a Spring shiver
![Morena
It’s a Spring shiver kind of week; 19C to 5C and thick snow all around the tops!
We know its spring, and there’s plenty of evidence in the new growth on our Pacific Blue. Apart from some ornamental lavender around the house, Pacific Blue is always the first to lead us into summer.
Because you should know many of the ‘true’ lavenders […] Read more…](https://www.akaroaorganics.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/Spring-growth-663x1175.jpg "Spring growth")
Morena It’s a Spring shiver kind of week; 19C to 5C and thick snow all around the tops! We know its spring, and there’s plenty of evidence in the new growth on our Pacific Blue. Apart from some ornamental lavender around the house, Pacific Blue is always the first to lead us into summer. Because you should know many of the ‘true’ lavenders […]
Read more…there are gnomes and genome’s in our lavender fields
![A recent Canadian article outlines the range of genomes lurking in the lavender fields.
A team of researchers, including University British Colombia’s Soheil Mahmoud, have recently sequenced the genome of lavender.
“The best way to describe our findings is that we have built the roadmap for the discovery of the genetic elements that define lavender. Now researchers can follow our map and […] Read more…](https://www.akaroaorganics.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/pacific-blue-750x422.jpg "there are gnomes and genome’s in our lavender fields")
![A recent Canadian article outlines the range of genomes lurking in the lavender fields.
A team of researchers, including University British Colombia’s Soheil Mahmoud, have recently sequenced the genome of lavender.
“The best way to describe our findings is that we have built the roadmap for the discovery of the genetic elements that define lavender. Now researchers can follow our map and […] Read more…](https://www.akaroaorganics.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/grosso-750x422.jpg "there are gnomes and genome’s in our lavender fields")
A recent Canadian article outlines the range of genomes lurking in the lavender fields. A team of researchers, including University British Colombia’s Soheil Mahmoud, have recently sequenced the genome of lavender. “The best way to describe our findings is that we have built the roadmap for the discovery of the genetic elements that define lavender. Now researchers can follow our map and […]
Read more…Beginnings – the early days
![In this post we thought we’d take you back to the early days of our lavender journey.
We first planted lavender on the steepest and driest paddock on the property. This paddock which contained over 1,000 plants has now, some seventeen years later, been allowed to revert back to native bush.
Seven years ago we started developing a new area for lavender. […] Read more…](https://www.akaroaorganics.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/IMAG0019-663x497.jpg "IMAG0019")
In this post we thought we’d take you back to the early days of our lavender journey. We first planted lavender on the steepest and driest paddock on the property. This paddock which contained over 1,000 plants has now, some seventeen years later, been allowed to revert back to native bush. Seven years ago we started developing a new area for lavender. […]
Read more…Creating your own lavender based aroma
![Winter is a great time to experiment with your own lavender based aroma.
We find Pacific Blue is a great oil for mixing. It’s aroma is very different from the traditional lavender you might associate with your grandmother!
We thinks it associates well with New Zealand’s brand 100% Pure. The aroma is fresh, different and definitely Pacific!
[…] Read more…](https://www.akaroaorganics.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/IMG_0069-scaled-663x994.jpg "Pacific Blue essential oil")
Winter is a great time to experiment with your own lavender based aroma. We find Pacific Blue is a great oil for mixing. It’s aroma is very different from the traditional lavender you might associate with your grandmother! We thinks it associates well with New Zealand’s brand 100% Pure. The aroma is fresh, different and definitely Pacific! […]
Read more…Its in the pot!
![You can grow the best Lavender in the world but unless its distilled well you may not get the best from your hard work. We take our lavender to Herbal Visionz who use a steam distillation plant to extract fine quality oil. […] Read more…](https://www.akaroaorganics.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/pot-663x265.jpg "pot")
You can grow the best Lavender in the world but unless its distilled well you may not get the best from your hard work. We take our lavender to Herbal Visionz who use a steam distillation plant to extract fine quality oil. […]
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