Moratalla · Lavender
Murcia · Región de Murcia
When it usually happens
Harvest begins
Likely: 31 Jul – 7 Aug · Almost certain: 16 Jul – 12 Aug
Based on 9 years of data (2017–2025).
Half harvested
Likely: 16 Aug – 23 Aug · Almost certain: 16 Jul – 7 Sept
Based on 5 years of data (2017–2022).
Harvest ends
Likely: 22 Aug – 1 Sept · Almost certain: 9 Aug – 15 Sept
Based on 9 years of data (2017–2025).
Usual range: the dates it happened in previous years, with a few days' margin. It is not a forecast of this year's weather.
Fields of lavender, lavandin and spike lavender in the uplands of Moratalla, in north-west Murcia, especially around hamlets such as Campo de San Juan, Béjar and El Sabinar. In July they turn the high plains mauve.
What grows here
Three aromatic plants are grown here, lavender, lavandin (a hybrid) and spike lavender, mainly for essential oil. The flowers are distilled in stills close to the fields, sometimes in shifts running from dawn until late at night.
Municipalities
Moratalla
Sources
- https://www.turismoregiondemurcia.es/es/lugar_de_interes/campos-de-lavanda,-lavandin-y-espliego-6713/
- https://territoriolavanda.es/lavanda-moratalla/
- https://territoriolavanda.es/lalavand/
- https://www.cope.es/emisoras/region-de-murcia/noticias/moratalla-viste-lavanda-revela-encantos-ambicioso-plan-despoblacion-20260430_3355156.html
- https://elnoroestedigital.com/la-obtencion-de-esencias-aromaticas-en-las-calderas-del-noroeste-murciano-2/
Usual season
From early July to late July
A guide based on past years, not a forecast: every year is different.
Festival
Lalavand festival (Moratalla, Lavender Country) ↗
spring to autumn, with most events during the July bloom
Did you know?
Before it was farmed, spike lavender was gathered wild on the hillsides and distilled in large copper boilers beside springs and ponds. The season ran from St James's Day to St Bartholomew's, 25 July to 24 August.
Where
The pin marks the area, not specific fields. Fields are private: look from the tracks.
Tell me when it blooms
We will email you when flowering starts. One email per season, no advertising.
Past seasons
| Year | Harvest starts | Harvest ends | Not cut |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 8 Aug | 5 Sept | 61 % |
| 2025 | 8 Aug | 24 Aug | 57 % |
| 2024 | 3 Aug | 14 Aug | 53 % |
| 2023 | 4 Aug | 1 Sept | 73 % |
| 2022 | 20 Jul | 13 Aug | 1 % |
| 2021 | 3 Aug | 22 Aug | 51 % |
| 2020 | 3 Aug | 28 Aug | 39 % |
| 2019 | 3 Aug | 28 Aug | 32 % |
| 2018 | 8 Aug | 11 Sept | 39 % |
| 2017 | 31 Jul | 9 Sept | 26 % |
Dates from past years. We do not follow this place live yet.