Author Archives: Rachel
Lavender crafts: Make your own lavender candles
If you love the smell of lavender as much as I do, this easy craft activity is for you. Home-made…
Lavender recipes: Lavender pancakes for a pancake day treat
This year seems to be going by in a blur – how is it already pancake day? But somehow it…
Lavender for wellbeing: using lavender for sleep
Using lavender for sleep is a tried and tested method. Lavender has been well-documented as a natural aid for sleep…
Friends of Gower Lavender: Shepherds, Parkmill
Continuing our series in which we meet our favourite Gower businesses, allow us to introduce Carla Humphreys and Luke Borrelli…
Lavender for wellbeing: Relaxing DIY lavender facial steam bath
Read on for more about lavender’s amazing relaxing properties, and then try it out for yourself with our method for…
Lavender recipes: Chamomile, mint and lavender tea
A restful blend of lavender, chamomile and mint makes this tea a perfect restorative for the new year
Make a beautiful knitted pumpkin you can fill – and refill – with lavender!
This simple craft project for Autumn is a refillable knitted pumpkin that you can stuff with dried lavender and use as a wonderful scented room decoration
Can I visit your Gower lavender field?
Perhaps the most common question we get asked is, can we visit your lavender field? Here’s everything you need to know.
How to create a bee garden that pollinators will love
If you’d like to create a bee friendly garden, then here are five simple things you can do to help…
Poetry inspired by our lavender
As well as running Gower Lavender, our founder Rae Howells is also a published poet. Here she shares a poem,…
Knit the cutest bee lavender sachet with this free, easy tutorial
Knit this wonderful lavender sachet shaped like a cute bumble bee
Why bumble bees need our support, (or how can I help bees in my garden?)
In Britain our beautiful bumble bees are native, wild and wonderful, and one of the best and most efficient pollinators…
Spring cleaning time: can I clean my home naturally with lavender?
The simple answer is, yes you can! Lavender oil is a brilliant and very effective cleaning product for your home, which…
Lavender recipes: What can I do with lavender syrup? Three delicious ideas
Lavender syrup is a wonderful ingredient for baking, adding to soft drinks, hot drinks or cocktails. Imagine a spiced hot…
Friends of Gower Lavender: Gower Preserves
We’re delighted to have teamed up with Gower Preserves to bring you our delectable new lavender syrup. This is a…
