Episode 86: The Flower You Think Is Soap

Lavender shows up on every candle, hand soap, and pillow spray you own, but its real history runs through Roman bathwater, door-to-door lavender sellers in Surrey, and a French chemist who accidentally named the entire practice of aromatherapy after burning his hand in a lab. We're getting into where English lavender actually comes from, what the science behind linalool tells us about why this plant has been used medicinally for over two thousand years, and what gets lost when a plant this interesting becomes an aesthetic instead of a subject.🎧 New podcast episodes every week.Our main accounts:@meggrowsplants @thecottagepeach Listen on Spotify:podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-garden-gir… us on Apple Podcasts:podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/garden-girls-pod… us on Instagram:instagram.com/gardengirlspod/Follow us on TikTok:tiktok.com/@gardengirlspod***Links***Meg's Planting Calendar:meg-grows-plants.myshopify.com/collections/all… Gardening:shop.epicgardening.com/GARDENGIRLSCode for 5% off!GARDENGIRLS*These codes are affiliate links that we receive commissions from and help to support the podcast!*