Lavender Festival

This weekend was the Lavender Festival at Castle Farm, Kent. In fact Sunday was the last day, it runs for two consecutive weekends. This was the view from the field where we parked............. I dont know about you but I really like to see yellow and purple together, not everyone's cup of tea I know, must be my Seventies childhood!

This basket was just one of many with bunches and bunches of fresh lavender. I especially liked that they hung the bunches from swags of rope so that it resembled bunting.


You may have read about the festival in Country Living the marquee and gazebos are where they offer massages, how decadent.


This was one of the barns they opened up and had stalls inside, brilliant! you can see the lavender bunches hanging, so simple but en masse it was beautiful.



Back to the stalls, anyone for a lavender meringue with blackberry and blueberry topping? I thought so

I offer these hydrangeas as a little light relief from all those wonderful lavender blue hues, and if in doubt always throw in a splash of pink I say!

I love the hazy light on this fab open barn and the lilac bunting, my photo doesn't do it justice

The view from the top of the lavender field back towards the farm...............................

And finally (stolen from the two Ronnies!) by popular demand. Well actually especially for Hen and Lou and Lisa................the patchwork Hampton Court purchase. First by way of a teaser here is my favourite square!

..................and here it is in situ, in our telly/snug room. Mr.Buster Boodle who is looking wistfully out of the window, wholeheartedly approves and has been snuggled up on it every night since it came home!

Have a lovely week everyone!