The Lavender Bulletin provides a forum for members to discuss lavender and related issues as well as acting as a vehicle for suppliers to inform members of their Services. The following provides a checklist of some of the issues that should be considered in the production of Lavender that membership of the Australian Lavender Industry will help you answer. By answering these questions you should have the basis of a Business Plan and you will have thought about actually growing and producing lavender rather than just the romantic notion of fields of blue. Success in a lavender business is dependent on accurate information. Collaboration and research with Universities, conducting trials for numerous sections of the lavender industry, collating relevant lavender information from Australia and overseas and working to develop a viable and sustainable lavender industry is the approach the Australian Lavender Industry is using to achieve success.
Lavender is a natural herb product.
Lavender is a clean crop. Since it is relatively free from pests and disease there is an automatic reduction in the need to spray lavender with chemicals for these conditions. Lavender may have therapeutic and medicinal uses. Lavender is a feel good product it looks good and smells good. Lavender is a lifestyle product traditional home uses have survived for more than 400 years.