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Ontario Canada's rich agricultural landscape allows us to cultivate premium lavender while giving back to the land that sustains us.

Canada is home! As a Canadian farm, we wanted to celebrate our country’s natural beauty, resilience, and commitment to quality craftsmanship. The rich agricultural landscape of Ontario allows us to cultivate premium lavender and sunflowers while giving back to the land that sustains us.

Being a Canadian business means being part of a community that values sustainability, craftsmanship, and local entrepreneurship. We take pride in knowing that every product we create supports our local economy, farmers, and artisans. Canada is built on small businesses, and we are proud to be one of them.

Our Story and Mission

Hereward Farms is a sustainable lavender farm in East Garafraxa, Ontario, growing over 6,000 lavender plants and 400,000 sunflowers. We are passionate about creating all-natural, Canadian-made skincare and home products, crafted with the highest-quality ingredients straight from our farm. From our soil to your soul, we believe in transparency, sustainability, and a deep love for Canadian agriculture.

Shopping local isn’t just about buying a product—it’s about making a conscious choice to support Canadian businesses, create jobs, and reduce our environmental footprint.

Julie Thurgood-Burnett

Founder, Hereward Farms

Meet Julie

Julie Thurgood-Burnett is the Founder + CEO of Hereward Farms, who went from a marketing maven to a lavender queen where she discovered her true passion and built a thriving business. Her journey has been nothing short of a fairytale, blossoming from the marketing world to a flourishing lavender farmer in merely three years. Her take features a twist where she didn’t just uncover a new profession but stumbled upon her true life’s passion.

In a display of audacious ambition, what began as a flight of fancy – planting just 40 lavender plants on their sprawling 150-acre farm – has now burgeoned into an aromatic empire of 6,000 lavender plants and a most recently adding 200,000 sunflowers to their fields. But Julie’s vision wasn’t limited to farming or agri-tourism alone. An all-natural skincare and home products line, birthed from her labour of love, has proudly paraded the prestigious pages of Vogue and Vanity Fair.

But Julie’s reign isn’t about blossoming beauty or bountiful harvests. Her core values stem from an unwavering commitment to sustainability, a nurturing sense of community and a potent desire to empower individuals. Truly, she does it all, proving that dreams can grow wildly, just like lavender in a field.

Q&A

1. Where are you located in Canada?

Our 250-acre farm is located in East Garafraxa, Ontario, just over an hour from the Greater Toronto Area and a short drive from Orangeville, Fergus, and Grand Valley.

2. Why are you passionate about being a Canadian business?

Being a Canadian business means being part of a community that values sustainability, craftsmanship, and local entrepreneurship. We take pride in knowing that every product we create supports our local economy, farmers, and artisans. Canada is built on small businesses, and we are proud to be one of them.

3. How can you or your products help Canadian consumers?

Our all-natural skincare and home products offer Canadians a clean, locally made alternative to mass-produced, chemical-laden products. We are passionate about transparency, quality, and sustainability, ensuring that everything we produce is free from GMOs, parabens, and harsh additives. By choosing Hereward Farms, Canadians are not only investing in their well-being but also in a homegrown brand that reinvests in the local economy.

4. Why is it important to shop local?

Every purchase from a local brand fuels our economy, encourages innovation, and ensures that Canadian entrepreneurs continue to thrive. Now more than ever, with tariffs affecting our industries, choosing Canadian-made is a statement of resilience and unity.