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PHOTOS:Lavender Culture, Production, & Distillation in Provence, France
Summer, 2002
Christine Hopkins and her husband visited the lavender-production area of Provence, France.
Richard Hopkins
Click here to enlarge.		 Chris Hopkins exploring lavender field, Provence, France
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view across the lavender field
Click here to enlarge.		 closeup of the beautiful colours of the lavender plant in full bloom
Click here to enlarge.		 lavender rows - a study in perspective!
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a surprise at the end of the row?
Click here to enlarge.		 visit to a lavender-growers' cooperative in Provence, France
Click here to enlarge. If you stretch it to full size, you can read the sign on the building.		 History is never far from view in this ancient farm area of France
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another view of the lavender flower showing variety of stages
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A chemist's view of a lavender crop - inside the distillation laboratory
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 Closeup showing the rich colours of a wave in the lavender ocean!
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