Lavender for All Season: Grow and Enjoy Lavender Year Round

Learn to incorporate, grow and maintain lavender in your garden and in your home. Discover which cultivars are best suited for your zone due to their physical and usability traits of different types of lavender. Learn how to harvest lavender at its optimum bloom time, along with how to select different lavender species and cultivars so you can maximize pollinator foraging throughout the growing season. This workshop includes lavender use tips including culinary uses, using lavender in your home and in flower arrangements. This class is also an introduction on how to plant lavender on a larger scale. Each participant receives their own lavender plant, hand sickle and growing guide. Participants may have the option to purchase an autographed copy of “Lavender for All Seasons: A Gardner’s Guide to Growing and Creating with Lavender Year Rounds.”

Price: $68, $64 member

Location: York Street

Instructor: Paola Legarre

Paola is the owner of Sage Creations Farm and The Atrium in Palisade, Colorado. Sage Creations Farm started with a lavender in 2006 and has grown into a 15-acre farm, with more than six acres of lavender featuring three species and more than 60 cultivars. This lavender is used in essential oils, lavender-inspired home décor, bath and body products, and lavender plant starts.

For the last 17 years, Paola has been trialing different species and cultivars of lavender to see which is best suited for the Colorado climate and its different growing zones. She has worked with numerous growers throughout Colorado, the Southwest and across the country. Lavender enthusiasts and new lavender growers have traveled across the country to participate in her Lavender Grower 101 class. Her lavender plugs and plants have been sold throughout the U.S. She recently released the comprehensive guide “Lavender for All Seasons: A Gardner’s Guide to Growing and Creating with Lavender Year-Round”, which can be found in bookstores and online.