Start your lavender farm
Lavender 101 — from first plant to first harvest.
USLGA is the community that helps new growers turn an idea into a working farm — with a step-by-step curriculum, past conference recordings, and growers across the country who have been there.
Your first season
A starter roadmap.
A high-level path most new growers follow. Members get the deep dives, templates, and live Q&A behind every step.
- 01
Site selection & soil
Drainage, sun exposure, slope, and soil pH — get this right and the next five years are easier.
Soil preparation for lavender - 02
Choose your varieties
Angustifolia, intermedia, and stoechas each have a job. Pick varieties that match your climate and your market.
Types of lavender - 03
Planting & first-year care
Spacing, mulch, irrigation, and pruning a young plant so it sets up for a productive life.
Grower curriculum - 04
First harvest & post-harvest
When to cut, how to dry, what to do with bud, bundles, and oil — and how to sell it.
Grower curriculum - 05
Build your business
Agritourism, value-added products, wholesale, distillation. The community will tell you what worked — and what didn't.
Join USLGA
Why start with USLGA
You don't have to figure this out alone.
Starting a lavender farm is a long game — site selection, varieties, planting, irrigation, pests, harvest, post-harvest, and finally a product worth selling. Members get the full playbook plus the people who wrote it.
Growing Lavender curriculum
Our self-paced curriculum plus the full archive of past USLC convention recordings — years of hard-won knowledge.
Explore the curriculumReady to grow?
Members get the Growing Lavender curriculum, past USLC recordings, and a community of seasoned growers.
In their words
"I couldn't have started without USLGA."
We hear the same story year after year — members helping members get up and running.
"I would not have my farm today without USLGA. Every question I had — from soil prep to distillation — somebody in this community had already lived it."
"The Front Porch series and the curriculum saved us years of expensive mistakes. It paid for itself before we ever planted a row."
"Lavender growing can feel lonely until you find your people. USLGA is where I found mentors who answered the phone on a Sunday during my first harvest."