READ MORE:* Lavender growing tips from the experts* How to grow lavender* Lavender, the healing herb - and how to grow itJULIET NICHOLAS/NZ GARDENER/Stuff Brothers Tim and Stef Zeestraten set up a family farm growing lavender. “Our parents Jan and Corry were avid gardeners and horticulturalists, and for about a decade, they had a lavender farm in Kaikōura,” Stef says. The first plantings were predominantly cultivars used in their parents’ original lavender farm, with others from around New Zealand obtained through the Lavender Growers Association. Given the right conditions and cultivation, lavender plants can live for 15 to 25 years, depending on the environment. Wanaka Lavender Farm is open to visitors seven days a week (until May).

Source: Stuff January 05, 2021 18:56 UTC