While it may be the middle of winter, Joe Adams, a farmer and owner at Full Circle Lavender Farm in Maple City, is still keeping busy with work tied to the property. The colder months provide for much needed downtime to craft new products, which could be anything from lavender-infused jams to candles, before the busy growing season starts up again in the spring.
The family owned and operated business, established in 2022, grows five varieties of lavender with 2,500 plants total. Joe’s parents, Sally and Steve, originally bought the 32-acre property in 2020 as it had always been a dream and goal of theirs to move and find land in Leelanau County.
Soon after his parents relocated to Leelanau from Traverse City, Joe would follow as well, adding that he planned to stay temporarily in April 2021. As he immersed himself more and more into the work at the farm, Joe said he fell in love with the place and the potential it offered, and made the decision to settle in the area rather than move again.
