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lavender soap made with local laver seaweed, displayed boxed and unboxed on a wooden table with lavender

Ingredient spotlight: the wonder of laver seaweed, porphyra umbilicalis

Laver seaweed, or porphyra umbilicalis, is a beautiful ingredient with amazing skin-boosting properties. It’s harvested locally on Gower, so it was an obvious choice for us to use in our handmade lavender soaps.

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A white bowl filled with tomato, fennel and lavender soup, shown swirled with cream and with spoon resting in it

Lavender recipes: Springtime lavender, fennel and tomato soup

We’ve given tomato soup a springtime makeover in our latest instalment of our lavender recipes series. Lavender is a key…

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Spikes of lavender flowers in a sunny garden with a blue sky behind them

Lavender care: top tips for planting lavender in my garden

Lavender might be a Mediterranean plant, but it grows readily in many climates, including our rather rainy island of Great…

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Where can I buy Gower Lavender products? Our stockists

A full list of where to find stockists of Gower Lavender’s soaps, pillow sprays, hand creams, gifts and more

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A chocolate cake with buttercream icing, decorated with a sprig of lavender

Lavender recipes: Chocolate and lavender Easter cake

Have you ever tried lavender in chocolate? If so you’ll know that the two flavours make a great combination together…

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Cupcakes iced with purple lavender icing

Lavender recipes: Lavender and banana cupcakes

Lavender goes beautifully in cakes, but you might not expect it to blend with banana. Rest assured it’s a delicious…

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orange and lavender bread and butter pudding, served in a rectangular oven dish decorated with slices of orange

Lavender recipes: Bake this delicious Lavender, vanilla and orange bread...

Try this delicious twist on a traditional bread and butter pudding, with added lavender and orange

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A pink cocktail in a stemmed glass with ice, on a marble table top, with dried lavender in the background

Lavender cocktails: Gower Lavender lemony gin fizz

If you’ve got a party on the horizon, then brace yourself for a lavender cocktail that’s sure to wow. Our…

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A glass mug with a chamomile tea infuser, on a table top with a bottle of Gower Lavender syrup and some dried chamomile flowers, with the sunshine making patterns on the table through the mug of tea

Lavender recipes: Relax with a lavender chamomile tea

Everybody knows lavender is great for helping you sleep, while chamomile tea is also a known remedy for insomnia. So…

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A slice of lavender rose traybake cake served on a white plate with a silver fork

Lavender recipes: Valentine’s Day lavender and rose tray bake

What could be more romantic than baking your valentine a cake? For the latest in our series of lavender recipes…

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