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11th Lavender-Growing Seminar, June 13th
11am until 3pm
(The annual Blanco Lavender Festival is the next day. Stay and stick around for the fun at all the local lavender farms!)
Click here for June 13th reservations (by June 4th) ›››
Where: Hill Country Lavender Field at McCall Creek Farms, on Hwy. 281, 3.5 miles north of Blanco.
The Seminar will be held in our field, planted three years ago. Lunch catered by McCall Creek Farms, two lavender plants, and our growing guide with our ideas and information for starting a lavender business (value $35.00) is included in the cost of the workshop.
What will be covered:
*Planting Methods and Timing
*Row Spacing
*Water Needs and Irrigation
*Harvesting and Preserving Blooms
*Drying Blooms
*Potential Problems and Troubleshooting
*Marketing Ideas
The workshop is particularly geared to those who want to grow lavender as a business. The information we will share has been gathered over the years, and will provide the nuts-and-bolts information needed to start a lavender farm.
Much of the knowledge we have comes straight from lavender farmers in France, where we first got the idea for growing lavender in the Hill Country. We’ve also collected information from a lavender grower and broker in Oregon and a specialist with Texas A&M University. The rest of our knowledge has come to us the hard way, from trial and error and lots and lots of work.
The cost: $200 per person
$370 per couple (or two people from the same family)
For more information please email us at info@hillcountrylavender.com
 
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