Announcing 2025 Opening date
Tenderloin Farms Lavender will reopen to the public on May 30, 2025. Follow @tenderloinfarms on Facebook or Instagram for all our updates on the status of the lavender. See you soon.
Learn MoreLavender in Budapest 2024
Wintering lavender in Budapest, Hungary. Lavender surrounded their beautiful parliament building which lights up with a golden tint in the evening. The lavender left uncut as it winters with the city as its backdrop. Budapest is a city split into two with Buda on one side of the Danube and Pest(Pesht) the other. A mix […]
Learn MoreLavender in London 2024
In our recent trip to Europe, we observed wintering lavender. First stop London – found around the Tower of London. Uncut and left to bloom in the fall and into the winter as well(bottom pics). Then cut back in the spring as the plant emerges from dormancy. Lavender is a popular perennial in many landscapes. […]
Learn MoreWinter Market 2024
For all who attended our events, visited our family lavender farm or supported us during this season even on a moments notice like when our lawnmower broke and we need it now, we say THANK YOU. 2025 will be our 5th season open to the public tentatively opening May 30th. Follow us @tenderloinfarms for all […]
Learn MoreFall Pruning time
8/23/2024 We choose to prune the lavender in the fall. And with the milder temps we have been doing just that. Keeping the lavender pruned helps in budding and under control. With the lack of rain we have also been giving the plants a bit of water.
Learn More2024 Opening Date Announced
Tenderloin Farms Lavender will reopen for its 4th season on May 31, 2024. We will be open Friday, Saturday and Sunday 9am to 3pm 5/31 to 6/30. No reservations are required. For groups more than 15 please email Tenderloinfarms@gmail.com. Come enjoy the lavender u-pick, shop in the barn shop full of lavender products, and the […]
Learn MoreNovember Events
Our farm will be open November 18-19. Come shop for the holidays, enjoy the farm and see our efforts to get the lavender ready for winter. Also find us at the Hobnob Holiday Market in Springfield IL, November 11-12. Our farm shop will reopen 11/18-11/19
Learn More2022 Remaining Event Schedule
Put some lavender in your life. You can find our farm at the following locations the next few months. Or remember you can shop us online at www.tfi.lavender.com. Join us at the farm in October and November. See how we prep the lavender for winter and attend our distilling demonstration.
Learn MoreMother Nature
May 13, 2022 We arrived at the farm today to find mother nature took action. We found a couple hundred fish dead in our big pond due to the lack of oxygen in the water and too many fish. As a result we have a new appreciation of what those fountains do in the ponds. […]
Learn MoreFollowing the bloom
May 11, 2022 With the delayed spring and crazy temps the bloom of the lavender is running behind from last year. Here is a comparison of this date versus the same date last year.
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