Lavender and Butterflies

P, E and myself visited the Hitchin Lavender farm. It costs £6 for adults and £3 for children between 5-14 where you get a good sized paper bag and a pair of scissors to pick the lavender, the wildflowers and the sunflowers (although the sunflowers cost an extra 50p a stem). Any extra bags you’d like for children or if you fancy a whole load of lavender, is another £4. The girls had so much fun collecting lavender (AND now we are back home have been busy in the garden creating potions) asking when they can go back!  It is not a place to go however if you are allergic to bees as there are a lot happily buzzing around (we didn't get stung) and there is no shade so we went early to avoid the midday sun!

 We then drove half an hour away to Jordan's Mill where the girls took part in their butterfly session (pre-booked). They made paper plates showing the lifecycle of a butterfly, decorated a butterfly biscuit and then decorated a butterfly hat. E felt it was a little young for her, but P had fun although they would have both liked a lot longer to decorate their hats!

 We then wondered round the mill gardens on a butterfy hunt and to complete a quiz where we had to hunt caterpillars which had facts on them!

The girls then played in their woodand play area before we drove home.