The past few weeks have seen our gardens busting with blooms, the scent of lavender drifting across the fields as bees drone lazily from flower to flower.
Thousands of you have visited, photographed, snoozed, wandered, painted and picnicked among the lavender.
And now it's the time of the season when we start to gather up the flowers, ready to be distilled into oil - a little bit of summer captured in a bottle to be enjoyed later!
When are we harvesting this year?
While we've already started harvesting some of our earlier varieties, the cutting of the main crop will happen on 2nd September when our gardening team - and a host of volunteers - will harvest the blooms and bag them up.
It can be difficult to give exact dates each year. When we harvest depends on lots of variable factors, such as the weather and how the growth of the plants has been during the season.
We know this can be frustrating when you're looking to plan a visit, but we do our best to keep you in the know over on our Facebook and Instagram accounts. Do give them a follow if you want to keep totally up to date on what's happening with the lavender, and to chat with the team.
There's still time to visit
If you've been thinking of coming to see the lavender this season, do make sure you come along before 2nd September, while we're still in bloom.
We will still be open after the harvest until the end of September. While there won't be any lavender to see then, our peaceful gardens and beautiful views over the Vale of York can still be enjoyed - along with some treats from EJ's Tea Room, of course!
Fancy getting involved in the harvest?
The start of September will be a busy time for the garden team and we always appreciate extra pairs of hands to help!
If you fancy helping out with the harvest, we'd be glad to hear from you. Please email info@yorkshirelavender.com to express your interest.
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