2015
First lavender planted
TARHILL FARM, KINROSS · KY13 9EZ
Scotland's Lavender Farm
The only commercial lavender farm in Scotland, on a steep field above Loch Leven. Open 28 June – 12 August, guided tours all day.
Adult £10 · Child £4 · Family from £25 · Free parking
VISITING
Walk the rows.
See how it's made
One ticket covers the whole day. Guided tours leave through the day - turn up and join the next one, or wander the rows at your own pace.
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Full-day access to the fields at peak bloom
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Guided tour: field, distillery and how the oil is made
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Farm shop on site — oils, soap, room spray, perfume
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Bring your own picnic; free on-site parking
Season
27 June – 9 August 2027 (subject to weather)
Mon – Fri
11:00 – 17:00
Sat – Sun
10:00 – 17:00
STANDARD ENTRY
Adult (16+)
£10
Child (3–15)
£4
Family, 2 adults + 2 children
£25
Family, 2 adults + 3 children
£28
Under 3 · wheelchair users
Free
Rain? Email us before you set off and we'll move your ticket to another day, no questions. Lavender smells stronger in the wet.
Private evenings in the field — 5:30–9pm, up to 10 people — from £150. Ask by email or WhatsApp message (07412 715085)
When to come
For photographers
After 4pm
Low sun down the rows. Weekdays are emptier in the frame.
To see it running
Harvest week
1–9 August. Every tour explains the still; this is the only week it's actually lit.
Quietest
Tue – Thu, before noon
Weekends fill by early afternoon. Come midweek if you want the field to yourself.
With children
Mornings
Bees are busiest, the tour is shorter on the legs, and there's room to run.
2017
First drops distilled
7
Lavender & lavandin varieties on site
45
Days the gate opens, every summer
2023
First perfumes released
HOW IT'S MADE
Field to bottle.
The still runs on what we grow here. The bottled essential oil is blended with English oil to keep it at a fair price - small-batch distilling on one steep field doesn't scale to a bottle everyone can afford on its own.
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Grow
Rows planted from 2015, tended and cut by hand each July at Tarhill Farm, Kinross.
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Distil
Steam-distilled on site since 2017 - seven distinct lavender and lavandin oils.
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Bottle
Pure oil, soap and room spray, sold at the gate and online.
THIS YEAR'S OIL
2026
Distilled
15-28 August
Linalool
34.1%
Linalyl acetate
37.8%
Camphor
0.3%
Yield
0.9%
FARM SHOP · SHIPS YEAR-ROUND
Take the field home.
Lavender essential oil, dried bunches and soap - hand-made in small batches by Mrs Irwin on the farm, and usually sold out before the season's over.
Lavender essential oil
10ML
Lavandin essential oil
10ML
Handmade lavender soap
BAR
Lavender room spray
100ML
Lavender bunches
SEASONAL
FREE 24-HOUR TRACKED DELIVERY OVER £30
MIDDLESHADE
Seven perfumes, one hillside.
Middleshade is our perfumery: seven unisex fragrances named for Scottish places and poetry. Sold here, at the gate, and through Scottish gift shops.
THE SHORT VERSION
“Our story began with a handful of lavender plants, on a small, steep field on the family farm.”
Slow, careful work - planting, tending, learning how lavender grows in a Scottish climate it was never bred for. Years later, we distilled our first drops of oil. That same summer, we opened the gates for the first time.
Still a small family business: growing, harvesting and distilling lavender here in Kinross, one summer at a time.
— RORY & MARINA IRWIN, TARHILL FARM
The field
distilling
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