Since we were in the wholesale lavender business 8 years we weren’t going to give out our prized wholesale lavender bud contacts but now that we have closed our wholesale business we can freely share them with you. We spent many, many hours searching our sources for wholesale lavender and in this one article you will now know our prized secret wholesale lavender sources.
You will find that these lavender sources usually sell several types of lavender buds and also lavender essential oils or various types. When ordering lavender buds, you may come across several names for the different grades of buds. The potpourri grade is commonly named: lavender #2, extra, or blue/grey. The lavender buds typically used for culinary is commonly called lavender #1 or super.
While none of these suppliers will call the lavender buds culinary or good for eating, we always sold lavender super as the culinary variety. It is not treated with chemicals so is safe to consume. We would never suggest eating the blue/gray variety because they use chemicals to keep the bugs down and when they bring it in the country from France. All of the lavender buds we ever bought and sold came from France. You can buy lavender buds from places like Sequim, Washington lavender farms but we never would because what is grown here in the states isn’t as fragrant as what you will get from France.
Our list of wholesale lavender bud resources is listed from the cheapest to the most expensive.
Stay tuned for our post on where to buy wholesale lavender bunches.
Lebermuth
Lebermuth, located in Indiana, does not have a minimum order, but there is a $20 processing fee for orders under $300. Lebermuth deals in bulk quantities or lavender buds and also sells lavender essential oil and lots of other herbs and spices. They will charge a handling and processing fee for any orders that require repackaging of botanicals, herbs, and / or spices. They had the lowest prices of all the companies we used, especially when ordering large quantities. We never had any problems with them. Their customer service representatives were very helpful and easy to work with.
Atlantic Spice
Atlantic Spice, located in Massachusetts, lavender buds cost more than Lebermuth, however, their advantage is you can get smaller quantities; that is, you can order a pound of this and a pound of that or sometimes even 4 ounces of whatever herb or spice you need. They also sell lavender essential oil along with the lavender buds. Atlantic Spice has a $30 minimum order size, prior to shipping. They offer volume discounts as well as order cost discounts. The volume discounts break points occur at 5 pounds and 25 pounds. It is 10% off the one pound price when ordering between 5 and 24 pounds. It is 15% off the one pound price when ordering 25 pounds or more. You get a 10% discount when you order is over $200 and 15% discount when your order is over $500. Except for a couple times, Atlantic Spice has shipped our orders within one business day.
On the west coast is a company almost identical to Atlantic Spice (the owners of each are friends) called San Francisco Herb.
Both Atlantic Spice and San Francisco Herb sell lavender bunches. You have to make sure to ask them what year they are from or you can get bunches that are so brittle you won’t be able to resell them.
Monterey Bay Spice Company
Monerey Bay Spice company is located in Santa Cruz, California, and sells a variety of lavender buds called Lavandula officinalis. They sell it in the blue/gray version, super, organic, and powder form. They also sell Lavender angustifolia essential oil and a synthetic lavender oil.
Whole Spice
The Whole Spice company is located in Santa Cruz, California, and sells Lavandula Angustifolia. They sell it in the in small quantities ranging from 0.48 oz, 4 ounce, and 1 and 5 lb bags. They also sell lavender powder, lavender sugar, and lavender sea salt.
While this is not an extensive list of wholesale lavender suppliers you really don’t need one. Our research showed us that the top 2 were the only sources were ever needed and in the 8 years we were in business that is all we bought from.
