Scenic views at The Lavender Farm
The Lyndoch Lavender Farm has more to offer than meets the eye, this successful farm is situated at Lyndoch in the famous Barossa Valley region. Although the Lyndoch Lavender Farm offers a nice landscape with over ninety different varieties of the Lavandula/ Labitae family, there is much more going on at South Australia's largest working lavender farm.
The Lyndoch Lavender Farm has been a popular tourist attraction to the Barossa Valley for over sixteen years. Apart from the lovely splash of purple, mauve, violets and whites spreading across five acres of scenic Barossa Valley land, The Lavender Farm offers guided tours of the property and there is the Lyndoch Lavender Farm café and The Lavender Kitchen both selling gourmet products to visit. The business also sells Allanson wines of the Grenache, Reisling and Shiraz varieties for those wine lovers who wish to enjoy a glass during their stay.
Across the five acres of lavender types the plants have been used in their gourmet products that sell at The Lavender Kitchen. There are many condiments to try such as their jams, mustards, jelly, chutney, platters, lavender gourmet desserts, cheeses, lavender scones and biscuits. You can also sit and relax in the café and try Lavender tea and ice cream, light lunches are available in the café between 10am and 4pm, the other specialties are available all day.
Relax outside and enjoy the scenery
As you stroll through the lavender rows you will find the property also surrounded by vineyards, as most of the Barossa Valley landscape is. If you wish to gain more out of your visit there are a few guided tour options available at the farm. There is the self guided tour, morning/ afternoon tours and the usual guided tour that goes for about forty five minutes. These tours include information brochures and lavender product tastings with tea/ coffee. The guided tours are also a great chance to check out some of the properties residents which are the native birds and animals. The Lavender Farm also offers to host and cater for meetings and events at their peaceful and scenic property, although bookings are essential as the Lavender Farm is a busy tourist attraction in the Barossa valley, especially during the flowering season commencing early August to the end of January.
The Lyndoch Lavender farm and Café is a lovely spot to visit on the weekend especially during the flowering season. Lavender plants give off a calming and soothing effect, they also holds many therapeutic benefits such as muscle relaxing, anti depressant properties and are a good treatment for insect bites and burns. So if you would like to enjoy a quiet day away on your weekend then The Lavender Farm at Lyndoch would be a great escape, about an hours drive North of Adelaide. The property offers much more than a stroll through the varieties of lavender, with specialty products to spoil yourself with, tasty gourmet foods at the café and The Lavender Kitchen plus the guided tours to benefit your knowledge on these useful and popular plants. Take a visit to this peaceful spot in the Barossa Valley region and escape the busy life for a day.
