Our Story — Sussex Lavender

The Field & The Harvest

Gathered season by season

Photos of the field, the harvests and the people who made it — collected here as we go. Every image tells a part of our story.

The field and farmhouse · South Downs

Lavender rows across the South Downs slope

Lavender in close detail

Harvest crate in the field

Harvest crate loaded with fresh-cut stems

Bundles laid out overhead

Hand-tied bundles in a wicker basket

Dried lavender bundles standing

Community bundling together

Experience day — tying bundles at the field

Volunteers at the harvest · Sussex Lavender

Products on display

Whole dried Lavender flowerhead

Lavender seeds — next season's growth

Wildflower orchid meadow · chalk downland

Working in the field · Sussex Lavender

The Timeline

From a dream to a field in bloom

In spring 2020 the first seeds went into the chalk hills of the South Downs. Since then every harvest has brought new people, new connections and a growing sense of what this place can become. The full timeline will be documented here.

Spring 2020

First planting. A vision for a regenerative community lavender field takes root in the South Downs.

First harvest

The first cut lavender is shared with care homes, hospices and wellbeing centres for therapeutic bundling sessions.

Community grows

Volunteers, organisations and individuals join the field. Donation Days and fundraising events begin.

Now — transitioning to CIC

Sussex Lavender is working toward growing into a Community Interest Company, locking the mission into the structure of the business for good.

There is more to come. Follow our story as it unfolds.