Our Story

Faverolles Gardens LLC is a native plant sales and garden design business on a budding lavender farm in LaFayette New York.  It is here that my love of nature, beautiful landscapes, and mission to increase biodiversity combine. My business is designed to do the same for you.

Faverolles Gardens is developing in three phases:

Phase I: In the summer of 2021, I started a lavender farm.  My family hand planted over 200 lavender plants of two cultivars – Sensational & Phenomenal. Lavender provides both pollen and nectar and attracts bees and bumblebees as well as moths. I am growing lavender varieties for both culinary and essential oil properties. In 2022, we planted another 250 plants including two culinary varieties, Hidcote & Munstead. Once the lavender is established (2024?), visitors will be able to pick lavender bouquets, picnic in the fields, and explore a variety of lavender based products – lavender simple syrup, lavender infused gin, lavender essential oil, and lavender sachets. Each year, I will leave 10% of the lavender untouched so its beauty and bounty may carry local bee populations into the Fall.

Phase II: I launched the native plant sales and garden design aspects of my business in 2022.  I sell a wide selection of plants native to central New York at the CNY Farmers Market and through online orders. I consult with gardeners to select plants and to design the assemblages of native plants that will increase biodiversity in their specific garden situations.

Native plant gardening focuses on growing a collection of plants that when planted together sustain the life cycles of local insects. Over time, even within one year, the increase in insects leads to an increase in bird species and overall biodiversity. Once established, native plant gardens are  beautiful and are often lower maintenance than ornamental gardens. Biodiversity increases when even 70% of a garden is planted with native plants. If everyone planted even a small native plant garden, our combined efforts will contribute to increased global diversity!

Phase III: Over the next few years, I will invite visitors to Faverolles Gardens to connect with nature by experiencing our lavender and native plant exhibit gardens. Visitors will be able to sip our specialty lavender cocktails while sitting among the lavender or joining in on an interpretive hike through the native habit gardens. I will offer a variety of workshops on native plant gardening, culinary uses of lavender, plant-pollinator life cycles, and lavender in the home. In the future, Faverolles Gardens may also be booked for small private parties and educational events.