Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm, Bath & Body Products

The lavender season is here.  The 14th Annual Sequim Lavender Festival is only 16 days away!  Can't make it to the Festival?  We will make it easy to indulge yourself with lavender.  Free Shipping for online orders of $50.00 or more through July 20, 2010. Relax in the bath with Lavender Bubble Bath (Paraben free). Relax in the shade with our Lavender Tea Blends. Our Provence Tea and our Garden Supreme Tea make delightful iced teas.  Keep your lips in shape with Lavender Lip Balm or try Raspberry and Vanilla too!  Moisturize against the drying summer sun with our always popular Lavender Lotion, rich in shea butter.  We have new pricing on our bulk Lavender Buds if you need to make wedding sachets!  $20 for 1 pound of certified organic lavender.  Great as a wedding toss.  Don't forget Free Shipping on all online orders of $50.00 or more through July 20, 2010.

Indulge Mom on Mother's Day and 'give back' with our Pomegranate & Lavender Gift Set.  The refreshing fragrance of pomegranate and soothing lavender have been blended in our Body Lotion, Hand and Body Wash, and Bath Soap. All three have been put together for a special Mother's Day gift with complimentary gift wrapping.

This gift 'gives back' by donating a percentage of the proceeds from all sales to ovarian cancer research.  Moms everywhere are battling ovarian cancer, including a very special mom in our Jardin du Soleil Family. So the more you indulge in our Pomegranate & Lavender products the more these moms will benefit.

For Mother's Day we are offering FREE SHIPPING WITH ONLINE ORDERS OF $50.00 OR MORE through May 9, 2010 .

Spring is here and with the temperatures getting milder, it is time to plant your lavender garden or start your lavender seed.  Jardin du Soleil Lavender has just what you need.  We have two of our favorite Lavender Plants available for as of April 1, 2010.  Enjoy the dark purple of the blooms and the fragrance of 'Grosso' and 'Hidcote' lavenders.

And we have added Lavender Seeds and Lavender "Blooms in a Bag" Kits to make starting from scratch so easy! Visit our Growing Lavender page for information on planting and maintaining your lavender.

LAVENDER PLANTS CAN BE SHIPPED AS OF APRIL 1, 2010.

SPRING CLEANING SPECIAL! It is just like Spring at Jardin du Soleil Lavender and it is only the last month of February.  Our fruit trees and daffodils are already blooming!  The lavender is still pretty dormant and this is good as we do not want early flowers.  But we are in the mood for Spring Cleaning!  So we are making our  Lavender Linen Closet gift available at a special price of $24.00 so that you will have all you need to start your spring cleaning.  Refresh your linens with our Lavender Dryer Sachets, spritz the guest linens with Lavender  Linen Water and put a lavender sachet or two in the linen closet.  Renew your lavender potpourri with lavender buds from our last harvest.  Put new bars of Jardin du Solell lavender soap in your bathrooms to diffuse the fragrance and put yourself in the mood for Spring and Summer and lavender. Linen Closet Special good through 3/06/10

Jardin du Soleil Lavender Farm and retail store are now open for the season. Our winter hours are 10 a. m. to 4 p. m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday through March. If you are traveling through the Olympic Peninsula or coming to Sequim, Washington, stop by the lavender farm and treat yourself to our beautiful lavender products. You are welcome to stroll through our winter gardens and lavender fields. No blooms yet, but, on a sunny day Mt. Baker is breathtaking! And don't forget to save the dates for the annual Sequim Lavender Festival, July 16, 2009 through July 18,2009. For information on the festival go to www.lavenderfestival.com. Hope to see you here winter or summer!

Who would not love Lavender Dark Chocolates? Tell that extra special someone you care with Lavender Heart Guest Soaps. Or give and give back with our always popular Lavender and Lemongrass Heart Soaps. Can't decide? Our Lavender Gift Sets are always a favorite.

With every order we will include a Lavender Guest Heart Soap sample as our special Valentines gift to you.

*And we are offering Free Shipping on all online orders of $60.00 or more through 02/13/10. So don't delay! Give the gift of Lavender Products to someone special.

Lavender spice rub is a wonderful seasoning for beef, pork and even lamb.

This rub is excellent for grilled meats.

1 tablespoon Jardin du Soleil Lavender Black Pepper

1 tablespoon fresh cracked white pepper

1 teaspoon toasted anise seed

2 tablespoons sea salt

Combine ingredients and mix well. Can be stored up to six months

in a sealed container in a cool, dark place.

BREW THE PERFECT CUP OF LAVENDER TEA.

Lavender tea is, simply, brewed culinary lavender. Try brewing our variety of loose tea blends and enjoy them by the cup or the pot. We think loose teas infuse more flavor in the water. Using a tea strainer instead of a tea ball, place a teaspoon of tea per cup into the strainer and pour hot, not boiling, water over the loose tea. (Boiling water could burn the tea ingredients). Steep 3-6 minutes according to taste. Sit back and relax. Add a little iced 'Provence' Tea with its fruity, lavender blend to champagne for a delightful before-dinner cocktail!

Now that we are in the doldrums of winter, we start thinking of spring garden projects and summer flowers. Didn't get around to pruning your lavender this fall? Not to worry. There is still time. But remember to wait until the last frost has past. Any exposed wood on the lavender plants will be suseptible to frost damage. The best time is early spring, late March or early April

Trim off any dead lavender blooms still on the plant. Take off about 1/3 of the remaining foliage, being careful not to cut into the wood of the plant. Shape the lavender plants into a rounded mound. And come late June or July you should have fragrant, purple lavender flowers! If your lavender is still covered in snow, the snow will help insulate the plants against the cold and frost. Find more lavender growing tips on our Growing Lavender page.