The Lavender Farm at Sutliff

The Lavender Farm at Sutliff Thanks for your support this year! A hard frost always ends our U-Pick lavender and flower season. Northeast of Solon, IA, south/southeast of Lisbon and Mt.
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Watch for our announcement in April for U-Pick Tulips & Spring Flowers! We are a U-Pick lavender farm in Eastern Iowa with berries, spring flowers, asparagus and rhubarb, in season. Vernon, IA.

Glorious spring day to lay on my belly shooting photos of my Oriental Hyacinths in our flower field. The colors are mag...
04/09/2026

Glorious spring day to lay on my belly shooting photos of my Oriental Hyacinths in our flower field. The colors are magnificent in the sunshine.

Our tulips and daffodils are starting to bloom!!

No sign of frost! We are still open for u-pick flowers. You are welcome late morning until sunset Tuesday through Sunday...
10/17/2025

No sign of frost! We are still open for u-pick flowers. You are welcome late morning until sunset Tuesday through Sunday. Have a splendid weekend!

Effective immediately, you can enjoy the sunset in the lavender field. Just be sure to close the gate when you leave. 🫶🏽
09/28/2025

Effective immediately, you can enjoy the sunset in the lavender field. Just be sure to close the gate when you leave. 🫶🏽

We had a wonderful tour group come out one evening this past week to learn about lavender and pick bouquets. After tha...
09/21/2025

We had a wonderful tour group come out one evening this past week to learn about lavender and pick bouquets. After that, they toured our sawmill, vacuum kiln, and custom furniture business.

I made Lavender-Ginger Lemonade, which is absolutely delightful. It's a refreshing mix of bright lemon, zing from ginger, and light floral undertones from dried lavender buds. Many visitors said they really liked it and they had never tasted anything like it.

Peace and beauty await you this weekend. Come over, we welcome you and the special people in your life. And yes, some of...
09/20/2025

Peace and beauty await you this weekend. Come over, we welcome you and the special people in your life. And yes, some of our plants are really this purple.

We are still open! If you need a gentle sanctuary from the struggles of the world, sink into one of our chairs and enjoy...
09/14/2025

We are still open! If you need a gentle sanctuary from the struggles of the world, sink into one of our chairs and enjoy the lavender. (Closed Mondays)

The bees are busy and the butterflies are fluttering. We are open all week from 9:30-5:30 daily, including Labor Day. No...
08/30/2025

The bees are busy and the butterflies are fluttering. We are open all week from 9:30-5:30 daily, including Labor Day. No appointment needed! $10 admission for adults includes a small bouquet. We hope you can make it!

08/30/2025

We are open! Come frolic with the butterflies and enjoy the lavender! 9:30-5:30 daily all week, including Labor Day. No appointment needed.

Nearly five rows of lavender haven't even started blooming yet this summer! Our remaining rows have bloomed and I am de...
07/21/2025

Nearly five rows of lavender haven't even started blooming yet this summer! Our remaining rows have bloomed and I am dead-heading plants to encourage rebloom.

We are CLOSING TEMPORARILY starting Tuesday, July 22, 2025. I will announce when we will reopen again -- probably towards the end of August 2025. Then we should be open until hard frost in October after that.

Thank you everyone for coming out to pick lavender in our "first round" this summer, and we appreciate your understanding while we wait for more lavender plants to start blooming.

Most sincerely, Nancy

My favorite berry!! Did you guess? That's right -- Black Currants! The jam is so deep and rich. Incredible flavor. ...
07/13/2025

My favorite berry!! Did you guess? That's right -- Black Currants! The jam is so deep and rich. Incredible flavor. I have two more bushes to pick to put up more jam.

I might have some gooseberries left on a few bushes and some champagne currants on one small bush to pick. After that, I'll wait for Elderberries. Then this fall, I will have Seaberries (aka Sea Buckthorn) and Gojis to pick. It's exciting to have my berry bushes start to bear fruit.

This is the first year my female Seaberry bush has enough berries on it to pick for jam. The berries are green now, but they will turn orange in the autumn.

We'll see how my Goji bushes survive Japanese Beetles this year. Last year, the JBs devoured every leaf on the Gojis. Despite that, the Gojis bore berries last year, and I was very surprised.

I'll post an update about our lavender very soon. Such an unusual year -- some lavender plants are just starting to bloom, and some plants are finishing their first bloom. I expect we will have a nice second round of flowers in early fall. More later!

Hope to see everyone in our lavender field soon! Warmly, Nancy

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Hi everyone, Nancy here -- owner and manager of the lavender farm. I have talked to many customers when they come out t...
07/02/2025

Hi everyone, Nancy here -- owner and manager of the lavender farm. I have talked to many customers when they come out to pick lavender, and everyone seems interested in learning more about growing lavender, and about our farm. I have given presentations to groups, too. Lots of these groups plan on eating at Baxa Sutliff Store & Tavern. They pick lavender either before or after their lunch or before their dinner.

If I set a time each week to be in the field to give a short presentation about lavender and our farm, would you try to come out at that time to learn more? Please respond in comments below. If you have specific questions you would like me to address in a presentation, or in a FB and Instagram post, please respond in comments below. I love getting to know our customers. You all have such interesting lives and stories to tell, too. I am often in the field so if you see me, feel free to introduce yourself and say hello. Most sincerely, Nancy

P.S. That's me a few years ago in front of my wheat field on my family farm in Illinois, when we hosted a field day for Practical Farmers of Iowa

Address

1380 White Oak Avenue NE
Lisbon, IA
52253

Opening Hours

Tuesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Friday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Saturday 9:30am - 5:30pm
Sunday 9:30am - 5:30pm

Telephone

+15153570054

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