
Regrettably, growing was discontinued in the ’60s and vine plants replaced most of the lavender plantation. The remaining 20 acres fell to natural succession and the forest started to take over.
In the mid-’90s the National Park took the initiative to press back the brushwood on areas deemed suitable (i.e. where stems of lavender survived in greater numbers).
The old lavender fields are mainained by regularly cleaning the area from brushwood and through grazing, so at the turn of June and July visitors may feast their eyes on a lavender sea rolling over 10 acres.
Some of the original vegetation has returned since cultivation was abandoned. A plant-life characteristic for sloping steppes thrives among lavender socks, forming together a unique habitat not found anywhere else. Which is home to a number of precious plants and animals.