The Lavender Mob.

The article provides information on the development of the Carshalton Lavender project in London, England. Tree surgeon Roger Webb started the project by placing ads in local papers and flyers, telling the community he was looking for lavender plants that had grown in gardens for more than 20 to 30 years. The seven most promising locations across the borough were selected, from which they hoped to reproduce lavender that was as close to the strains grown in the plant's heyday. The project took Roger's cuttings and grew them into 2,500 to 3,000 young lavender bushes. The project was voted Conservation Project of the Year in The Observer Ethical Awards.