Lavender Festival celebrates Lavandula Angustifolia, or English lavender, which only blooms once a year, in June and July. This species is widely used in essential oil production, in perfumery, in medicine, for culinary use and as tea. Cyherbia is the only place in Cyprus with specially landscaped lavender gardens, a lavender labyrinth for meditation walks, a distillation room where extraction of lavender essential oil will take place and many other unique features for all the family, such as the maze, the woodland walk around Cyprus and the fairy village. A celebration of the most aromatic of all herbs, the Lavender Festival is the absolute highlight of the herbal calendar.
During the lavender festival you can:
- Witness the extraction of Lavender essential oil
- Listen to informative talks on lavender’s many benefits, in English, Greek and Russian
- Take part in lavender craft workshops for all ages
- Join the fragrant processing of lavender
- Sign up for a cosmetics making workshop with lavender
- Join in a guided meditation walk in the lavender Labyrinth
- Taste free lavender cookie, sorbet and ice tea, and get recipes
Kids activities include a treasure hunt and lavender crafts. A unique experience for all the family to enjoy.