Fields, Flavor, & Craft

Most people think lavender is one thing. An afternoon at Bloomfield Schoolhouse Lavender Farm will change that entirely. Guided by Marion, the grower who built this farm from the ground up out of equal parts curiosity and stubbornness, you’ll discover a plant most people only think they know.

Trace lavender’s 4,000-year journey from Egyptian burial chambers to Victorian medicine cabinets. Learn why not all lavender is safe to eat, which varieties belong in your kitchen, and pick up the growing tips that actually work for northern Indiana soil and winters.