Spring Blooms at Wānaka Lavender Farm

Spring is a hugely transformative season and it's alwys exciting to see fresh blooms coming through and waking up after a sleepy winter.

Often seen as the promise of spring, snowdrops are the first buds to show up. Following them, and to really kick off the season, the daffodils appear yellow and bright and are able to stand through some of the frosty nights and snowy days in September.

After that, it's the ever-popular cherry blossom trees' turn to flourish, always a delight to behold and bringing some beautiful blush colours to our surroundings. Spring in Wānaka is stunning thanks to these trees! Before long though, the fresh green grass ends up blanketed by the pink petals, ushering in a new collection of blooming plants.

Tulips and rhododendrons start showcasing some bright, cheerful colours, as well as giving off wonderful aromas and bringing our larger garden areas to life. In recent years, our gardeners have put all their energy into creating a tulip patch with an impressive 14,000 bulbs planted (so far!). Simply stunning:

As the season goes on, the gypsophila will bloom and our creatively named "White Garden" will add some more depth to the flower gardens - highlighting the peaking of springtime.

Around the tea garden, our wonderful wisteria grows thick and plentiful, the first of the purple flowers to greet us. Although it's still a tad early to be waiting on lavender to bloom, one variety is always a step ahead of the others. In the tea garden, and a couple of other spots around the farm, the end of spring will showcase "Stoechas", a lavender plant with a pink hue and cute bunny ears.

In another Farm Story that you can read here, we've listed the blooming times of these plants, so you can time your visit with your favourite flowers.

It's not only flourishing flora that screams springtime! at Wānaka Lavender Farm. The little lambs that join our farm family at this time of year are also indicative of new beginnings and the sweetness of the season.

The resident animals are taken on when they are orphaned or looking for a new home. So although we don't breed sheep to give us new lambs every spring, we do take on around 3 babies each year and make sure they are happy and healthy!

After the cold and cloudy winter days, it's exciting to get back outside, breathe in some fresh air, and savour the blue skies and sunny rays!

For a look into a different sesason, check out how autumn looks on the farm.