Why did Carshalton Lavender die out?
Carshalton is only 12 miles from the centre of London. With the expansion of London in the interwar period the Lavender fields slowly started to become housing developments until very little of the Lavender remained – the history can be found in many of the road names in and around Carshalton. Luckily however some fields did remain and it is these fields along with the dedicated work of volunteers and enthusiasts which managed to reclassify all the Lavender species and bring back Original Carshalton Lavender in our Lavender field in Carshalton.
