Lavender is one of nature's greatest healers Lavender is a favourite with bees. Bees get very relaxed when pollinating the lavender and usually will not sting. They are like happy drunks. Lavender is super scented . Bees travel up to 5 kms through smell of lavender Lavender is drought tolerant Lavender does not like wet feet Lavender loves lime Lavender has been used as a herb over 2,500 years. Lavender was used in Egypt to make mummies smell sweet The Romans used lavender a

I arrived to live permanently at Lavender House in 2006 and began work on house restoration and setting out a Monet like organic garden and making a garden studio. The dream was to walk through roses to the studio, to plant in specific colours and to grow my own food and to have a garden open for tourist and friends. Woofers were used to support the work and it took two years to clear the section of its buried ancient materials. The soil is excellent and I make my own compost