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2017 Upick Recap

2017 Upick Recap

What a great season! Thank you to everyone who came out and picked! We had great feedback that it was relaxing and wonderful. Here are pictures!

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Bloom Update

Bloom Update

We are getting closer and closer to opening day of Upick 2017!  After the damage to the plants last year, any continuing disease risk and the wacky winter/spring we had this year, we weren’t sure what would happen.  The angustifolias are coloring nicely and the intermedias are coming along!  However, the field won’t look like it did last year – there are empty spots and spots of damage.  What does

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Facebook “Likes” Us!

Facebook “Likes” Us!

In 2016, our Upick event on Facebook went crazy – like really crazy.  We thought we might have 200 people at our first Upick day.  We posted the event on Facebook and by the time the day got there, we were expecting 2,000.  We had 8,000.  You can read all about that here.  This is about what happened after that.  Facebook noticed our event and contacted us to do a

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2017 Upick Season

2017 Upick Season

It’s here!  We are excited to announce our 2017 Upick season! During May and June, we have 12 Fridays and Saturdays where anyone can register to come pick lavender.  We also have classes and a Plein Air Day and are taking bookings for photographers, groups, weddings, and events. Help us meet “The Challenge” by exceeding what was donated by our attendees last year to Greer Relief and Resource Agency!  We

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Our new building!

Our new building!

It’s like Christmas all over again!  We are building a retail/workshop building!  It’s 2 story and has a great porch and room for storage, workshop, drying, and retail.  The outside will get painted green with purple trim from our logo and we’ll be getting vinyl flooring shortly.  I have so many plans! Day One Day Two

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