Why I don't grow lavender in Texas: California (climate and soil) spoiled me, I don't have the skills to farm lavender in Texas, Every good woman has a back-up plan, more lavender is not better, and Flower and Mexican Food tangents (wait for it...at the end in Q and A)
Resources mentioned:
The Unlikely Lavender Queen, A memoir written by Jeannie Ralston, the original owner of Hill Country Lavender, founder of the Lavender Festival in Blanco
Sequim Lavender — Lavender Capital of North America | Farms, Festival & More
Leander Lavender
Blanco Lavender Festival
Los Poblanos Inn & Organic Farm | Los Poblanos
Arnosky Family Farms, Texas' Premier Cut Flower Farm and Garden, Texas Hill Country, Blanco
Texas Lavender Farms:
Steve (Sunrise Shores), Canyon Lake
Luling Lavender Fields | Home | Texas Lavender Farm
Cypress Creek Lavender Farm, Wimberely
Two Acres, Fischer
Lavender Farm | Chappell Hill Lavender Farm | Brenham
Lavender Ridge Farms, Gainsville
Doe-Re-Mi Lavender Farm Yancey
Becker Lavender – Becker Vineyards, Fredericksburg
The Farm – Hummingbird Farms Store, Fredericksburg
Hill Country Lavender, Blanco
Brought to you by June Bloom Lavender: This podcast is brought to you by June Bloom Lavender, a lavender speakeasy in the Texas Hill Country. June Bloom specializes in handcrafted lavender gifts and a premium skincare line made with lavender harvested each summer by owner Melissa Broughton in Santa Barbara County, California.
The shop features English and French lavender bundles, sachets, candles, eye pillows, greeting cards, and skincare products developed by Melissa, who is also a licensed esthetician. June Bloom is home to the popular Lavender Bunny Fidget Sensory Sachet, Melissa's memoir Cowboy Dad, and Rico, the store's resident therapy cat and local celebrity, known for bringing comfort to visitors.
