Beautiful Lavender

Beautiful Lavender is a guide by Janice Cox to growing many varieties of lavender and using the plant across your home, kitchen, and body-care routines.

Beyond its calming scent, lavender is valued for soothing, cleansing, and flavoring uses, and Cox shows just how versatile the plant can be.

At a glance

• Format: Book
• Author: Janice Cox
• Publisher: Mother Earth News
• Topics: Growing lavender, recipes, body care, home crafts

Best for

• Gardeners growing herbs and lavender
• Natural beauty and home-care makers
• Cooks who want to flavor with lavender
• Readers interested in herbal history and uses
• A gift for a lavender enthusiast

What's inside

Cox covers lavender varieties and how to tend and harvest them, then turns to recipes and projects including flea and tick deterrents for pets, play dough, dream pillows, lavender cookies, tea, lemonade, body-care products, and cleaning products.

About Mother Earth News

Mother Earth News is a long-running publisher covering homesteading, organic gardening, and sustainable living, offering practical self-reliance guidance for modern readers.