About us
Carshalton Lavender is a not-for-profit community project that manages 3 acres of lavender in Carshalton Beeches, Surrey. This area was once famous as “the lavender capital of the world”, and we work to keep the heritage of local lavender alive for current and future generations. Every year we open the field to the public at our annual harvest weekend in July.
 Carshalton Lavender is run entirely by volunteers

Carshalton Lavender was named Conservation Project of the Year at the 2007 Observer Ethical Awards and we were highly commended in the Sutton Green Guardian Awards 2009. Carshalton Lavender has featured on many local and national television and radio programmes including the BBC’s Inside Out, ITV’s Tales of the Country and most recently BBC Radio London came to visit us at the 2010 annual Harvest weekend. In 2009 we held London’s first eco-dating event. In the same year, we were able to distil lavender oil in Carshalton for the first time in over 100 years.

Take a look at the history of the field for more background and information about the project and our lavender field.

 
 

Carshalton Lavender is run entirely by volunteers, who work hard to maintain the field, organise the annual harvest, hold talks at local schools, distil the lavender oil and more. You can meet some of the team here, or if you’d like to get involved then get in touch!