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Purple Power

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Lavender loves the Okanagan Valley weather and has been growing and developing well all summer; it’s now being harvested and sold at shops or markets or it and its products are being processed and packaged for distribution all over the world.

Do you see the bees?

The glorious scent of the lavender stalls at the Penticton market can be detected far and wide.

The bees adore these plants and settle on them in their thousands, it seems. Like humans, they can’t stay away from that beautiful summery perfume and, of course, the lavender nectar.

For a while it was seen as a very old-fashioned fragrance but its sheer loveliness and usefulness has thankfully overcome that stigma.

According to aromatherapy principles and medicinal practice, lavender isn’t just a pretty-smelling face. It’s a very relaxing and calming scent that promotes sleep while a topical application of lavender oil can help heal minor wounds and a lavender tea can calm an upset stomach. Pretty great for such a simple plant.

Happy Thursday.

40 thoughts on “Purple Power”

  5. I can almost smell the lavender through your images. We tried to see the lavender fields kn our recent trip but weren’t able. I didnt know I just had to drive to the Okanagan. We’ll be through that way in a couple weeks, but it will probably too late. Maggie

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    1. It’s everywhere here and of course there are quite a few lavender farms around, too. It will probably be mostly gone in about two weeks but I can’t say for sure. There’s a lot of lavender planted in the public rose garden here (it keeps bugs away) and it lasts well into October so you would definitely see it around but likely not big fields. Cheers.

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  6. We had a lavender hedge at the house I grew up in. When we moved, the people who moved in promptly dug it up. My parents and I were so sad, even though it was none of our business!

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  12. years ago when I was in Penticton for an Ironman,we drove out to Naramata to explore and found an amazing Lavander Farm, lots of colours, I remember I think buildings painted orange and purple, and something called a bear dog?….and yeah, lots and lots of lavander…

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