<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873589150670785124</id><updated>2011-07-30T20:10:01.690-07:00</updated><category term='The sun makes us smile'/><category term='Hybrid Success'/><title type='text'>Busy Bee Gardens Lavender Grower &amp; Farm</title><subtitle type='html'>Located in Niagara-On-The-Lake, this lavender grower is the worlds first greenhouse producer with fifteen thousand sqf of greenhouse and 4 acres of lavender, specializing in growing lavender for essential oil, field plots &amp;amp; research, with a large number of plants for sale to the public. Visit our greenhouse for daily tours. Niagara Lavender Grower, Ontario Canada. 758 Niagara Stone Rd, Niagara-On-The-Lake, Ontario,L0S 1J0 (905)682-0171 For more info visit www.busybeegardens.com</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5873589150670785124/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Lavender Grower Ontario Canada</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14133045602077880320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6QpQBHJ7GI/AAAAAAAAAAY/5o3rDjBQaUA/S220/Bumble+bee+on+Greenhouse+grown+Nigara+Lavender.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873589150670785124.post-2385961098248890328</id><published>2010-05-08T13:02:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2010-05-08T13:06:08.794-07:00</updated><title type='text'>WE HAVE MOVED</title><content type='html'>The blog has moved to our new location.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.busybeegardens.com/blog/"&gt;http://www.busybeegardens.com/blog/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5873589150670785124-2385961098248890328?l=busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/feeds/2385961098248890328/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-have-moved.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5873589150670785124/posts/default/2385961098248890328'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5873589150670785124/posts/default/2385961098248890328'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/2010/05/we-have-moved.html' title='WE HAVE MOVED'/><author><name>Lavender Grower Ontario Canada</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14133045602077880320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6QpQBHJ7GI/AAAAAAAAAAY/5o3rDjBQaUA/S220/Bumble+bee+on+Greenhouse+grown+Nigara+Lavender.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873589150670785124.post-5450471469672295989</id><published>2010-03-22T20:57:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T22:57:02.174-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Hybrid Success'/><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6g_Te55-AI/AAAAAAAAAA8/u_BTUGrz9GI/s1600-h/Niagara-Busy-Bee-Gardens.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 222px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6g_Te55-AI/AAAAAAAAAA8/u_BTUGrz9GI/s400/Niagara-Busy-Bee-Gardens.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5451676952877987842" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Success!!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;One of our biggest fears when breeding plants is the concern of sterile seeds.   This happened to the famous hybrid Grosso lavender. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We crossbreed this plant for drought tolerance and shorter harvest times.   If you visited the greenhouse during 2009 you might recognize this seedling.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5873589150670785124-5450471469672295989?l=busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/feeds/5450471469672295989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/2010/03/success-one-of-our-biggest-fears-when.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5873589150670785124/posts/default/5450471469672295989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5873589150670785124/posts/default/5450471469672295989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/2010/03/success-one-of-our-biggest-fears-when.html' title=''/><author><name>Lavender Grower Ontario Canada</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14133045602077880320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6QpQBHJ7GI/AAAAAAAAAAY/5o3rDjBQaUA/S220/Bumble+bee+on+Greenhouse+grown+Nigara+Lavender.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6g_Te55-AI/AAAAAAAAAA8/u_BTUGrz9GI/s72-c/Niagara-Busy-Bee-Gardens.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873589150670785124.post-2722609885746463838</id><published>2010-03-19T17:10:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2010-03-19T18:45:14.106-07:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The sun makes us smile'/><title type='text'>Sping in full bloom</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6QmhUic79I/AAAAAAAAAAM/kkrF7SyTWqE/s1600-h/Busy-Bee-Gardens-Lavender-i.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 400px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 266px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450523802915893202" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6QmhUic79I/AAAAAAAAAAM/kkrF7SyTWqE/s400/Busy-Bee-Gardens-Lavender-i.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It’s mid spring in the greenhouse and the busy bees of Busy Bee Gardens are busy with over 20,000 lavender plants, if you haven’t see all the lavender plants growing and waiting to be shipped to there new homes in Niagara, Ontario and Canada some are even going oversea then now’s the time to visit. The entire greenhouse smells of fresh lavender, instantly relaxing and claming.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Soon these plants will be shipped out and other essential oil producing plants will take there place. Our retail friendly lavender will be ready April 1st and for the first time ever being offered, limited numbers of three gallons Niagara Lavender.   Developed by Robert &amp; Melissa, we are proud to offer a special token of our passion.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5873589150670785124-2722609885746463838?l=busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/feeds/2722609885746463838/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/2010/03/sping-in-full-bloom.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5873589150670785124/posts/default/2722609885746463838'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5873589150670785124/posts/default/2722609885746463838'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://busybeegardenslavender.blogspot.com/2010/03/sping-in-full-bloom.html' title='Sping in full bloom'/><author><name>Lavender Grower Ontario Canada</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14133045602077880320</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='28' height='32' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6QpQBHJ7GI/AAAAAAAAAAY/5o3rDjBQaUA/S220/Bumble+bee+on+Greenhouse+grown+Nigara+Lavender.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mYrEpFd7jvs/S6QmhUic79I/AAAAAAAAAAM/kkrF7SyTWqE/s72-c/Busy-Bee-Gardens-Lavender-i.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
