Hitchin Lavender Farm

I haven’t really been doing much on the photography side at the moment due to work and other commitments.  I did however manage a visit to the beautiful Hitchin Lavender Farm.  As well as having the opportunity to practice a little more on other types of photography, we actually wanted some advice on lavender.  We have planted lots in our garden (mainly to attract the bees due to the declining population) and also it looks nice. 

We arrived at about 10.30 and after a quick coffee (great little cafe there) we made our way over to the lavender field.  They do charge £4.00 each for adults which is fair enough, it is a business after all.  For that £4.00 they do give you a small bag and some scissors and you can cut as much as you like. I was more interested in taking pictures and getting there early was key as it does get very busy. 

This is a great location for a photoshoot if you are local, there was one going on when we were there. 

I was trying lots of different things from sitting down in the lavender, which was a little worrying at all the bees were buzzing round my head to trying to capture the lines it made up and down the hill. 

Meanwhile Rob was armed with my compact camera doing his own thing.

This is very much farming community as there are lots of other fields nearby and a fair bit of harvesting going on when we were there.  We probably stayed about an hour and a half by which time it was filling up and difficult to get shots without other people being in them. Then the clouds started looking grey as the photo underneath shows we decided it was time to go.

Definitely worth a visit, we learnt that there are actually 39 different varieties of lavender !  I am not surprised so much of ours looks different.   Check out there website for more information www.HitchinLavender.com.

 Thanks for stopping by ...

Jackie xx