Did you know our lavender journey started all the way back in 1991? When our Director, Liz Ballinger, decided to plant those first couple thousand bushes on her Wolseley farm, it wasn’t exactly a traditional choice for the area. Surrounded by traditional crops like wheat, barley, and sheep farming, local farmers driving by were more […]
Month: July 2026
Let’s talk about our hardest workers – the bees! When Liz first started researching plants that had a symbiotic relationship with nature, she kept coming back to lavender..and the local wildlife definitely agreed with her choice! As soon as the lavender was planted, bees rushed to the farm. But the real surprise? Because the bees […]
“Have a go and don’t worry about the failure part.” – Liz. Breaking down the psychological walls of anticipated failure is how great businesses are born. When Liz started experimenting with lavender, she was already balancing life on a busy farm with crop-growing, sheep and 800 pigs..not to mention raising kids! It was a true […]