General

There are many different points of view and opinions about the use of essential oils to treat a number of different medical complaints. For example, there are some who choose to only use so-called ‘alternative therapies’ whilst others put their faith entirely in modern medicine. If you were to ask us then we would say… Read more »

Obviously, as producers of high-quality essential oils, we love them and use them for a myriad of different purposes. However, there are a few things that you have to remember when using essential oils to ensure that you get the fantastic results that most oils can deliver. Undiluted (neat) essential oils It is a general… Read more »

Like a superhero coming to the rescue of a group of innocent bystanders, lavender (the superhero of the plant world – or so we think!) can even come to rescue of dry skin. “How?” You say? With a generous application of our wonderful Lavender Hand and Body Lotion, we say! As anyone who regularly works… Read more »

Lavender essential oil can be used to fragrance your home, your clothes, your skin and did you know that it can also be used to help keep your breath sweet smelling too? We all know that the fateful ‘morning breath’ can sometimes strike, but usually a quick trip to the bathroom and a good brush… Read more »

It may seem like something more suited to the time of Jane Austen, Martha left you her best Love; she will write to you herself in a short time, but trusting to my memory rather than her how she has nevertheless desired me to ask you to purchase for her two bottles of Steele’s Lavender… Read more »

It’s inevitable, a few days of pleasant weather and half of the British population are bright red and peeling. Whilst many of us would never dream of going out into the sunshine with a liberal application of sunscreen on when we are on holiday, we will happily sit in full sun all day in the… Read more »

It’s that time of year again and we happy to announce that our wonderful Jersey Lavender Farm is open to visitors. The visiting season this year stretches from 8th April to 21st September – so that’s nearly 6 months where you can include a visit to us into your wonderful Jersey holiday. A visit to… Read more »

There are as many as 39 different species of Lavender, the most common being Lavandula angustifolia (sometimes called ‘English’ or ‘true’ lavender) and Lavandula x intermedia (often shortened to lavandin). Lavandin is a is a sterile hybrid between Lavandula angustifolia and Lavandula latifolia (Spike lavender), as indicated by the ‘x’ in its botanical name, the… Read more »

With the continuing cold, wet and dreary weather (even here on the usually sun-drenched island of Jersey!), it seems that those nasty cold and flu viruses are sticking around a bit longer than normal. Even though there is little that conventional medicine can do for your colds and flu (remember that antibiotics will not cure… Read more »

“Lavender” is part of the broad botanical genus – Lavandula. This is thought to be made up of 50 different species, and within some of these species are perhaps hundreds of different cultivars/varieties. For the purposes of lavender oil we are mainly concerned with two species –lavandula angustifolia (sometimes called English lavender or true lavender),… Read more »