It's been a long time dream of mine - to grow enough roses - the fragrant, damask roses for distillation. This experience project was to be schedule as a mini-retreat, soul renovating experiences - where retreat guests would participate in gathering baskets of roses from the gardens and take them to the distillation center (what we call the Sanctuary) - and then together - experience the beautiful process of distillation. It didn't quite happen that way on this first run because the farm seemed to be ready with blooms in the blink of an eye. The NEXT distillation morning will be like a mini retreat.
Scroll down to read about our very first Rose Distillation. It was an incredible experience for all who came.
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The sacred drips of perfectly distilled Rose Hydrosol begins. 🌹
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Our first rose distillation experience:
The ladies arrived, connected with each other, a few bottle fed the baby goats, some grabbed coffee, baskets and then in teams of two - sauntered to the gardens and began to select the most fragrant roses. There was more than we had anticipated. The 20L still needed to be filled and it was.
In the the future, I'd love to distill our Immortelle, Yarrow, Lavender, and Roses.
