End of the 2020 Lavender Season
Lavender Bundles For Sale Again in the Shop Soon! It’s almost a wrap on lavender season for 2020 here at McKinley Lavender Farm. We are totally sold out of all our lavender bundles! Thank you to everyone who ordered bundles, boxes and buds from us this season. Did you miss out on our first harvest? Not to worry, we’ll have…
2020 Harvest Has Begun & English Lavender Bundles Are Back In Stock!
We have dried lavender bundles back in stock for 2020! Our 2020 lavender harvest has finally begun! We got off to a slow start due to the rain and cooler than normal temperatures in the Okanagan, but our English varieties have finally had just enough sun to start cutting. We have added our English Folgate and Hidcote Lavender varieties back…
How big are your lavender bundles?
How big are your lavender bundles? This is the most commonly asked question that we get asked at McKinley Lavender Farm in Kelowna. Everybody wants to know just how big our bundles of fresh and dried lavender are. First of all, the easy answer is big. But, we know that doesn’t help when you’re planning for tablescapes, wedding walls, and…
Lavender Season in Kelowna :: 2020 Update
Upcoming 2020 Lavender Season at McKinley Lavender Farm in Kelowna, BC At the start of every lavender season in Kelowna, we provide an update to our customers about news from around our lavender farm. NOTE ON COVID-19 – I began writing this post before the Covid-19 outbreak began. I have provided updates throughout as to how we are adjusting to…
Spring/Summer 2019 Update
We’ve been quietly planning for spring and summer 2019. As we commit further to make this our full time “job” we’ve made some big advances in planning and execution. We started on a whim adding over 3500 Tulips in between the Lavender rows this fall and then that whim quickly turned into a serious plan. So, we’ve cleared more space…
Summer Harvest Nearly Complete
It’s been a hot one here in Kelowna and to beat the heat we have been up and in the field harvesting early – as in 5am early, so that we can still get to our other “chores” that have to be done to keep things looking good. Farming is not for the weak – of heart, knees, sleep or…
Lavender Farm :: Summer 2018
We want to thank everyone for the continued interest! We have been inundated with tour buses, drive-bys, phone calls, emails and well, you guys have pretty much thrown out the bat signal to see when we are open! Unfortunately, we are still not open to the public – yet. We anticipate opening the farm gates next year for all of…
Walk Around the Lavender Farm
The Okanagan summer has officially landed! We are thrilled to see that 100% of our lavender crop made it through what was an unusually cold, snowy winter and on top of all that snow we were also met with an unprecedented rainy spring. The heat is now here and temperatures are beginning to soar, which make for very happy, healthy…
Ten Ways to use Lavender :: Winter Edition
When winter hits (at least here in Canada) it’s easy to forget that you could have ever spent most of your recent days living and enjoying the outdoors. The dark, cold, wet and often snowy climate can leave most of us dreaming of longer hotter days. If you’re like most of us and you want to reminisce about warmer weather…