Lavender Ridge Farms & Café

What a wonderful little jewel. We stopped here on a whim, and I'm so happy we did. My favorite 😍 animals are lemurs. They were sleepy babies hiding in their homes, but I loved seeing them anyway. The aviaries are really nice too.

The cafe had a very pleasant menu. Do not fear the tea or desserts. The lavender flavor is pleasant and not at all perfumey. I make my own lavender honey 🍯 ice cream but theirs was better. Tyler was are server and he was a lamb!

The lavender was not in bloom but it was still a fun little side trip. The gift shop had great things and the lavender salve is amazing.

Definitely recommend.

Nice little destination. If you like butterflies this is your place! Butterflies and bumblebees throughout the flowers and lavender bushes. This farm is an official Monarch migration Way station, which is pretty cool. Enjoy walking through their butterfly gardens, bird aviary, and check out some lemurs on your way to the quaint shabby-chic style cafe. The menu offered up salads and sandwiches as well as an assortment of lavender inspired beverages. The lavender lemonade was a refreshing treat after walking the paths on the grounds. Don't forget to check out the store. If we had thought to bring a cooler with us, we would have snatched up a gallon of the lavender iced tea and a jar of the lavender vinaigrette!

Lavender Ridge Farms is worth a drive, wherever you are. It is so magical and charming, with an almost cottage-like atmosphere. The Cafe there has indoor seating, or outdoor under cute umbrellas. Everything we had was FANTASTIC. The lavender chicken salad blew me away!! And I couldn't leave without buying a gallon of lavender lemonade and lavender tea. The lavender cheesecake was quite a surprise as well. Have I mentioned lavender yet? Because there's a lot of it to go around! They have walking trails through fields of massive flowers beds; lots of hibiscus and butterfly bushes. One of the trails leads back to some animal pens where they keep lemurs and birds, which was super cool to see. That area is shaded and is a nice escape from the sun. They also sell plants, so if you have a green thumb, check out their shop!

Made for a great Sunday destination. Drove out just to check this place out. Glad we did. It's out in the middle of nowhere and some fairly rough roads, white rock and paved. Pretty cool place when you get there. Lots of people and cars that surprised us when we arrived. Lots of every kind of plants like a nursery has. Inside is a small store with ALL kinds of fragrances in bottles and lotions as well as other notions. They have a restaurant in back as well as outdoor seating. They have wait staff that are very friendly and wait on you outside. Flavored teas, like Lavender and honey.
Sandwiches and salads. They have an assortment of different animals like a small zoo that you can walk around out back and see. Was a great overall afternoon visit. Highly recommend.

We drove over 2 hours to get here, it was so worth it. We had a great little lunch and lavender lemonade 💜 We learned so much about the best way to grow lavender, can't wait to get started planting. Bought some beautiful plants, our back of the SUV was cramped full.