“We grow the lavender in a greenhouse setting and then we bring it out into our fields where we set up our photo-ops with the lavender in raised garden beds throughout 2 acres,” says co-owner ...

PONDERING A LAVENDER FIELD... after the lavender has grown, blossomed, and been cut, all to add flavor to lovely foods and fragrance to soaps and such? The physical space is still there ...

But this rural area, with a population of about 8,000 people, has a hidden gem tucked away in its fields. Each summer, they pop with blooming lavender, and they are reborn in the fall — with lights.

One of its biggest draws? Symmetrical fields of sweet-scented, violet-hued lavender. Images of them light up social media feeds come late June to July. But if this aromatic plant—and ...