Field partners
The case reports on this page do not come out of nowhere. They are checked against the observations of nurseries, small distilleries, and grower associations that keep their own records season after season. These are the groups whose notes and site visits help us confirm what actually happened in a plot, not just what was planned.
Independent growers who propagate angustifolia and x intermedia cuttings and cross-check survival rates against the numbers reported in each case. Their notes on root development and winter dieback often correct an overly optimistic first reading.
Operators running batch stills who compare oil yield per hectare after drying bundles in similar conditions. They flag when a reported figure looks like a single good run rather than a repeatable result.
Local groups that track cutting dates, late frost events, and lavender beetle pressure across a shared area. Their seasonal summaries give each case study a climate context that a single farm cannot provide on its own.
Advisers working on limestone ground who review drainage plans, raised-bed layouts, and spacing decisions before a plot is planted. They also revisit the same rows a season later to note what held up.
Partnership here means shared field records and follow-up visits, not endorsement of any product or supplier.
Why growers trust these reports
Every case on this page comes out of a member thread, with the soil notes, cutting dates, and follow-up posts left intact. Nobody here is selling a plot or a method. The value is in the details other growers can actually copy or argue with.
That means you will read about raised beds that failed on one slope and worked on the next, and about pruning passes that helped airflow in a wet spring but cost flowering wood in a dry one.
Reports are written by the people who planted, pruned, and distilled. Losses and dead rows stay in the record alongside the good outcomes.
Most cases carry a follow-up post from the next year, so you can see whether a spacing or drainage fix held up after another winter.
A quarter-hectare plot on shallow limestone and a small French lavender bed are both here, because the useful lesson is often in the contrast.
Bundle weights, cutting windows, and oil yield per hectare are recorded after small-scale distillation, with the method noted next to the figure.
Curious how the threads are organized before you dig in? Read how the forum works, or browse the reference notes on soils and pruning.