20% off all products until end July
As a winter special we are having a 20% discount on all lavender body, home and food products until the end of July.
All natural ingredient lavender products
A new year to spread relaxation and lavender love
With a splendid festive season behind us we at Lavender in Lavender Hill look forward to bringing a year of lavender love and relaxation to you in 2017!
As part of our social aim we host education sessions in the community of Lavender Hill, work with product suppliers from communities or small entrepreneurs and empower job creation. This year we hope to add more suppliers to our list and to create more beautiful lavender products for you to enjoy. We also look forward to ho
Meet the ladies behind the Lavender in Lavender Hill Products: Part 8
Our body products are produced by Tanya du Bois from Naturals Beauty and her team - a small, family run enterprise that has been running for around 7 years. Tanya is so inspirational as her business grows day by day. Her business is the type of business we like to support - Cape Town entrepreneurs taking their financial situation into their own hands by starting and running small enterprises. #Naturalsbeauty #lavenderproducts #lavenderproductscapetown #lavenderbodyproduct
Meet the ladies behind the Lavender in Lavender Hill Products: Part 5
Veronica from the Lavender Hill community produces our lavender candles. Not only is she a master at making beautiful candles, she also teaches the ladies form the community around her to make candles and to sew beautiful products to produce their own income. Veronica's heart is so big, she also runs a small creche from her garage where she looks after and feeds around 20 children daily from the Lavender Hill community. #lavendercandles #lavendercandlescapetown #lavenderprodu
Meet the ladies behind the Lavender in Lavender Hill products: Part 4
Janap from the Lavender Hill community does catering. She produces all the lavender biscuits from her kitchen. #lavenderbiscuits #lavenderbiscuitscapetown #bakingwithlavender #lavenderinlavenderhill #culinarylavender #cookingwithlavender #Lavenderinlavenderhill #lavenderproducts #lavenderproductscapetown
Come join us at the Stellenberg Fest Mart
Our first Christmas Market for 2017 is starting on the 19th of October at the Stellenberg Dutch Reformed Church. Start your Christmas shopping early at this lovely creative market. Handmade, creative, quality items from 350 exhibitors are on display in a comfortable shopping environment. You will find the perfect Christmas gifts for the whole family at affordable prices – jewelry, decor, accessories, body products, handbags, paintings, Christmas decorations, toys, wall art, c
Meet the ladies behind the Lavender in Lavender Hill Products: Part 2 Cherylene, Lavender Ambassador
At Lavender in Lavender Hill we pride ourselves in working as much as possible with producers from the community, underprivileged circumstances, small enterprises, entrepreneurs and job creation companies. This is because we are passionate about job creation and entrepreneurial empowerment. Cherylene is our first Lavender Ambassador and runs a shop at the V&A Food Market selling the Lavender in Lavender Hill products. She runs the shop as her own business and is a brilliant e
Meet the ladies behind the Lavender in Lavender Hill products: Part 1
After studying and graduating from BAS (Bachelor in Architectural Science) at UCT I decided to change my route and move to entrepreneurship. I have always wanted to own my own company. I am an extremely creative person and doing business is an extremely creative process. I completed a post graduate degree in Management in Entrepreneurship at UCT. This, combined with my compassionate heart and creativity, launched me into starting up an NPO called the Lavender Upliftment Trust
Teaching the children of Lavender Hill about Lavender
On the 7th of July we hosted our 8th lavender education session at Hillwood Primary in Lavender Hill. Around 50 children learnt all about the healing benefits of lavender and how they can use it in their own homes for medicinal purposes, relaxation and to make products. After getting all the theory out of the way, the kids were taught how to make lavender cuttings (the baby from which a lavender plant will grow). The next half hour was spent getting their hands dirty as they
Lavender for culinary purposes
That’s right, you can use lavender in your cooking and baking too! It’s also a delicious addition to cocktails and non-alcoholic drinks. Here are a few classic ways to utilize lavender in the kitchen: Cocktails Lavender is one of the trendiest cocktail ingredients – particularly as it lends a fragrant complexity to all manner of tipples. Whether you are a fan of gin, vodka or Cognac, one of these lavender inspired drinks is sure to please your palate. Lilac Lemonade This pret