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Happy Mother’s Day to all who nurture with love. To moms, stepmoms, chosen moms, dog moms, those who are grieving or longing, and to the dads who lovingly fill both roles—you matter.

Today we see you, honor you, and celebrate the care you give in all its beautiful forms.

💜Happy Mother’s Day! 💜

#mothersday #methowvalleylavender

Happy May Day from the Valley! The lavender is starting to wake from its winter slumber, sending up fresh green shoots—and the deer are frolicking through the fields like they know it’s a celebration.

Spring is officially here, and we’re soaking up every magical moment. 💜

#methowvalleylavender #mayday #deer #spring #babyplants

Mark and I just returned from another inspiring lavender weekend in the beautiful Willamette Valley, Oregon—and our hearts are full! Deep gratitude to @lavendernorthwest and all the incredible lavender growers who open their farms and share their hard-earned wisdom so generously. Your passion, collaboration, and willingness to teach help our whole community grow stronger, wiser, and more connected. Thank you for inspiring us with your beautiful blooms and even more beautiful spirits.

Wishing we could have made it to all the farms on the tour, but we made it to @arrowheadlavenderfarm @littlelavenderfarm @carriagehouselavender @wayward_winds_lavender @parkplaceperennial and Barn Owl Nursery.

Special thank you to all the speakers, too!! 💜

#methowvalleylavender #lavender #farmers #continuingeducation #propagation #distillation #culinary #smallbusinessowners

Happy first day of spring! 🌷🌈

Wishing everyone a beautiful planting season 🌱—won’t be long until the lavender is in full purple bloom. 🪻

These photos are a little throwback to our trip last spring to the stunning Butchart Gardens—always an inspiration! 🌸

#spring #ahhh #butchartgardens #methowvalleylavender #flowers #flowersmakemehappy

Resharing so I can tag the very talented embroidery artist. 🌿

Thank you @embroiderybysabrina!💗

It is the sweetest, and I love it so much!! 💜💜💜

It’s sweet pea planting time! ✨💖

Grandma wasted no time putting my niece and me to work. She’s been growing sweet peas for over 40 years, and her greatest gift to us is passing down her wisdom so we can keep the tradition alive—filling our summers with fragrant, colorful bouquets. Last year, our sweet peas thrived so well that we were still making bouquets into September. I even snipped the very last one in the first week of October!

Here’s to another season of beautiful blooms! 🌱💕

Grandma’s Method 🌿

Take a 6” tall seed pot with drainage holes, pack the bottom inch with Happy Frog Soil (Grandma swears by this soil), and loosely fill the pot up to about two inches from the top. Use a good seedling mix, we used Black Gold. Mix it with water in a bucket to moisten the soil, it should be moist, not soaked. Add about a 1/2 inch layer of the seedling mix to the top of your Happy Frog Soil, add two sweet pea seeds opposite each other in the pot (one in each corner will do), and loosely cover the seeds with more seedling mix. Lightly pat the soil down to help hold the seeds in place. Lower grow lights to about 3 or so inches above the pots. Check on them daily and keep the soil damp with a spray bottle as to not over water or disturb the soil.

Then the hardest part, wait.

Sidenote, Grandma collected seeds from various sources. I look forward to planting my own Sweet Peas with the wonderful seed I have from @backtodirtfarm. 💜

We will keep you updated on this year’s crop. ☀️🌈

Dearest Gentle Reader,

It is with great delight that I report on the most enchanting affair of the afternoon—a gathering of three most esteemed ladies at none other than Fleur de Thé, the city’s most exquisite purveyor of fine teas.

Adorned in their finest frocks and graced with the kind of laughter that turns heads (and stirs whispers), these radiant darlings indulged in delicate lavender-infused delights, warm scones dripping with honey, and, of course, the most fragrant of teas served in porcelain fit for a duchess.

It is said that the bonds of sisterhood are best strengthened over steaming cups and whispered confidences, and indeed, this afternoon proved no exception. What secrets were shared? What romances discussed? Ah, dear reader, some mysteries are best left to the imagination…

Yours in devotion and delightful scandal,
Lady Whistledown (or perhaps, merely an admirer of her craft)

#AfternoonTea #LavenderElegance #bridgertonstyle #tearoom #fleurdethé #stlouis #friends #methowvalleylavender #lavender