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M
ornings on Lavender and Grace Farm start with the bees as they swirl out of their hives to tend to the fragrant and flowering lavender plants. Here, at this out-of-the-way land, the only traffic noise is the buzzing as they commute to and fro. This is a place of peace. Although the peace that fills this land first grew from redirection and failure. When Tom and Mary Stachlewitz first purchased their property, they had intended on putting in an orchard. However, their land had other intentions, and they were redirected by a soil that was not conducive to growing trees. Still determined to create a life of growing, they next decided on lavender. In 2013 they bought ten lavender plants, put them in the ground, and proceeded to watch them die. “At that point the choice
was either to give up or keep going,” said Tom. While the plants had died, the dream had not. So Tom and Mary spent the next year researching and experimenting and trying to figure out what had gone wrong. Finally, in a moment of unabashed hope, they dusted off the failure and purchased and planted 100 new lavender plants. This time, the plants not only survived, they began to flourish. Today, the land of Lavender and Grace Farm is dotted with 5,000 lavender plants and nearly 15,000 perennial and annual flowers. Visitors arrive for u-cut lavender bunches or u-cut perennial and annual bouquets. The farm also sells annual, perennial, and lavender plants. The farm makes and sells a line of lavender beauty and food products, including lavender infused honey, made by the farm’s 83,000 hardworking bees. Their lavender has been used for culinary fare by local restaurants, and the River Raisin Distillery uses Lavender and Grace
LAVENDER By Sara Hilton
Jenifer Scanlon
Jaimie Thompson
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