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<center>Beautiful Lavender is growing all over the Okanagan.  This plant/herb is very popular and known here in Penticton and you can see this plant pretty much anywhere you go including outside of many houses.  This plant is probably the most popular where people will plant them in their front/backyards.  
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<center>Before I moved here to the Okanagan, I have actually never seen Lavender.  I love the aroma of this amazing plant and how beautifully it looks.  And the beautiful thing is that you can enjoy this gorgeous aroma and the plant itself all year round since you can dry it up and keep it in your home throughout the winter season and still enjoy the relaxing aroma.
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<center>This plant is also known as a herb, which of course is edible and used in food preparation, but in small portions.  The leaves and flowers can be used fresh and you can also use the buds and stems in dried form.
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<center>This beautiful Lavender I found in one of the parks.
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<center>Most of us know and use Lavender as an Essential Oil, which is the most popular and used essential oil in the world and that is mainly because of the calming, relaxing, soothing properties.
Lavender essential oil is one of the most amazing oils used for skin (burns, scars, sunburns, cuts, wounds, blisters, skin irritations, itching of insect bites).  
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<center>Lavender essential oils is also a terrific treatment for relieving tension headaches, relaxing sore muscles, and amazing for a good night sleep.
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