Photos by Brittanie SheyRows of lavenderLong after the bluebonnets have shed their petals, another lilac flower blooms in the Hill Country of Texas. Lavenderfest, August 8 in Chappell Hill, is devoted to the 2,500-year-old herb that is used in everything from cooking to aromatherapy to fragrance production.
The Chappell Hill Lavender Farm, about eight miles north of the town that shares its name, is one of the few in Texas to grow the herb. (Another larger farm is in Blanco. Its owner, J
