About Red Chair LavenderWe grow over thirty varieties of lavender on our farm in Eagle, Idaho. We make quality lavender lotions, hand creams, sugar scrubs, bath salts, and other lavender products. We also sell fresh lavender in season and dried lavender bunches in the off season.
Our focus is to provide our customers the highest quality lavender products and lavender essential oils. |
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Bill and Wendy moved to Eagle in 1986 and bought a 6-acre parcel Northwest of town. It was just a hay field at the time. They built the garage first and lived there until they could build the rest of the house. At the time Bill was working with his assisted living business and Wendy was working full time at a local Montessori school and eventually Edwards Greenhouse in Boise. The two spent most of their time building after work and on the weekends. The house was finished, with the help of Wendy’s folks and others, in three years.
During the building process, Wendy began landscaping the areas around the house. Just as soon as an area was graded and ready, Wendy would be planting. Trees, bushes, bulbs, and anything she could find to accent areas went in as fast as Bill finished grading an area. Their gardens grew in size and areas for the couple's horses were fenced in. They also built a barn to keep hay and wood dry for winter (the barn burned down in 2017 and was replaced with a new metal barn — a new shop will soon be added into the new barn as well).
Bill and Wendy decided to grow lavender after spending time at a lavender festival outside of Pendleton, Oregon, while visiting their daughter and son-in-law over a weekend. After enjoying the fun and festivities of that festival, they decided they could grow lavender in an area that had been used for hay.
The lavender field was officially started in 2011 and was planted over the next three years. There was no grand plan for the field, but overtime it continued to grow in size. Bill got the first still, “Lavanda” in 2014 and they immediately began distilling oil from the harvested lavender. A second still was purchased three years ago to help with the harvest. Wendy’s initial idea for products was to use enough of the essential oil so you can actually smell it in the products.
Wendy and Bill are often asked the story behind the name “Red Chair Lavender," and here it is in short: Bill was traveling for his assisted living business in Chicago during the time they were finalizing the business entity for the lavender farm, and they needed a name for the company. Bill called Wendy and said they had to get this done! She had been making wreaths that day and was taking pictures. She had placed one wreath on a red metal chair (they had purchased many years before) for the photos. While Bill pressed her for name suggestions on the phone, she stopped abruptly and said “Red Chair Lavender!" Both instantly liked the name, so the rest is history.
Today, Red Chair Lavender offers over fifty products, and it continues to grow. It has been a very rewarding and happy journey for Bill and Wendy, and for countless others who have visited the farm. Red Chair Lavender Farm aims to keep inventing, growing, and making people happy. Thanks for all the memories!
During the building process, Wendy began landscaping the areas around the house. Just as soon as an area was graded and ready, Wendy would be planting. Trees, bushes, bulbs, and anything she could find to accent areas went in as fast as Bill finished grading an area. Their gardens grew in size and areas for the couple's horses were fenced in. They also built a barn to keep hay and wood dry for winter (the barn burned down in 2017 and was replaced with a new metal barn — a new shop will soon be added into the new barn as well).
Bill and Wendy decided to grow lavender after spending time at a lavender festival outside of Pendleton, Oregon, while visiting their daughter and son-in-law over a weekend. After enjoying the fun and festivities of that festival, they decided they could grow lavender in an area that had been used for hay.
The lavender field was officially started in 2011 and was planted over the next three years. There was no grand plan for the field, but overtime it continued to grow in size. Bill got the first still, “Lavanda” in 2014 and they immediately began distilling oil from the harvested lavender. A second still was purchased three years ago to help with the harvest. Wendy’s initial idea for products was to use enough of the essential oil so you can actually smell it in the products.
Wendy and Bill are often asked the story behind the name “Red Chair Lavender," and here it is in short: Bill was traveling for his assisted living business in Chicago during the time they were finalizing the business entity for the lavender farm, and they needed a name for the company. Bill called Wendy and said they had to get this done! She had been making wreaths that day and was taking pictures. She had placed one wreath on a red metal chair (they had purchased many years before) for the photos. While Bill pressed her for name suggestions on the phone, she stopped abruptly and said “Red Chair Lavender!" Both instantly liked the name, so the rest is history.
Today, Red Chair Lavender offers over fifty products, and it continues to grow. It has been a very rewarding and happy journey for Bill and Wendy, and for countless others who have visited the farm. Red Chair Lavender Farm aims to keep inventing, growing, and making people happy. Thanks for all the memories!
