At niche perfume house ORTIR Apothecari we are always busy busying the bees as over the years we have grown all sorts of aromatics. And come July our focus has always turned to lavenders of which we have grown many varieties.
Sweetly scented Augustifolias, Imperial Gems and Hidcotes, all of them teeming with a healthy hum of pollinators.
Our biggest challenge to date was the planting out of over two acres (some 3000 plants) of camphorous hybrid, Lavandin. No mean feat, lots of hard graft and determination but the results were a fabulous spectacle. And of course working at this scale of production we got to grips with the commercial possibilities of growing aromatics in the UK as opposed to shipping in quantities of matter to distil.
It certainly proved a strong foundation as we set about tackling evermore challenging and rewarding distillates.
To grow and create perfect scents.