• Profession
    & Methods


  • Profession
    & Methods


  • Profession
    & Methods

Plantation Lavande

Our Profession

A long time ago my ancestors began to harvest lavender using a simple sickle in the mountains of Haute Provence.

The men used large bags called ‘bourras’ to bring the harvest back to the farm where quite often the women took care of distilling it in the traditional stills. My entire childhood was bathed in the tales of this ancestral work and I was fascinated by my family’s passion for this plant.

Since the end of the Second World War, harvesting has become modern, automatic and mechanical, making man’s work easier.

But another of our unique points is that we have kept traditional harvesting methods which help to preserve the most precious virtues of the plant. Conscious of the exceptional environment we live in, one the entire world envies us, we act every day to preserve nature around us.

Planting

Planting

Harvest

Harvest

Distillation

Distillation

Travaux brebis

Natural weed control

Plantation Lavande
Plantation Lavande

Our Methods

For several generations, we have cultivated all varieties of lavender in the fields of our family farm in Provence according to traditional methods. We do this in a wild and preserved environment, at an altitude above 600 m, respecting nature and plants in order to give you the benefit of their authentic and original qualities.

Our fields are all located in the Provence area, with a Mediterranean climate that lavender thrives on, in the historical lavender production area, with land conducive to the plant and where it can develop and be at its best, as it has naturally been since antiquity.

It is harvested using traditional methods which preserve the intrinsic properties of the plant, its perfume, virtues and benefits. First, we cut the lavender’s stem. Then we dry the spike for several days in the open air under the sun in Provence. And lastly we separate the flowers from the stems. Our sachets only contain the finest part of the plant: the flowers.

We distil our lavender in traditional stills according to an ancient process which helps preserve the original properties of the plant. As in the past, we use traditional steam stills which allow us to extract pure, natural essential oil containing no water or traces of chemicals.

We distil dry stems. No crushing. No green stem distilling.

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