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  • A patch of purple at Heritage Lavender in rural BerthoudPage 10 Berthoud Weekly Surveyor July 17, 2014

    By Heidi Kerr-SchlaeferThe Surveyor

    The word lavender often conjures up images of the South of France, where the lovely plant turns the roll-ing landscape a stunning hue of pur-ple. However, lavender isnt just the domain of the French. Today, the Old World owering plant is undergoing a renaissance in the New World, and Colorado has gotten in on the game.

    Trudy Perry of Berthoud is a mas-ter gardener who has always enjoyed making stuff grow. Over ice tea, laced with lavender simple syrup, Perry shared with me her recent love affair with lavender.

    Over the last 30 years, all of my gardens have had a little lavender in them, said Perry. It does real well in this area because of the heat, and its fairly drought tolerant once its established.

    Having worked in health care for many years, Perry was in need of a change. She nally came to the re-alization that stress was negatively affecting her life, and thats when she discovered the therapeutic value of lavender.

    Lavender became a soothing thing for me, she said. I started research-ing what I could do with the lavender I was growing in my garden.

    She discovered that lavender has many health bene ts. Its a stress reliever and can help with insomnia. Perry says two to three drops of lav-ender oil on a pillow or under your nose or on the bottom of your feet can help induce sleep. It can also relieve congestion, is helpful for aches, pains and muscle stiffness, and works as a natural insect repellent for people and pets.

    During this time Perrys brother gave her 16 plants that hed started in his greenhouse by seed; a dif cult thing to do, because it takes a long

    time for lavender to grow from seed. When those 16 plants took off like wild re in her garden, Perry was hooked.

    After visiting lavender farms in Washington state and learning all she could from books, the Internet and attending a conference, she was sold on the idea of starting a small lavender farm on her one-and-a-half acres of west Berthoud property.

    She started with 250 plants, and those went into the ground in May 2013. These plants did well through-out the growing season and, while some didnt make it through the win-ter, most of the lavender has bounced back this summer.

    In the beginning, Bob Perry, Tru-dys husband, wasnt enamored with the idea of growing lavender, but after attending several conferences with his wife he discovered some-thing he enjoyed the oil distillation process. With Bob fully on board, this spring they planted 600 plants.

    They have named their business Heritage Lavender, a nod to their ag-ricultural roots. Both Bob and Trudy have strong historical connections to the farming communities in Colorado

    and Kansas. Trudy grows several types of lav-

    ender, including the French variety thats perfect for making oil, and the English variety that she likes to use in cooking.

    I want to be on the cutting edge of culinary lavender, because its really starting to take off here in the United States, said Perry.

    In fact, she has made progress on this front. Sun Rose Caf in Long-mont now uses Heritage Lavender in their signature lavender lemonade. Perry recommends using lavender with lamb and chicken. It can also be used in desserts and makes divine simple syrup like the one we enjoyed in our ice tea.

    Heritage Lavender products in-clude essential oil, dried lavender, soaps, lotions, eye pillows, lavender spray, tea, bath salts, and even a laundry soap thats all natural. Find their products in their Etsy shop and follow Heritage Lavender on Face-book.

    Visit them online at HeritageLav-ender.com. Trudy Perry welcomes visitors to her patch of purple for prearranged tours.

    Photo by Heidi Kerr-SchlaeferTrudy Perry very generously cut some lavender and gave it to me as a gift.

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