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How Lavender kept Grave Robbers alive
Posted on 21/04/2011
We study Lavender and the other plants of homeopathy and aromatherapy in recognisably Scientific, experimental ways these days, analysing their Biochemistry, assessing their efficacy, looking for their side-effects and assessing possible dangers. If we go back to the mid-1700s however, the epidemics of Plague which had faded out of London were still decimating France. But Science itself was too new to be an effective tool of investigation. So investigations tended to be empirical rather... Read more
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You Spoke, We Listened
Posted on 19/04/2011
A week or so ago we launched a competition giving you the chance to win £75 worth of Lavenderworld goodies by telling us what you thought of our website. (You can still enter it here) We have been blown away by all the fantastic comments and we have already put in place some of your suggestions which we have outlined below: 1) Reviews of products by... Read more
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Lavender goes to the Dogs
Posted on 14/04/2011
Battersea was far enough to the west of the City of London to avoid the City’s pollution (the poor East-Enders got that) and is underlain by good growing soils: it became one of the gardens of the Great Wen (a disparaging nickname for London, coined in the 1820s by William Cobbett, a radical champion of rural England). In about 1800, more or less at... Read more
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Lavender at Easter
Posted on 12/04/2011
Lavender used to be called ‘spikenard’, pre-dating ‘lavender’ linguistically as the Greeks predated the Romans in classical times. The ‘spike’ part of the word refers to the characteristic shape of spike-like lavender flower consisting of multiple, tiny purple florets on a slender, elegant stem. Such flowers or others of their family are found both cultivated and growing wild in many places in the east,... Read more
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Win £75 worth of Lavenderworld Goodies
Posted on 06/04/2011
This competition is now closed. We will announce the winner very soon. See update on Competition entries here. Create your free online surveys with SurveyMonkey, the world's leading questionnaire tool. Update: If we get 1000 responses by 30/4/2011 then we will double the prize from £75 to £150 worth of Lavenderworld.co.uk goodies. So get telling all your friends. Terms and Conditions can be found here. ... Read more
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