ABOUT THE FARM
Our little lavender farm originated in 2013 as a small backyard farm in Riverview, Michigan. In 2014, we relocated to Marquette, Michigan for work and continued to grow lavender and create lavender products. We relocated back to Southeastern Michigan in 2016. We are now located just outside Monroe, Mi in Frenchtown Township on about 2 and 1/4 acres.
The back of our property is along the River Raisin. The river was named by the French for the wild grapes that grew along the banks in abundance. We still have wild grapes growing on our property today along the banks of the river. Our property is scenic and park-like and was part of the Knapp farm (est.1860). Our barn was a structure on the Knapp farm that was used for grain storage. Today we utilize the barn for drying our lavender.
Our property sits on old French ribbon or strip farm plot. The original French and French-Canadian settlers in Monroe County divided land using a traditional system of parceling property into long, narrow lots, each of which had frontage on the river, which was the main source of water, transportation, commerce, and communication. These French Claims, also known as long-lots or ribbon farms, persist today (Monroe County Parks, Trails, and Recreation page 17).
Our small lavender farm consists of over 300 lavender plants of lavender in multiple different varieties. We currently grow Grosso, Phenomenal, Hidcote, Munstead, Melissa, and Folgate varieties and we are always adding more. We also grow wildflowers, herbs, roses, peonies, sunflowers, herbs, yarrow, and lilacs. We grow what we are able to in our growing zone to supply our floral design side of our business. Most of our harvest does go to our own products and floral design.
In 2018, our wildflower fields were registered nationally as a Monarch Waystation Butterfly Habitat. Our Waytation number is 21716. Monarch Waystations provide milkweed, nectar plants, and shelter throughout the Monarch butterflies annual cycle of reproduction and migration. We believe in conservation of nature and our plans are to continue to expand our Monarch butterfly gardens. Our Monarch station and lavender fields also attracts bees, other butterflies, and wildlife.
Our property has an abundance of black walnut trees. We collected the fallen nuts in the fall and sell them to a Hammonds Black Walnut Company, which specializes in black walnut products. We also collect the wild grapes in fall to make wild grape jelly.
We enjoy being a part of Monroe County and the historic downtown district of Monroe through one our retail locations (Honeycomb Creative's Shop on Monroe Street). To learn more about the downtown please go to Downtown Monroe website. Our farm is just outside of Monroe City Limits in Frenchtown Township across from Munson Park. We are open by appointment only at this time or by special events which will be posted. Please fill out our contact form or email us at elaine@lavenderrosefarms.com if you'd like to visit. Because we are a smaller farm and our farm and home are one in the same,, we do not have regular hours open to the public at this time.
The back of our property is along the River Raisin. The river was named by the French for the wild grapes that grew along the banks in abundance. We still have wild grapes growing on our property today along the banks of the river. Our property is scenic and park-like and was part of the Knapp farm (est.1860). Our barn was a structure on the Knapp farm that was used for grain storage. Today we utilize the barn for drying our lavender.
Our property sits on old French ribbon or strip farm plot. The original French and French-Canadian settlers in Monroe County divided land using a traditional system of parceling property into long, narrow lots, each of which had frontage on the river, which was the main source of water, transportation, commerce, and communication. These French Claims, also known as long-lots or ribbon farms, persist today (Monroe County Parks, Trails, and Recreation page 17).
Our small lavender farm consists of over 300 lavender plants of lavender in multiple different varieties. We currently grow Grosso, Phenomenal, Hidcote, Munstead, Melissa, and Folgate varieties and we are always adding more. We also grow wildflowers, herbs, roses, peonies, sunflowers, herbs, yarrow, and lilacs. We grow what we are able to in our growing zone to supply our floral design side of our business. Most of our harvest does go to our own products and floral design.
In 2018, our wildflower fields were registered nationally as a Monarch Waystation Butterfly Habitat. Our Waytation number is 21716. Monarch Waystations provide milkweed, nectar plants, and shelter throughout the Monarch butterflies annual cycle of reproduction and migration. We believe in conservation of nature and our plans are to continue to expand our Monarch butterfly gardens. Our Monarch station and lavender fields also attracts bees, other butterflies, and wildlife.
Our property has an abundance of black walnut trees. We collected the fallen nuts in the fall and sell them to a Hammonds Black Walnut Company, which specializes in black walnut products. We also collect the wild grapes in fall to make wild grape jelly.
We enjoy being a part of Monroe County and the historic downtown district of Monroe through one our retail locations (Honeycomb Creative's Shop on Monroe Street). To learn more about the downtown please go to Downtown Monroe website. Our farm is just outside of Monroe City Limits in Frenchtown Township across from Munson Park. We are open by appointment only at this time or by special events which will be posted. Please fill out our contact form or email us at elaine@lavenderrosefarms.com if you'd like to visit. Because we are a smaller farm and our farm and home are one in the same,, we do not have regular hours open to the public at this time.
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