If you’ve ever dreamed of turning your garden into a fragrant lavender oasis, *Lavender for All Seasons* is the guide you didn’t know you needed. From the basics of picking the right lavender variety for your climate to harvesting those iconic purple blooms, this book is like having an expert gardener on speed dial—except without the pressure of keeping your plants alive on the first try.

Paola Legarre’s wisdom shines through every page, blending her sustainable farming expertise with practical tips that even a novice green thumb can follow. Whether you’re planning a small corner of lavender to attract pollinators or eyeing a bigger operation that screams "lavender empire," this book has you covered.

What makes it even better? The seasonal crafts and recipes! I mean, who wouldn’t want to whip up some lavender-infused honey or craft a sachet that smells like relaxation itself? Bonus points for the inspiration to sprinkle lavender throughout your garden plan, ensuring blooms that last and neighbors who wonder if you secretly run a spa.

This book is a treat for anyone who loves gardening, crafting, or just the idea of strolling through their own lavender patch. Warning: you might come away with big plans and even bigger dreams of living the lavender life year-round!

Nice book. So much information about lavender. Somethings I knew and a lot I didn’t. I know I’ll be making some of the recipes too!

I received an advanced copy of Lavender For All Seasons by Paola Legarre.

This was a beautiful book full of information on different types of lavender. It gives a history on Paola’s lavender journey and her knowledge into the plant in general.

It details how to select the variety you will need to plant for your needs, growing, caring, harvesting and using the lavender. It also has chapters for cooking and crafting with lavender. I’m adding the recipes for simple lavender syrup and lavender honey to my recipe collections as they look delicious.

Lavender For All Seasons is the perfect book for the flower lover.

I've read a lot of books on lavenders. This is by far my favorite. There isn't much else one would want in a lavender book that is not in here. It is well-researched including history, varieties, recipes, and even crafts to use with lavender. I savored the book. I learned stuff and I know a lot about lavender. This book has when to plant it. How to plant it, when to harvest, when to prune it and how to care for them so they last a very long time.

The photos are stunning.
The information is top-notch. There are charts, potions, sprays, balms, and more.

Planning to increase yields, what varieties have more oils, which are good for very hot weather, and why lavender does not like humid conditions. Which lavenders are good for essential oils and hydrosols. Bud maturity scales, As one can read I adore this book. It has it all! I've been waiting for a book this comprehensive, organized, and beautiful.

I would love to thank NetGalley and the publisher Timber Press for another fantastic book and for the opportunity to read and review Lavender for All Seasons by Paola Legarre.

What a lovely and timely book! I am planning to plant lavender in my yard this spring, and _Lavender for All Seasons_ has given me a comprehensive guide to planning, planting, and growing this wonderful herb. I have taken notes on the cultivars that interest me. I was shocked to learn that lavender comes in a range of colors, and the author finds a white flowered one to be the most fragrant!

Once I get my little patch of lavender growing, I hope to try some of the recipes and crafts in this book. It truly is a all-encompassing reference for lavender plants.

This book is absolutely fascinating and so full of important information.

From how best to grow different types of lavender to what each different type can be used for. To how you can cook, clean, and do so many different crafts with lavender. The possibilities are endless, and this book is a great starting resource for them.

I am hoping to plant a lavender hedge this year to save some mowing time and to have different types of lavender to make things with next winter. It will be slow going, but I think it'll be a great investment of my time and energy for the future.

Love the scent of lavender, and want to learn tips and advice for growing, drying and using the plant. This book does a good job on all of these, and the pictures were wonderful. A good and useful book, and one I would highly recommend.

Lavender for All Seasons is a beautiful book, full of stunning photos. I can almost smell the lavender coming through the pages, both from the photos & the writers passion. This book is full of resources & even has a section on cooking & crafting with lavender!

Lavender for All Seasons by Paola Legarre is a super book about growing lavender along with craft and recipe ideas in the book.

I really enjoyed this book adn picked up lots of new tips for growing my lavender plants. The Author has a huge amount of expertise on the subject which shines though.

I think my favourite thing about the book was the beautiful photographs. They are stunning and makes you want to get lavender plants like in the photos. There are such great ideas for crafting and recipes to make your mouth water as well. Its a book you will return to time and again for help in your growing,

Thanks to Netgalley and Timber Press for the ARC Copy of this book. My review is my own opinion.

Will review on Amazon once published.

Thank you so much for granting me access to this book.
This is about my 4th time trying to grow lavender. After reading this book, I think I may have it this time! I certainly hope so!
This book has encouraged me to keep at it. There are many uses mentioned that I never knew of. If I can grow a nice harvest, I have some friends I now know I can barter with!
The book isn't just about growing lavender but what all you can do with it! I love that the author adds craft ideas & recipes.

