I was not born of a farming life, rather, at age 36 I was struck by a lavender lightning bolt of inspiration while visiting a lavender festival in the year 2000. I came away from that experience knowing in my marrow that I had to farm lavender even though I lived in Montana, had no land or any money. Timing is everything; fortune favours the prepared mind. Everything unfolded exactly as it should. I want everyone to feel, in all six senses what I felt while in the presence of this lovely plant that day at the festival.