What About Planting Lavender Around The Pond?

Last week I mentioned the addition of a new product for small ponds that blended lavender straw and barley together to help retard algae in ponds. This combination has shown good effects, and there is anecdotal evidence by some pond owners that each of these plants can restrict algae growth on all their own.

But a question came up…is there any reasonable use for lavender around the pond instead of in it?

Interestingly the answer appears to be yes!

After posting last week’s pond tip I received the following email from our friend Vic Kovaks.

Thank you for the latest update. I would like to add a comment on Lavender.

We have 3 Waterways and 5 ponds, spread out on over 10 acres inside a gated community. These are all lined and filled with rocks. Along the edges we have various shrubs and flowers. One of our big problem areas, since weeds thrived around the perimeter requiring manual labor for removal. After extensive weeding and planting , we found that wherever we planted Lavender, there were NO WEEDS growing!

Now we can harvest the Lavender and use the straw to treat the water! What a great way to use nature to help.

Vic…thank you for sharing this great information! I can’t say this would work in every instance but what a wonderful way to work naturally with your pond.