Wow! This book covers absolutely everything about lavender - from container gardening to farming Lavender, from planting to harvesting to using in food and homemade cleaning products. Beautiful photos throughout. Would make a lovely coffee table book but is definitely a comprehensive guide as well.

I requested this book from NetGalley thinking it would be a fun little book filled with cutesy things to craft and cook with lavender for each season. However, this book is an extremely in depth manual about all things lavender. How in depth you ask? We're talking color, structure, MOLECULAR STRUCTURE, and cultivars for lavender and growing it. There's even a section dedicated to how to grow a FIELD of lavender, if you so wish. Now in 2025 I'm not sure who among us has the resources, time, and ability to grow a FIELD of lavender, but you know what, choosing to think positively I guess anything could happen. So thank you, Paola, for the guidance. Now before you're too put off there are dedicated sections to crafting and cooking with lavender and which lavenders are best used for whatever it is you're trying to do. I'm very pleasantly surprised by this all things lavender guide and plan to pick it up when it comes out! Four stars because while I appreciate everything that was put into this book, I don't think it sounds very beginner friendly (not that it claims to be) and I have been known to kill mint before and if you know anything about mint you know that's honestly a feat in and of itself.

Thanks to NetGalley, the publisher, and the author for the free eARC in exchange for an honest review.

As someone with a few lavender plants in my landscape, I was intrigued by the possibilities offered in this book. In Lavender for All Seasons, Paola Legarre distills over two decades of hands-on experience into a beautifully written and visually rich guide that is equal parts gardening manual, seasonal craft book, and celebration of lavender’s enduring charm.

This book is a gentle, beautiful guide to not only enjoying the beauty of the lavender plant in my garden, but how to care for it more completely, and use it for crafting and perhaps trying a recipe to bake with it.

The photography by Kenneth Redding is a standout—lush and inviting. It not only illustrates techniques but captures the serenity and beauty that lavender brings to daily life. The colors bring out the beauty of each variety of lavender.

Thank you to NetGalley and Timber Press for the opportunity to read this ARC copy.

This was such an interesting read as someone who visited the Hunstanton Lavender farm and has some lavender plants in my garden too, I was really happy to read this book and hear about how someone's family has history of growing and nurturing the plant through generations.

Learning the history and uses of the plants over the years was really interesting with surprising depth and detail about the plants, with beautiful photo's showing the plants in all their colour glory and detail it was a beautiful book in layout and design the passion the author has for the plants clear to see.

Wow what an incredibly through book about Lavender. I love the scent of lavender and always have lavender essential oil on hand. If you are looking to grow your own this is the book you must have. Organised to help you maximize your effort in growing lavender. I found the section on the hardiness of lavender particularly helpful in figuring out which variety to purchase. Lavender is such an wonderful plant to have in a garden and this is the perfect book to help you grow your own lavender patch.

For a lavender lover like me, Lavender for All Seasons is a dream come true book! Truly exceptional, the best of the best. Whether you admire this stunning plant from afar or you grow it, this book has it ALL. And then some. It engrossed me to the point of practically imagining it was scratch and sniff! And the lush photography...swoon. Lavender is practical, luxurious, and incredibly versatile. What could be more enchanting than walking through a sea of lavender, trailing your hands through the aromatic flowers and listening to the buzz of happy bumblebees?

Author and owner of her Sage Creations farm in Colorado, Paola Legarre describes her inspiration as a young girl, including the family friend who grew the glorious "Provence" cultivar as her front yard. She then explains lavender uses throughout history such as mummification and to cover castle floors. Of particular interest to me as a master gardener is anatomy of the plants, chemistry, pollination, lavender compounds, and even an electron microscope photograph of oil glands. Hardiness zones are explained (I sadly cannot grow any lavender in my zone 2a part-time home but happily do in my zone 8b Mediterranean home where it is a very, very big deal, including lavender festivals). Paoloa's invaluable tables and charts are invaluable, very clear to follow. Listed are several cultivars including where they grow, their habits, colour and uses. Not only that but she explains soil preparation, diseases, weather protection, companion planting (love the kitchen herb companion table), propagation, and even a bud maturity scale which will help me so much. This book is chock full of lightbulb moments.

But there's more! Paola suggests using lavender for deoderizing carpets, creating bath soaks and candles, and using buds as greeting card confetti The final section contains several wonderful culinary recipes including ground lavender sugar (I've made lavender sugar but hadn't thought to grind it!), lavender honey (my favourite things on lavender scones), chocolate lavender shortbread with sea salt, lavender extract, lavender chili spice mix, herbed compound butter, and hot cocoa mix. But it's not all about food. Massage oil, all purpose lavender cleaner, and dog shampoo are just a few other ideas.

I am a relative beginner to growing lavender and this life-enriching book has taught me so much. I already feel better armed and confident about growing it and using it in new-to-me ways. The possibilities are thrilling!