Thanks our visiting our website.  As we head into winter we are officially Closed for the season, except by appointment.  If you would like to make an appointment either to hike the trails or to schedule a visit for next year send me an email at beagleridge@gmail.com .

Garlic is out of stock for the year, hopefully next year our stocks will be greater.  

See pictures of our ongoing changes on Facebook and "like" us on Facebook.  Be sure to visit and see what changes we have made while we`are closed.  If you are in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Southwestern Virginia next spring,we open April 28, 2012, I hope you will stop by the farm and and see us in person.  We would be pleased to hear from you! Let us know what your needs and questions are, we will be more than happy to help.

To learn more about our programs or to see what our customers say about us please click on the drop down links to the left.

Flying Flowers is now closed for the season but to find out more about our new Butterfly House- Flying Flowers click on the link to the left. Flying Flowers is closed for the winter so when you come visit in the spring be sure to bring your camera.

Why not bring your group for a hike? Yes, even in the off season winter months you can get in a great hike and be sure to bring your cameras and take some great wildlife shots?  If your group would like to schedule a visit please go to our "contact us" link to the left.

Click on the favorite links, see the link to the left, and click on accomodations for great B&B's in the area.

Although fall was beautiful the color has now left us. The woods took on every imaginable hue of falls colors, sadly it is now a distant memory. be sure to bring your camera when you visit any time of year.

The pictures below are from the summer, quite a change from winter, but they will give you an idea of what the gardens look like at their peak.

Our farm building houses our herbal line of products including soap, lotions and a variety of dried flowers, tea, potpourri and of course, Lavender. There are 14 theme gardens and our herb collections: Lavender, Thyme, Oregano and Salvias.

So plan to visit us this year, sign up for one of our workshops or be sure to join us for one of our special events.

Our Lavender Thyme Festival will be June 23rd-2012 particulars are on the events link to the left.

We grow Lavender and we sell Lavender plants, dried bouquets, sachets and bulk Lavender. You can go to our webstore by clicking on the products link, or email me at beagleridge@gmail.com for bulk Lavender. We dry it in the building and the fragrance is so overpowering and we actually open the doors to air it out ( What a complaint-too much Lavender). We have many varities of lavender so we had about 6-8 weeks of bloom time, since they overlap in bloom sequence.

This is Grosso, one of the 14 varieties of Lavender we sell.

Every year we plant more Lavender on the slope outside the gardens. We were not able to get more Lavender planted this fall but next spring we will be adding to our hillside planting of Lavender.

We continue to trial new varieties and Edelweiss is quickly becoming our new WOW in the garden. Edelweiss is an Intermedia also just like Grosso it becomes a large mound which blooms white, YES, bright white. Edelweiss, Folgate, Super, Gros Bleu, Impress Purple, Royal Purple and Royal Velvet are some of the new ones with always more to come.Folgate has a dark bloom which holds color well. This planting continues outside the electric fence, since the deer only graze a bit in winter.                                           

If nothing else gardening teaches patience!!!

We are presently scheduling group tours and speaking engaements for lunch and are also scheduling weddings for 2012. Ask for a list of programs available and lunch options-yes be sure to come enjoy an herbal lunch in the gardens.

Nestled in a valley of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Beagle Ridge Herb Farm awaits you. Nature is the watchword at Beagle Ridge. Prior to becoming our dream come true our 160 acre property was part of a 2,000 acre hunting preserve. It's pristine beauty is what nurtures us daily and we would like to share it's bounty with you.

Our farm building was the site of the pen raised quail and partridge and the mountains around us are filled with wildlife. We share the farm with deer, turkey, grouse,rabbits, numerous bird species and even black bear. Gardening in this situation is a challenge: however we have encroached upon them so we need to work with them.

This is the old tea garden I will be adding the new and much improved pcitures shortly. Lots more pictureson the link to the left for your perusal. Everything in these beds can be used for a tea. Come sip teas and watch the hummingbirds, or birds, and enjoy the quiet.

The remainder of the gardens include a formal walled herbal display garden, a Lavender walk ( check our photo page), Thyme, Oregano and Lavender collections, a pergola which shades our medicinal herbs, a water garden, a Cottage garden,a Wildlife habitat garden, shrub borders with rogusa roses for long season bloom, a Japanese Meditation garden,a Tea Garden and a Gravel/ Mediterranean garden ( yes everything is planted in a substance we call "Dirty Rock").The picture below shows the Thyme walk which is in bloom and looks like a persian carpet. All the plants are xeric, which means they can survive with little or no additional watering ( of course that means after being established).

The woodland garden has filled in and looks like it has been there for years. The Viburnums are imagnificent bloomers and produce berries for the birds if they aeren't hit by late frosts.

The dry-bed through the woodland helps eliminate a water problem which occurs when we have thunderstorms. We have had quite a bit of rain last year, but we are told we are not out of drought stage! Along this temporary watercourse we have many primroses, ferns, columbines, sweet woodruff and Golden Alexander. The pines were in place and since shade is at a premium in the garden we decided to provide a shady habitat which was lacking in the garden.

We built a raised bed planter with wheelchair accessibility- I call this my Garden for all Ages.  We are in the process of redoing this area so please excuse our mess.There are lots of other areas to focus on and this will be replanted and pretty again soon. Since it is raised  I have found out how much more enjoyable it was to plant, care for and harvest from it.

The Bee balm will be a permanent fixture in the bed but we have new raised veggie beds so no more vegetables in this bed now- wait and see what we do next... This simple planter box is just the right height for wheelchairs and at less than 3' wide is accessible on all sides.  The two legs of the raised planter contain herbs on one side and cutting perennials in the other. 

They say if you will build it they will come, Well if you plant it they will come too.

In addition to the status as a Certified Habitat Garden with the National WIldlife Federation,this is now a certified Monarch Watch Site. It is a myriad of color and activity. We enjoy a chorus of bird song in the morning and bullfrogs at night. We have resident birds, bunnies and too many species of butterflies to mention. In addition the frogs, fence lizards and toads were doing their job on the insect population.

This is one plant of Grosso, as you can see there is a lot of Lavender which can be harvested from one plant. at maturity, in full bloom this is 6' wide. If this is too large for your space, you can choose from many varieties which are quite a bit smaller. The newly planted Knot garden is in the background of this picture. It was planted with Germander, and Lavender in the summer of 2007 and we had some loses over the winter and it has now been replanted with Gray Santolina.

The slate wall surrounding the Formal garden, was an anniversary present from my husband. This creates a microclimate around the herbs, protecting them from the biting winter winds. All our hardscape( fences, walls, rock paths, etc.)helps absorb the heat of the sun and then release it at night and as such we are able to grow plants which normally could not survive in this zone. The Spanish Lavender, in the picture, is a great example of that- normally hardy to zone 8, it has thrived in our zone 6 climate due to the optimal drainage and lots of reflective heat from the stone and the slate wall. We get some winter kill, but once we do a bit of pruning it comes into bloom in April and will bloom on an off most of the summer.
The hardscape also lends a scupltural addition to the gardens. When the plants are dormant,the bones of the garden are visible and that is a great time to do planning for the next year.

The playhouse in the children's garden inspires future gardeners- how better to introduce a child to the joys of "digging in the dirt"? Children of all ages seem to gravitate to the Children's garden. Last year we let it sit fallow as we decided what changes to make. We had considered a garden railway but have now decided to make it a bit more hands on! Come see what changes we have made every year. We have added a patio to the playhouse and moved the compost pile and the insectary has been a great learning tool.

Be sure to check out our progresss either by visiting at the farm or on this web site.