Growing Lavender

Susan with a basket of fresh lavender

Course Description
You don’t need to travel to France to enjoy fragrant lavender. Growing this ancient herb of love and devotion can be fun and profitable, even in your own backyard. From aromatherapy to culinary delights, from medicinal treatments to housekeeping tips, the versatility of this herb is unrivaled. Discussion includes plants to propagation, soil to sachet and tips on how to start your own lavender-growing business.

Participant Learning Objectives
Susan Harrington takes students through a year of lavender, discussing all they need to know to successfully grow this fragrant herb. Whether it’s for fun or for profit they will be able to create crafts or start a small lavender business—even in their own backyard! Hints and tips include using standard household items—rather than specialized equipment—to propagate, grow and harvest lavender. Assignments include but are not limited to Internet research, soil testing and plant propagation exercises. All instructions, resources, recipes and more will be provided through e-mail and Web site links.

Instructor Bio
After 20+ years of business management, Susan Harrington retired to reclaim a backyard overgrown with Scotch broom and blackberries. She planted lavender in 2002. Harrington sold fresh bundles of this fragrant flower at the Kingston Farmers Market, and began educating customers on the many uses of this versatile herb. In the months following her first harvest, sales went from inter-neighborhood to international via the Internet.

Thinking of growing lavender as a business?
This option is for you:

Lavender: From Soil to Sachet
for Small-Scale Growers
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Now ON SALE
$97 $79

Growing lavender as a commercial farm is not for the meek. This course provides guidance based on Labyrinth Hill’s 17-year experience growing and marketing lavender. The comprehensive units include expanded discussion of:

  • Finding the right varieties for your region
  • Choosing the right location
  • Easy ways to test your soil for proper drainage and composition
  • Product Packaging Resources
  • Ideas for Promotion
  • Advanced Propagation Techniques
  • A Monthly Student-Only Newsletter
  • And much, much more in 6 easy-to-follow lessons

Have you thought about growing lavender as a small business? Students across the country are sharing their experiences taking this dynamic online class. Read what they have to say about our lavender growing class.

Lavender: From Soil to Sachet
With Coaching for a full year
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AND…
personal one-on-one phone chats for a full year


$179

While most students have all they need to start a small lavender farm, some would like to have more hands-on guidance. In addition to the course outlined above, this coaching option provides broader access to Susan by phone and email. Here are some ideas to help you decide:

  • Chat about Challenges Specific to your Site
  • Brainstorm Promotion/Marketing Ideas
  • Receive Personal Feedback on your Website
  • You just want to chat with someone who’s “Been There”

More than 200 students have enjoyed her half-day course through local community college continuing education programs and regional conferences. Susan is pleased to offer an expanded online version especially suited for the small acreage farms. Whether you are interested in growing lavender for profit, growing lavender from seed or growing lavender from cuttings, this class is guaranteed to provide practical solutions.

Now more than 950 students across the US, Canada, and 16 other countries have taken this online course.