Samantha Armytage on life in self-isolation with her boyfriend Richard Lavender

Change of pace: Sunrise’s Samantha Armytage says she ‘prioritised her private life and health over work’ during self-isolation with her boyfriend Richard Lavender By Alisha Buaya For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:13 BST, 18 June 2020 | Updated: 05:44 BST, 18 June 2020 She took some time off earlier this year to recover from a … Read more

GRIFF RHYS JONES recalls his lifelong love affair with lavender

Best of luck to Her Royal Highness the Duchess of Cornwall, who will this week appear on Radio 4’s Gardeners’ Question Time with a query about certain types of Scottish lavender. This is a timely and burning issue around my way. After all, we have just lived through one of the worst crises in living … Read more

There’s nothing lovelier than lavender with its heady scent and vivid colour says Monty Don

Purple craze: There’s nothing lovelier than lavender with its heady scent and vivid colour, says Monty Don – and there’s a type to suit every taste Monty Don said lavender colours a mood of gentle refinement and prettiness He said it is long-lasting, ideal for a pot and resistant to almost total neglect Lavender hates … Read more

Leading expert claims doctors should dish out LAVENDER OIL as first-line treatment for anxiety

Anxiety sufferers should be given lavender oil as a first line of treatment instead of addictive drugs, a psychiatrist has claimed. Professor Hans Peter-Volz said doctors are too quick to dish out benzodiazepines and other drugs to patients with anxiety. Instead, patients with a mild form of the disorder should be given natural remedies, including … Read more