The sweet smell of lavender is tinged with bitterness this year in the south of France, as farmers who harvest the flower protest European regulations linking the plant to chemical toxins. Billboards ...

A lavender field in south-eastern France in July 2023 (Photo by Nicolas TUCAT / AFP) France's famous Provence lavender fields have been ravaged by an invasive species of caterpillar, with some ...

NBC New York got a first look and tour of the property just as the French lavender began to blossom this summer, a favorite time for tourists to check out the fields before harvest. "We grow over ...

The town of Grasse, France, is home to flower fields used in perfumes of Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Dior and other luxury fashion ...

If something smells delicious, don't you immediately want to taste it? Makes sense for so many foods. Except, in my opinion, for lavender. Soapy and assertive, culinary lavender (as opposed to ...

At Victor's Lavender Farm, my nose was inches from its target, a cluster of purple buds as fragrant as a French perfumery, when a commanding voice called out from behind the planters. "Not those," ...

Lavender is a plant most everyone loves. Whether it’s the purple flowers, the fragrance, or even the images of a lavender harvest in French lavender fields, lavender is a loved plant. It’s also a ...