The Carousel Farm is located in historic Bucks County PA, just outside of the Delaware River town
of New Hope (90 minutes from NYC, and 45 minutes outside of Philadelphia).
The Carousel Farm, first established in 1748, has had many lives over the
centuries, once a dairy farm, later a horse farm and, in the mid-20th century,
an exotic animal farm. When we moved to the farm 6 years ago, our challenge was
to put our unique imprint on the farm, maintaining its rural beauty, yet
enhancing it with something beyond.
The inspiration for Carousel Farm Lavender came when we were traveling through
the beautiful Provence countryside, where the rolling hills are graced with old
grape vines and lavender fields, against a stunning backdrop of centuries-old
fieldstone barns and farmhouses. Our farm, with its fieldstone farmhouse, 18th
century stone barn and rolling fields broken only by fieldstone walls, seemed
the perfect place to replicate the South of France.
Our fields, now over three years old, are nothing short of amazing. Despite our
initial worry that the harsh Northeast climate might not be ideal for the
project, after testing the soil we carefully selected four varieties of plants, both French and English, and the plants are
flourishing. We have over 15,000 organically-grown plants, each one planted,
pruned and harvested by hand. The beauty of our fields is attested to by the
many of local painters and photographers who spend their days drawing
inspiration from the fields.
As you can tell, we are proud of our lavender fields, but perhaps we are most
proud that, despite the striking natural beauty of Bucks County, we have found a way to enhance this historic community with something at once
rural, beautiful, unique, and--yes--all organic!
