Twin Flame Lavender Farm

Serving Allegan, Saugatuck, South Haven, Fennville Areas

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We Are Open to the Public. (FINALLY!)

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We planted our seed grown lavender in 2019 and are happy to announce that 2022 is the year we opened to the public! You may visit our event calendar for our current open farm days & hours, address and farm rules. We will have our hand curated lavender products available all year long on our property. We may have to close for a month or two due to excessive snow. We do receive lake effect snow and do get anywhere from 3-6 feet of snow in January and February. We always have our … Continue Reading about We Are Open to the Public. (FINALLY!)

Twin Flame Lavender Farm

Born in 2019.

Our Lavender Farm was born in 2019 and is still in the infant stages of development. The pandemic in 2020 did put us a little behind. Our farm will finally be open in 2022!  Please see “upcoming events” as days/hours may vary.

We will be attending many great artisan events and farmer’s markets in 2022.

Twin Flame Lavender Farm FAQs

We currently have several angustifolia cultivars planted:

  • Vera
  • Mustead
  • Hidcote Blue
  • Phenomenal
  • Grosso
  • Gros Bleu
  • Royal Velvet
  • Wee One
  • Ellagance Snow

We are always adding new cultivars!

We currently (2022) have approximately 1000 lavender plants.  We are are always adding new lavender plants, flowers and herbs!

Yes, a majority of our lavender is "Angustifolia" which is considered the "gold standard" of lavender for both culinary and aromatherpy.  We will be introducing "Intermedia" lavender to be sold for flower bunches only.

Lavender is in the same "family" as Rosemary so you are able to swap lavender out for rosemary in recipes.

At the end of the 2022 season we have about 3/4 an acre.  When completed (always a work in progress,) we are planning on housing approximately 2 acres of lavender on Twin Flame Lavender Farm.

Since Michigan summers are humid, we have our lavender spaced far apart for air flow.  Lavender prefers dry heat.

While we are tucked in the DNR Allegan State Forest, Lake Michigan is only 15 miles down the road.  Our soil is a lavender plant's dream - all sand!

While we are not certified organic, we maintain organic farming practices.  No artificial pesticides or herbicides are utilized on our farm.  We do have to amend the soil with lime once a year in order to preserve the alkalinity (6.5-7.5) of the soil for the lavender.

We source a majority of our Angustifolia strains from seed.  This is another reason why our plants are not mature enough for us to open our farm to the public.  The seeds we planted in 2019 reached maturity in 2021.

Growing lavender from seed is difficult and the germination rate is very low.  Not all lavender farmers have the patience to do this.  We are utilizing this method because we want to know that our plants were never exposed to herbicides or pesticides during their growing cycle.

Our lavender is in bloom between mid June and mid July.  It depends on spring weather!

Yes!  For insurance purposes:  the professional photographer must be licensed, insured and sign a contract before they are allowed on our property.

We are still working on our farm expansion.  Once we feel comfortable with production, we will obtain a required Michigan nursery license required to sell seed germinated and plug rooted plants.

Twin Flame Lavender Farm has been accepted to many top SW Michigan Farmer's Markets and Artisan Events in 2022.  This year we will attend Saugatuck (SCA) on Tuesdays and Fridays and South Haven on Wednesdays and Saturdays.

We will sell lavender infused value added products such as soaps, eye pillows, bath bombs, lotion bars, lip balms, candles, etc.  Renee has her very own lavender recipe book in the works that will be available to purchase at markets as well.  In addition we will sell available culinary lavender, live lavender bundles and dried lavender bundles subject to availability.

Paul will have his handcrafted wood working creations and Renee will also have her handcrafted fabric creations.

We are hoping to open the farm this year to guests.  Details are in the works and it will probably happen around Memorial Day Weekend 2022.

We look forward to meeting you at an event this year!

Meet the Team

Paul Donohue
Owner, Farmer, Phase Development, Farm Golf Cart Tours, Chief Bottle Washer

Paul's love for lavender began when he moved to Anacortes, WA in 2010 and he saw the gorgeous Pelindaba lavender farm on San Juan Island.  It has been his dream ever since to own a lavender farm.

Paul's responsibility will be planning for the three phases of farm growth and being in charge of the construction and development of the Twin Flame Lavender Farm project in Allegan, MI.  

There is no more perfect place than on his 8 acre parcel in the sandy soil of the Allegan forest to develop and watch this dream grow!

Paul is a retired United States Navy engineering Chief Petty Officer (21 years of service) where he spent the majority of his career as an engineering inspector and instructor. He has been a licensed Nevada Inspector of Structures for over 20 years. He is well known in our industry as one of the longest licensed, competent, and thorough inspectors in the Las Vegas home inspection industry
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Renee Donohue
Owner, Aromatherapist, Product Development, Marketing, Store Manager

Renee became enamored with essential oils in 2016 when her daughter, Heather, introduced them to her..  She even made homemade soaps that year and gave them out for Christmas presents.  Since then, she has realized other plant byproduct such as hydrosol is equally important!

She remained intrigued at all the therapeutic possibilities of natural plants and in 2018, she started classes to become a certified aromatherapist.

While Renee was looking around their newly purchased 8 acre parcel, the possibilities became limitless.  

Renee was a licensed real estate salesperson in Nebraska from 1996-1998 and was a licensed real estate salesperson in Nevada from 2005-2011. In 2011, Renee obtained her broker license and was corporate broker for The Force Realty until she opened her own company in 2013. Renee was broker/owner of Savvy Home Realty Solutions from 2013-2018. She decided to help Paul concentrate on the growth Caveat Emptor LV and closed her real estate brokerage and downgraded her license to broker/salesperson in 2018. Renee still has an active real estate license in NV.
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Employment Opportunities in 2020!

We look forward to offering employment opportunities to the Allegan, MI area in 2020!

Look for future employment opportunities with Vibe Aroma and Twin Flame Lavender Farm here in 2022!
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Bob, Junior & Walter
Support Staff

Bob & Junior have completely enjoyed their transition from city pups to country pups.  We have added a farm cat named Walter.

Sal, Bob & Junior are Italian Greyhounds. They have transitioned very well from the city life in Las Vegas to country living in Allegan Michigan. Sal is 17 years old with no teeth and has cushings disease. Bob is 10 years old with idiopathic epilepsy. We have to be very careful with neurotoxic scents around Bob. Junior is 1 year old. They are all very friendly dogs that are well socialized around humans and other dogs.
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