{"product_id":"the-lavender-lovers-handbook","title":"The Lavender Lover's Handbook","description":"\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"\u003e\u003cspan data-csa-c-id=\"fcbvi0-wt7szw-rfyabb-5j4bg3\" data-cel-widget=\"productTitle\" class=\"a-size-extra-large celwidget\" id=\"productTitle\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Lavender Lover's Handbook: The 100 Most Beautiful and Fragrant Varieties for Growing, Crafting, and Cooking\u003c\/strong\u003e - \u003c\/span\u003eby Sarah Berringer Bader, photography by Janet Loughrey\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"a-spacing-none a-text-normal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLavender is beloved for its and culinary and medicinal uses. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Lavender Lover's Handbook\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Sarah Berringer Bader provides a complete overview of the 100 most colorful, fragrant, and stunning varieties. You will discover expert tips on spacing, planting, pruning, and care and maintenance. Additional information includes tips on how to harvest, cook with, and preserve the plant, along with step-by-step crafts and project that use lavender in beautiful and soothing ways.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWith its intoxicating scent, wands of gorgeous purple flowers, and handsome silver foliage, lavender is one of the world's most popular herbs. \u003cem\u003eThe Lavender Lover’s Handbook\u003c\/em\u003e is an essential resource for finding the best varieties with a complete checklist of the colour, fragrance, size, and foliage of each plant.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSARAH BERRINGER BADER has always been drawn to lavender. In 2000 she purchased a five-acre farm south of Portland, Oregon, and after visiting the Sequim Lavender Festival in Washington and seeing rows and rows of this wondrous herb, decided to create a test plot of 365 plants despite knowing nothing about planting lavender. She learned through trial and error, helped by a little-known society of lavender pioneers who had dedicated their careers to cultivating, growing, and preserving the true species of lavender. Soon she purchased many varieties of lavender from a seasoned grower in Oregon who had propagated starts from his own extensive collection acquired over a twenty-year span.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn 2005 she planted almost 5000 lavender plants with more than ninety cultivars and began propagating her own starts from cuttings. She opened her farm to the public and began holding the classes that inspired this book. Sarah and her farm, Lavender at Stonegate, have been featured in regional publications, on television and radio, and in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eGrower Talks\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCountry Gardens\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e magazines.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e Sarah Berringer Bader \u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/strong\u003eTimber Press\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eCopyright \u003c\/strong\u003e© 2012\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eISBN: \u003c\/strong\u003e9781604692211\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHardcover: \u003c\/strong\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eDimensions: \u003c\/strong\u003e8\" x 9.5\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Historic Gardens Shop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39971487023206,"sku":"Book - Lavender Lover's","price":37.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0196\/3052\/files\/Lavender.jpg?v=1698775293","url":"https:\/\/historicgardens.com\/products\/the-lavender-lovers-handbook","provider":"Annapolis Royal Historic Gardens","version":"1.0","type":"link"}