Lavender essential oils are used in products such as soaps and lotions. Undiluted essential oils are also sold. We were pleased to find an expert to answer our questions staffing the distillery at Lavender Connection during the Lavender Festival.
Distillation essentially steams the oil from a lavender plant. At Lavender Connection the blossoms and stems from 19 plants are used to produce the equivalent of about 7 ounces of essential oil. This is the equipment that Lavender Connection uses.
Jardin du Soleil distills in this equipment. Click here to learn more about the distilling process at Jardin du Soleil.
Thank you for answering my question with your wonderful explanatory photos and link.
Interesting to see behind the scenes like that!
That’s quite the operation in extracting the lavender oil. Wonderful video Kay, thanks for sharing. Have a wonderful weekend.
Interesting. And seemingly an awful lot of work for a little bit of oil.
I would love to experience the lavender harvest and distillation process some day. The scents must be heavenly.