Lavender Forest (http://www.lavendercottage.com.tw/), I heard about this place online. The story of its founders (2 gals) was pretty inspiring, and I thought I wanted to visit it. They wanted to spread the message of love. It seems though sadly at the moment one of the gals is suffering from stage 4 cancer.
After visiting Lavender Forest, Mr Xu brought us to another beautiful place with lots of flowers before we needed to rush for the 3 hour bus to Taipei. It was a pity that we were in Shin She for such a short time. It has so much to offer. I think many people only come to this place for the Lavender Forest and then leave. But really from the looks of it if you are someone who like nature, you can budget 1-2 days instead of a few hours there.
The place is indeed a popular place. I heard its place for lodging is fully booked months if not a year in advance. Packed mostly with local tourists. The marketing of the place was quite well done, they have a very consistent theme there. Similar to the whole town concept, Lavender Forest also seems to protrary "Wishing you happiness" message. There is a place for you to write your wish and hang on the hut; post boxes with names like "Happy Me", "Family", "Buddies" etc; wishing tree; board that mentioned "Dreams come True" .... The air is injected with a feel good factor. I think it is actually infectious to a certain extent!
And of course there is also Lavender. It was grown on a hill but the patch of land used to grow lavender is really not that big. Still it is lovely to watch the lavender growing there.
After visiting Lavender Forest, Mr Xu brought us to another beautiful place with lots of flowers before we needed to rush for the 3 hour bus to Taipei. It was a pity that we were in Shin She for such a short time. It has so much to offer. I think many people only come to this place for the Lavender Forest and then leave. But really from the looks of it if you are someone who like nature, you can budget 1-2 days instead of a few hours there.
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