Lavenderland is a Metro Vancouver flower-themed attraction. It features a few acres of purple flowers at a farm in Richmond.
This article includes the following information about Lavenderland:
Admission | Where and When | What to Expect | Events at Lavenderland | Other Lavender Farms | Other Information
Lavenderland in Richmond
One of the Lower Mainland’s newer tourist attractions, Lavenderland takes place at Metro Vancouver’s very first lavender farm in the summer. The farm is a family-run enterprise that uses an eco-friendly approach in growing its lavender.
Visitors to Lavenderland can explore 7 or so acres of purple flowers over the course of the festival. The farm features four different kinds of the flower including Super Blue, Melissa, Grosso and French varieties.
When we went, the place didn’t have outside entertainment or festival-style activities for children. There are, however, different events held at the farm in the fall and winter.
Outside of special events, Lavenderland is simply a small farm with lots of lavender. It’s pretty though, and offers interesting lavender-themed items for sale.
Richmond’s Lavenderland isn’t the only farm in the Lower Mainland where you can explore fields of the fragrant purple flower. There is also Tuscan Farm Gardens in Abbotsford, the Greendale Lavender Company in Chilliwack, and Full Bloom Lavender in Langley. For details about these other venues scroll down to near the bottom of this article.
Admission to the Lavender Field
The cost to see the flowers in 2024 is $13 on weekdays and $15 on weekends for adults. Seniors and children cost $12 regardless of the day and infants under the age of 3 are free. Parking is also free.
Throughout the year, even when the lavender field is closed, the site’s gift shop remains open. Its hours of operation are from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm from Friday to Sunday during the offseason. In the summer the gift shop is open daily from 10:00 am to 8:00 pm.
The gift shop is closed on all statuary holidays and is also usually closed for a week or so around Christmas and New Years.
Where and When
Lavenderland is at a farm in Richmond at 8460 Steveston Highway (which is about 3 km from the turnoff from Highway 99). It’s a 5-minute drive from the Gulf of Georgia Cannery Historic Site and the rest of picturesque Steveston Village.
Since lavender usually blooms in the summertime, the main fields are only open during the warmer months. The 2024 season began on June 17th and likely ends in September.
Not all the flowers bloom at the same time. Exact blooming details vary according to the weather, season and growing location.
The Super Blue Lavender is usually in season between April and June. It also comes back again in August. Melissa Lavender is typically at its best in both July and September. The Grosso variety is in bloom from July until September. French Lavender, meanwhile, is usually in season from June until October. Again, exact conditions vary. The above details, however, give you a rough idea of what to expect and when.
What to Expect
There is a large gravel parking lot at Lavenderland. At the entrance, at the side of the road, there is also a large modern wood market building. Lavender-themed products are sold there.
After you leave the parking lot you enter a large open building. That’s where you buy your tickets, or show them if you’ve already purchased them online. Inside they also sell a few things, like lavender-flavoured ice creams.
Just outside this second building is the field of lavender. It’s very pretty and full of rows of lavender flowers. You can walk around the field, take photos and enjoy the smells of the lavender. If you love lavender, and everything related to lavender, you might really like this place.
Events at Lavenderland
While the main festival takes place in the summer when the flowers are in bloom, that’s not all Lavenderland has to offer. The following events all take place at the site:
Mid-Autumn Festival
This event takes place some years in mid-September, so right near the end of the main festival. The Mid-Autumn Festival, also known as the Moon Festival, is a traditional East Asian celebration usually held in September.
There was a Mid-Autumn Festival at Lavenderland in both 2021 and 2022, but there doesn’t appear to have been one last year. Whether or not there is one in 2024 is TBD.
Admission to the site during the festival cost more, at $25 for all those 13 years and older in 2021. Those younger were free. That price included admission to the field, a lavender mooncake and some lavender tea. There were also arts and crafts activities for the young ones and different kinds of entertainment.
Wizardland
Lavenderland’s Halloween event, Wizardland took place on the weekends of October 16th & 17th, 23rd & 24th and 30th and 31st in 2021. The area was adorned with fall decorations and there were food trucks to enjoy with different activities. Those activities included wand decoration, potion-making and different games.
Admission to Wizardland cost $10 for everyone over the age of 3. Those younger were free. The event sadly hasn’t taken place again since its first year.
Christmasland
Although no flowers were in bloom, Lavenderland played host to an artisan Christmas market in December of 2021. The dates were the weekends of December 4th & 5th, 11th & 12th and 18th & 19th. Admission was free.
There were over 80 different vendors over the course of the 2021 market, although no more than 30 at any one time. This meant that going to the market multiple times gave you different options to browse each visit. Donations were welcome, with all proceeds going to the Orange Shirt Society.
Like Wizardland, to our knowledge, this event has yet to return since its first year.
Other Lavender Farms
If you like places like Richmond Lavenderland, you might want to visit some farms in the Fraser Valley too.
Tuscan Farm Gardens also has fields of lavender. Its address is 6834 Mt. Lehman Road in North Abbotsford. The Greendale Lavender Company is at 42050 South Sumas Road in Chilliwack. Full Bloom Lavender is located at 2926–248th Street in South Langley.
The Abbotsford Summer Flower Festival has flowers to see from April until September. It’s located at Lakeland Flowers at 3663 Marion Road in Abbotsford. From June until August it has fields full of lavender. At other times of the year it has tulips, sunflowers and various other meadow flowers.
Other Information
For more information about the farm, visit the official Lavenderland website.
To learn more about the area, see our articles about Richmond and Steveston Village.
Other articles that may be of interest include the following:
- Richmond Country Farms
- Abbotsford Tulip Festival
- Harrison Tulip Festival
- Abbotsford Sunflower Festival
- Harrison Sunflower Festival
- Vancouver Festivals and Events