Meet Lavender Lori, Missoula Purveyor of Calm

Missoula Profiles

By Alexia Beckerling, 8-28-08

Chances are if you’ve bought lavender in Missoula, be it in the form of a bouquet or a spritzer or a soap, it has come from a woman most people know as “Lavender Lori.”

A petite but loud woman with long silvery blond hair and a spritely step cultivates the therapeutic crop in the picturesque Rattlesnake valley, where it grows along the driveway of the Ten Spoon Winery, creating a frame of purple.

Once she harvests the lavender, Lori Parr Campell crafts the flowers into the wands, soaps, eye pillows, aromatherapy oil and stress-reducing spritzers that Missoulians pick up to wish and wash the cares of the world away.

In this profile, Alexia Beckerling looks at the life and work of “Lavender Lori.”

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Comments

By Jeanette Russell, 8-29-08

Lori and her lavender are remarkable! It should be noted that Lori is also a strong supporter of a many Missoula non-profits.

By Graham Walsh, 9-01-08

Well golly! I finally met Lori because she and her husband flew east for a family reunion (her husband's) and I encouraged them; you see her husband Andy is a dear old friend of mine, to come to another friend's homestead in Plainfield, MA. Great to see this. Thank you,

Graham Walsh
Portland, Maine

By Larry Eick, 9-01-08

Lori has brightened many lives in Missoula, not only with her lavender products but also with her smile, charm and old west grit. A big thank you to your magazine for sharing Lori's story with the rest of the world.... and to Alexia Beckerlings artistic skill. It would be nice to see more work by Alexia on a regular basis. I have enjoyed her work in your magazine. Keep up the good work.

Larry Eick
Missoula, MT

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