History
Lavender Wind Farm started in 1998 when the first lavender plants were put into the ground as a wind break for the garden. They didn't do so well as a wind break, but they seemed to multiply over the years until now there are over 9,000 and more coming.
The land it sits on has been farmed for over 100 years. Sarah Richards, the current owner, bought the original 5 acres from the Darst family who had raised potatoes on the land for years. The soil is a rich sandy loam. Later she bought an addtional 3.75 acres and has been planting more lavender.
In 2001 some of the land was broken to create a lavender labyrinth with the pattern of the Hopi tradition called Man in the Maze. The circle was tilled all summer and the outer two rows of lavenders went into the ground that fall. The rest was planted in the spring of 2002.