We invite you to experience the Red Hill Lavender Farm and Distillery. Come to explore, stay, shop, dine, celebrate, relax. The farm is a truly unique getaway. Indulge in all it has to offer. Please note - fields are not open to the public until flowering season which is late this year 2018.
FIELDS CLOSED UNTIL DECEMBER 21st.
FIELDS OPEN FRIDAY 21st,SATURDAY 22nd & SUNDAY 23rd December 8.30am-4pm
FRIDAY 28th, SATURDAY 29th SUNDAY 30th Decmber 8.30am-4pm
FRIDAY 4th SATURDAY 5th SUNDAY 6th January 8.30am-4pm
FREE ENTRY

CHOOSE YOUR EXPERIENCE. WANDER THE GARDENS, ORCHARD, LAKESIDE AND BUSH. FEAST ON FRESH LOCAL PRODUCE AT THE RESTAURANT, PICNIC IN THE FIELDS, ENJOY DELICIOUS TREATS FROM THE FARM GATE. STAY AT THE FARMHOUSE (BY APPOINTMENT) OR VENTURE BEYOND THE FARM TO EXPLORE NEIGHBOURING WINERIES, OLIVE GROVES, RESTAURANTS, GALLERIES AND THE BEACH

Red Hill Lavender Farm and Distillery is a dream come true for Kylie and Brad Crump and their daughters. When they purchased the property in 2007 they saw the potential to create a haven to share with others. Inspired by the beauty of Provence, they hand-planted fields of lavender, a crab apple orchard and olive trees.

With the farmhouse, restaurant, farm gate, and lake, this unique property caters for everyone – whether popping in for a wander, dining at the restaurant, picking up some fresh local produce from the farm gate, spoiling yourself with the range of botanical and culinary hand-made lavender products, celebrating a special occasion or simply taking a relaxing country break.

With gorgeous gardens designed by world-renowned landscape architect Paul Bangay and access to bushland, the farm is a truly beautiful place to escape, explore, unwind and enjoy.

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Red Hill Lavender Farm and Distillery is the largest commercial lavender farm on the Mornington Peninsula. The hand cultivated crop and traditional distillery process ensure the highest standard of oil quality that is combined with natural products to create an exceptional and effective botanical skin care and culinary range.

EXPLORE THE FARM SET ON 27 ACRES HIGH ON THE RIDGE AT BEAUTIFUL RED HILL, THE IDEAL PLACE TO GROW LAVENDER. WHEN THE LAVENDER IS IN BLOOM IT IS A MAGICAL, SENSORY EXPERIENCE – IT WILL TAKE YOUR BREATH AWAY AND DELIGHT YOUR SENSES. The farm is only open during flowering season (December to January 2018/2019).

Drawing on backgrounds in clinical research and agriculture, Kylie and Brad have implemented a traditional and natural process of growing, harvesting and distilling the lavender. Their passion for the crop results in exceptional quality plants and oils.

The five-acre lavender crop was sown by hand, is weeded by hand and harvested by hand. No chemicals are used on the plants so the end product is in its purest form.

The lavender oil is created through a steam distillation process, the same used in the lavender farms of Provence. Passing steam through the plant elicits a mixture of water and oil vapors. The vapors are condensed and the oil droplets are easily tapped off. The essential oil can be laboratory-tested using a gas chromatograph analysis to guarantee its quality.

All of our products are handmade in Victoria, Australia and contain 100% pure essential lavender oil. These products are available from the Farm Gate or online only.

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The Red Hill Lavender Farm and Distillery has always been a special place.

THE PROPERTY AND THE SURROUNDING MORNINGTON PENINSULA, HAVE AN ANCIENT HISTORY. FOR TENS OF THOUSANDS OF YEARS IT WAS THE TRADITIONAL HOMELAND AND COUNTRY OF THE BOONWURRUNG PEOPLE OF THE KULIN NATION. HERE THEY LIVED SUSTAINABLY AS HUNTERS AND GATHERERS.

In 1802, the first Europeans came ashore at Sorrento. Since then, much of the she-oak forests have been cleared for settlements and agriculture, with some bush and coastal areas protected as national parks.

More recently, the Red Hill Lavender Farm and Distillery has been home to a winery, fly-fishing farm, Greek restaurant and apple orchard. Since 2009, the property has been developed as a commercial lavender farm and distillery, with a lake and farmhouse, and areas of garden and bush.

The original apple orchard may be gone, but the storage shed has been converted into a restaurant and farmgate – run by the incredibly talented team at Johnny Ripe.

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