ABOUT LAVENDER ABBEY

Our mission is to provide our customers quality lavender products, with a personal touch, at affordable prices.

Our lavender oil is NZ Made and NZ Grown.

Lavender Abbey is the creation of Jan and Stuart Abernethy. We fell in love with lavender and its huge range of uses, after moving from Wellington to the Wairarapa in 2008.

Every year, on our spray-free lavender farm, we tend to more than 3,500 plants on our seven-acre property, a job that typically starts in spring and finishes in February when the flower crop is harvested and made into our consecutive multi award-winning lavender 100% pure essential oil.  Using our lavender pure essential oil, we create a variety of natural lavender products which support health and wellness.

The best thing about our NZ made lavender products?  The fact they’re made with love from high-quality, unspoilt lavender grown in some of the world’s best quality soil in the freshest New Zealand air and sunshine.

We are active members of the NZ Lavender Growers Association who work with growers to achieve a defined quality standard for New Zealand lavender oil.  For further information please visit the Association’s website www.lavender.org.nz.

Awards received from NZ Lavender Growers Association: 

2023 Awards

NZLGA 2023 Winners of Ken Wilson Memorial Trophy – BEST IN NZ ‘Grosso’ 2022

NZLGA 2023 Winners of Dennis Matthews Memorial Trophy – BEST IN NZ ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2023

NZLGA 2023 Gold Award Winner – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2023

NZLGA 2023 Silver Award Winner – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2022

NZLGA 2023 Silver Award Winner – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2021

NZLGA 2023 Silver Award Winner – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2023

NZLGA 2023 Silver Award Winner – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2022

NZLGA 2023 Silver Award Winner – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2021

NZLGA 2023 2 x Silver Award Winner – Blends 2023

TALGA (Australia & International) Award Winners 2023

USA Lavender Sommelier – Awarded GOLD for ‘Grosso’ and ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2023

2022 Awards

NZLGA 2022 Winners of Eoin Johnson Memorial Trophy – BEST IN NZ 2022 LAVANDULA X INTERMEDIA ‘Grosso’

NZLGA 2022 Winners of Ken Wilson Memorial Trophy – BEST LAVENDER IN NZ 2022 ‘Grosso’

NZLGA 2022 Gold Award Winner – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2021

NZLGA 2022 Silver Award Winner – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2022

NZLGA 2022 Silver Award Winner – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2020

NZLGA 2022 2 x Silver Award Winner – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2021 & 2022

NZLGA 2022 2 x Silver Award Winner – for Blends 2022

In September 2022 we won The Best Lavender Oil in NZ ‘Grosso’ NZ receiving the prestigious Eoin Johnson Memorial Trophy and The Ken Wilson Memorial Trophy. We also received six other Silver awards for our lavender oil varieties.

Awards received from Lavender Sommelier – USA

GOLD Award Winner 2023 USA – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2023

GOLD Award Winner 2023 USA – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Grosso’ 2023

GOLD Award Winner 2022 USA – Lavandula angustifolia ‘ Violet Intrigue’ 2022

GOLD Award Winner 2022 USA – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2022

 GOLD Award Winner 2021 USA – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2021 Vintage

BRONZE Award Winner 2021 USA – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2021 vintage

Awards received from The Australian Lavender Growers Association – (Bi-annual competition):

Australian & International 3rd prize 2023 – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’

Australian & International GOLD Winner 2021 – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’

Awards received from NZ Lavender Growers Association: 

2021 Awards:

SILVER – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2021 vintage

SILVER – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2020 vintage

SILVER – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2020 vintage

SILVER – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2019 vintage

2020 Awards:

SILVER – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2019 vintage

SILVER: Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2019 vintage

SILVER: Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2018 vintage

SILVER – Blend ‘Grosso, Violet Intrigue, Super’ 2020 vintage

SILVER – Blend ‘Violet Intrigue & Super’ 2020 vintage

2019 Awards:

GOLD – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2019

SILVER – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2019

SILVER – Blend ‘Grosso & Violet Intrigue’ 2019

BEST IN NZ – GOLD Lavandula angustifolia 2018 ‘Violet Intrigue’ (included international entries)

GOLD – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2018

GOLD – Blend ‘Grosso & Violet Intrigue’ 2018

GOLD & SILVER – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2018

GOLD & SILVER – Lavandula angustifolia ‘Violet Intrigue’ 2017

SILVER – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2016

SILVER – Lavandula x intermedia ‘Grosso’ 2015