THE CHARACTER OF LAVENDER

FOR THOSE WHO RETURN

Some things are never outgrown. A slower morning. A quieter evening. The comfort of returning to what matters.


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Central Coast Lavender — California Lavender Living™

You belong here

This is a life you can make your own.

A calmer home, quiet rituals, and the scent of the field woven through your everyday. I call it California Lavender Living, and there is always room for one more.

Why lavender reaches you

Why a scent can change how you feel

Here is the part that felt like magic to me long before I understood it. When you breathe lavender in, its molecules meet the receptors made to receive them, a key finding its lock, and the message goes straight to the limbic brain, the oldest part of you, where feeling and memory live, before a single thought has formed. I have always called that resonance. The right lavender meeting you, and you knowing it.

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From field to ritual, from lavender to lifestyle.California Lavender Living™

Mornings

Let the first light reach you.

This is how your mornings may begin now. A little slower, a breath deeper, the day met rather than chased.

Founded 2006
One of California's early women-owned organic lavender farms
Founded 2008
Central Coast Lavender Growers Association
Founded 2009
The Central Coast Lavender Festival
Founding VP 2012
United States Lavender Growers Association
Founded 2025
Lavender Academy™

Evenings

And let the evening soften.

When the house finally goes quiet, this is the hour made for rest. A mist over the pillow, a candle lit, the day set down.

Our Story

I went looking for purity, and found purpose. Some things you do not set out to build. They grow up around you.

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Signature lavender

A whole world, in three

Perfectly giftable

Quintessential Lavender Trio

A mist, a 10 mL essential oil, and a sachet — the whole lavender world in one small box. Because it's a little of each, you get every way to live with it at once, and a gift that feels considered.

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Find your blend

The Hand & Body Botanical Moisturizer

One rich, fast-absorbing lotion, offered in four botanical blends — Harmony, Calm, Energy, and Zen. Each pairs our own lavender with a botanical mood of its own. Not sure which is yours?

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“Find your peace in the lavender fields — one little blue bottle at a time.”

What our lavender becomes.

From the stillEssential OilsPure, steam-distilled, the field in a single bottle.For the everydayBody & Home RitualsLotions, mists, and balms, carried into daily life.

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The essential oils, straight from the still. Every one begins in the rows here.

A whole season in a bottle.Calm · and clarity · California Lavender Living

Frequently asked questions

What makes Central Coast Lavender different? +

Our lavender was never sourced — she was received. We were honored with true-to-type mother stock, personally carried to us by Sarah Berringer Bader — handed down, one lavender family to another. Raised organically and distilled by hand on our one Paso Robles farm since 2006.

What is the difference between lavender and lavandin? +

Both are lavender. True lavender tends to soften and settle you, lavandin runs brighter and more awake. Different characters, for different moments.

How do I bring lavender into my day? +

A warm soak to wind the evening down, a mist over the pillow before sleep, a candle lit when the house goes quiet. Answer a question and find yours.

Where are you, and can I visit? +

I keep a small working farm in Paso Robles wine country, not open to the public. The best way to visit is here, and through the Journal.

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