Save the Date – Saturday, April 15, 2023 Instead of all of us in one place, for this member meeting we will conduct sessions and farm tours in six different regions. Some benefits of these Regional Meetings are: Allowing members…
If you’ve ever been driving out in the country around Newberg, you might have run across Chehalam Flats Farm Market with its beautiful fields of lavender and cute red farm store. It’s such a nice surprise, and even nicer…
Original Publication: February (2018) edited to update time references to 2022. Marilyn Kosel might be considered the “godmother” of Oregon lavender. Not only is she the creative force behind Wayward Winds Lavender Farm in Newberg, but she also helped start…
by Pam Baker, Little Lavender Farm When should I harvest my lavender? This is a question I often get asked, and it really depends on what you want to do with the lavender you are harvesting. If you are harvesting…
By Chris Mulder, Barn Owl Nursery In my experience, I have found that pruning lavender plants in the spring and summer, and lightly in September, helps them to look and grow better over a longer period of time. This has…
by Chris Mulder, Barn Owl Nursery There are a number of lavender varieties that can be grown in containers and left outside all year without protection in the winter months in regions that have mild winters. In general, the…
by Chris Mulder, Barn Owl Nursery In the late spring and early summer, around the same time as the lavender stems and flower spikes begin to form and grow tall, and when the lavender plants begin to show color,…
Many of our member farms will be carrying our Lavender Northwest Chocolate Bar starting in May 2022. For you chocoholics, you can see Aaron, the chocolatier, and Zion, the grower from B&B Lavender, talking about developing the right formula. Watching…
Make delicious drinks with lavender using recipes from the 2022 Brochure! You can find the brochure that has all of these drinks at many of our member farms and businesses.
QUICK-CHECK: Lavender in the News March 2022 ADVERSE LAVENDER ASSOCIATION IN THE NEWS: A lethal bacterial disease linked to an imported product branded under Better Homes and Gardens featuring “Lavender” among its components. PRODUCT: Better Homes and Gardens Essential Oil…
