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Original art 3 Irises Myra Bonhage-Haleİ

Photos of July 08 lavender harvest
July Lavender has been picked and distilled - if interested in September harvest, contact me.

Lavender Fair 2008: "Love & Learn"
June 28th, 2008     Photos
 Still editing!
Look for Corridor Magazine June/July issue and read about La Paix's Lavender Fair and More!

Back in Stock!  The Comfrey's Growing!
  Comfrey Comfort Salve

News!  Steward of La Paix elected to Towson High School Hall of Fame!

Beginning!   2008 Garden Photos - new!

 

Paintings of La Paix's gardens and flowers by
Steward Myra Bonhage-Hale
Prints and Greeting Cards for sale

Myra will be at the Provence Market/ ArtWorks Bridgeport, W.V.  May 3rd, 2008 - come see her!

Proposal for an International Peace Museum at the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum

Sustainable Fair 2008:  Davis & Elkins
College Elkins WV April 18th, 19th, 20th

 

News!  Steward of La Paix Herb Farm will again speak at the Garden Festival at the Cultural Center in Charleston March 29, 2008:  "Growing Green in Your Garden"
Not you- your garden!  Come hear my talk with 165 scenes of La Paix and visit my booth!

For workshop and tour information,
click here  


2007 Garden Photos by Month

News! John Hamilton of Augusta WV (Winterfoot Designs) wins 5th Annual Lavender Fair 2007 Lavender Cookie Contest.  For recipe and photos click here.

 

News!  Photographs of the Lavender Fair 2007   click here. and here

News!  Building new garden shed with recycled old shed & Gothic windows


Bumper crop of lavender - July 17, 2008.
Come and pick your own for $5./plant (40 to 60 stems) (304) 269 -7681

Bathtub in the Garden looking toward Wisteria in Bloom La Paix May 2008 photo MBH

For more photos of La Paix's Gardens and Woods in 2008,  click here
See 12 note cards and prints from original paintings:  Click Here


Wisteria in the Garden of La Paix May 2008 MBH


Prints for sale:  Click Here

For photos of  La Paix Gardens in July,
August and September 2007, click here

Scheduled Exhibits of my paintings:
March, 2008:  Aesop's Cafe, Buckhannon
April - August 2008:  Davis and Elkins Library (The
Sustainable Art Exhibit)
May, 2008:  Randolph Co. Art Council, Elkins, W.V.
News!  Sheila McEntee, Editor of the Wild Wonderful
West Virginia magazine has written a
wonderful feature on Paix Herb Farm in the
June 2007 edition.  It can be
obtained at the La Paix Shop or free with $25. purchase or more on the Shopping Cart. 
It is also on the website at: 
Wonderful West Virginia

La Paix Herb Farm's Passionate Gardener's Hand Cream is featured in the September  2006  Herb Companion Magazine.  (Product Page)             To order, click here
             For more information about this all natural product,  click here

What is La Paix Herb Farm?
La Paix (means Peace in French) is the dream of it's Steward, Myra Bonhage-Hale.  A dream which began in Baltimore in the late 1970's.  A dream which led to buying an abandoned farm and farmhouse in the heart of West, by God, Virginia in 1981.  Nestled in the surrounding hills, like a baby in a papoose, La Paix has become a place of many gardens, much laughter, learning and peace.
Now 110 acres of gardens, homestead, woods, caves, creeks, wildlife, fauna and sylvan paths, it is a sanctuary and an inspiration to others who dream of a home in the country. 
The homestead has been approved by the West Virginia Division of Culture and History as a National Historic Registered site.  An Apprentice Program has been in effect since 1999.  Students from colleges near and far have been able to apply for college credits in Environmental Science and Environmental Education as part of their experience at La Paix. 

 

This photo shows three children astride the work horse used at La Paix  in about 1940.   May/Kraus homestead in about 1940.  They are in front of the root cellar, the bottom of which is hand cut stone chiseled out of rocks on the hill by the Mays, stone masons, who lived here from about 1870 to 1890.  Photo submitted by Pat Meyer, relative of the original builders of the cabin and pioneer stewards of the land.
 
Shown on the right is a scene from one of La Paix's many gardens.  This is known as the Big Fragrant Garden.  The tub is used at the end of a warm day - it is very relaxing to bathe and admire the gardens and fields of wild flowers.  This garden has lavender, lemon balm, peppermint, and other fragrant herbs.  Other gardens include The Silver Labyrinth, the Feng Shui Garden (photos of gates on either side of title of this page), the organic vegetable garden, medicinal herbs, culinary herbs, the Psychic Tree by the Pond Sanctuary and the Japanese Tea House. Three long rows of Grosso lavender by the driveway  welcome visitors.    Many pavilions were erected in 2004 to bedeck the gardens and shelter booths at the Lavender Fair and New Moon Pizza Fair.  They could also be used for weddings and reunion activities.

 

Reunion Group meets for a tour of the family homestead (May/Kraus) at La Paix May 24, 2008.



  In 2008, Workshops and Tours can be arranged
for your group by emailing or by calling
(304) 269-7681. 
Individual Workshops may be conducted at La Paix Herb Farm by request :  All workshops and tours must be pre-registered and pre-paid for.  All day Tours:  $200. for one to ten participants.  You may bring your own picnic luncheon and picnic at the many umbrella sheltered tables on the grounds.(no refunds unless cancellation made one week prior to scheduled event).  1/2 day tours:  $100. for one to ten participants.  Workshops without catered luncheon:  $500. for up to nine participants.  (no refunds unless cancellation made one week prior to scheduled event)

A distillery, purchased through a USDA
SARE grant, is used to distill many of the
fragrant, culinary and medicinal herbs
and plants grown at La Paix.

Photos İby R. Tom Sizemore
La Paix's woods 2004
click here for more photos of the woods

Web Site Design by

Myra Bonhage-Hale, Steward, La Paix Herb Farm

 

3052 Crooked Run Rd.,
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