. And they very cleverly tempted me with some reduced price muffins by the till
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I’m stunned at how many varieties there are, who knew! Looks like a lovely place to visit
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yes I definitely recommend it or similar
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I really wanted to go to a lavender farm and I think its too late for that for me now. But I have this weird idea that I will fall asleep when I visit one. That thought just kept on popping out of my head every time I see lavenders =P #hdygg
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there was too much to see and do for me to fall asleep there
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Wow I’ve been to a few lavender farms this year but never seen a lavender distillery. I bet lavender ice cream was good, our local lavender place sells lavender rice pudding but I’ve yet to try it. Did you sleep well the night of the day you visited? I always seem to sleep like a baby after going to lavender places!!!
Thanks for joining in and sharing x
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Lavender rice pud sounds worth a try. We also had lavender in the garden of the cottage where we were staying and some in a vase in the kitchen, so I didn’t particularly notice any difference in sleep patterns
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wow!!! how amazing that there are so many different kinds of lavender
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yes really amazing
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