I remembered this place, because I had been here long time ago. It's still the same here. But, we came here a bit late that lavender was almost gone. We made the reservation online for 12pm on Saturday. We arrived a bit late, but not that many people around. The lavender bushes were low and some of them were re-planted. And they have different kinds of lavender. We learned something about lavender today. There is a playground for my kids to play together. We sat under the shade nicely. The lake was huge, we don't have time to explore the lake. read more

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I love the homey and rustic set up of Christel Lake Lavender. I know lately there is all these commercialization of Lavender farms to be a tourist attraction. Put in some Instagrammable backdrop and charge visitor a premium admission so they can do all the selfies and post it online. I have to thanks Christel Lake Lavender for opening up their property and share with the public. There is no admission fees at all to visit. One might argue where is the Lavender field? But the set up of this farm is more educational with different varieties of lavender planted. There are even a play area for kids. Picnic areas with a pop up "restaurant" if you want to grab a bite. Trails to walk around the lake. All these for free?! Property is well maintained and you can tell the owner is proud of his farm. Check in at the gift shop if you want a private tour around the property. They also host private events and weddings. The lake is just the perfect back drop for photographs for that special day. I love and support local business. So I highly recommend you to visit Christel Lake Lavender when you in the Port Perry area and check out what they offers. read more

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Our original destination was a sunflower farm way on the other side of town but a few factors brought us here, closer to home. After seeing pictures of the sunflower farm, I was kinda expecting to see sprawling fields of lavender but I was disappointed. Apparently, I was expecting too much. Instead, there were neatly cultivated rows of lavender, different varieties, all labeled. I didn't know there were different types until now. I think we just missed the peak season though. This is the first lavender farm I've ever been to and it's the most lavender I've ever seen in one place. It smelled nice. The property itself is nice. We had a relaxing walk around the pond and ran into a fellow who was trying to catch some rainbow trout for dinner. There is a gift shop that sells all things lavender, guided tours around the property on a golf cart, play areas for kids, and a stall selling snacks. read more

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NOT FRIENDLY! PREJUDICE TO HUMANS AND DOGS! WOULD GIVE NEGATIVE STAR RATING! We were all planning to enjoy a hot day outdoors with some ice cream and go home with plants purchased from the gift shop. DO NOT SUPPORT THE BUSINESS! They did not make us feel welcomed regardless of their "OPEN" sign outside. We arrived around 3:30pm on a Sunday and there were max 6-8 other guests who were leaving. We had called and check the website last week prior to our arrival but DON'T BELIEVE THE FALSE ADVERTISEMENT! We had driven about 2 hours to visit this establishment with our dog(s). There were 8 humans and 5 dogs in our group. Each pair came in a separate car so we could all be friendly strangers for all they know. We held our respective well-behaved dog(s) on leash sitting quietly, no barking, no playing, no rolling. We made sure they did their business by the parking lot before entering the farm. We were being civil, standing about 100-200m from the flowers and 300+m from any other families or guests who were on the other side of the trees down by the lake. The owner was a slob, barefoot, and rudely approached us. He asked us if we were a part of a dog walking group or something. We didn't know how to answer because we were a little thrown off. He says 1 dog is ok but 4 is too much and told us to leave. He kept repeating "It's not me..." but instead, that it was other people who won't be comfortable with our dogs being there *pointing to the Doberman, and then to the next larger dog there*. We told him we would just get a couple photos and leave. He was reluctant but gave us a 15 min limit. As he walked away, he mutters to other employees "That's a Doberman". He clearly depicted us as a group of visible minorities and discriminated us from the get go. As our other friends arrived, he told them to stay away from "those 4 dogs" and never mentioned they had a time limit. He kept driving around in his golf cart watching us like a hawk. He finally realized all of us are together so he drove up telling us our time is up, and forcing us off the property. He was giving us so much attitude while one of the guests just wanted to get one last photo with her mother, no dogs. read more

This really is a lovely little oasis of tranquillity found at the end of a short stretch of dirt road North of Port Perry. It is a small farm nestled on a hillside. There are about a dozen long lines of lavender plants that fall away down a hillside towards a small lake. Each line is clearly labelled with the name of its variety. (I didn't know there were so many varieties of lavender, and there are many more than we saw). If you called ahead, as we did, and had made an appointment during the week, you would be likely to have the whole place to yourselves and be given a personalised little tour. We were taken in a golf cart around the lake and were lucky enough to see an otter, bullfrog tadpoles and a turtle on our tour, as well as a multitude of birds. There are a few pieces of playground equipment for children to play on, trout in the lake that you can fish for free and a small gift shop with very reasonably priced items. There are various lavender infused jams, pouches of lavender flowers, lavender oil, (imported, not made by the farm), lavender teas, local Artisans work - including quilts, jewellery and other arts and crafts of various sorts and of course lavender plants. The owners are proud of their success which is the result of hard work and experimentation for several years . They are knowledgeable and friendly. The owner has quite strong opinions about life and other subjects. At weekends there tend to be more people so a personalised experience is more difficult to obtain. The ideal time of year to visit is from mid to end of June onwards, through until mid to end August. It is rather like finding a pearl. read more