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Plantes des Cévennes
A Cévenol farm where medicinal plants, transmission, and distillation still follow the rhythm of the seasons.
Organic cultivation, local distillation, hydrolats, essential oils, and peasant herbal knowledge passed from one generation to the next.
Cévennes, France
A living farm rooted in the Cévennes mountains.
Founded in 1978 by Geneviève in the Cévennes valleys, the farm first began as a goat farm before gradually evolving toward aromatic and medicinal plants.
Since 2004, the farm has cultivated, harvested and transformed organic plants through a deeply artisanal and local approach.
What immediately resonated with us was the simplicity of the place, the human coherence of the project, and the rare feeling of a farm where plants are still part of daily life.
Transmission & Farm
Antonin & Julie
A story of transmission, territory and gradual learning around Cévenol medicinal plants.
Beyond essential oils, the farm transmits a relationship with the living world deeply rooted in Cévennes mountains, seasonal rhythms, and everyday gestures.
Founded
1978
Certification
Agriculture Biologique
Approach
Peasant & artisanal cultivation
Distillation
Village still
Transformation
Oils, hydrolats & cosmetics
Values
Transmission & biodiversity
Location
Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française
Visits
Educational farm visits
A peasant approach to plants
Cultivate, harvest, distill and transmit.
Plants are cultivated on Cévenol land and distilled fresh in the village still of Sainte-Croix-Vallée-Française.
Spring water is heated into steam and slowly passes through the plants to extract their aromatic compounds and hydrolats.
Each plant carries its own yield and rhythm. Some produce very little essential oil yet offer extraordinary aromatic richness, such as lemon balm or Roman chamomile.
This local and seasonal approach creates oils deeply connected to the Cévennes climate, mountains, soils and living ecosystems.
Why We Chose Them
“A farm where plants are not simply produced, but truly lived with.”
Plantes des Cévennes reflects a simpler, more rooted and deeply human aromatherapy. Distillation remains connected to the land, the seasons and everyday farm work.
We were also moved by their desire to transmit knowledge through visits, conversations and an accessible approach to medicinal plants.
Why this source
A living example of ecological transition, where a traditional farm becomes a medicinal plant ecosystem, guided by ethical farming movements and deep respect for cultivated biodiversity.
Ecological sourcing
Low-intervention cultivation
Organic farming, biodynamics, diversified and manual systems.
Aromatic transformation
Integrated artisanal distillation
Own still, full process control, low pressure distillation.
Producer relationship
Direct producer relationship
Fully controlled chain from producer to product.
How we evaluate our sources
Each source is evaluated along three axes: the ecological origin of the plant, the integrity of the transformation process, and the nature of our relationship with the producer. This grid doesn't replace our judgment — it makes it checkable.
Visit the Farm
Smell the plants where they grow.
Walks through the fields, tastings, hydrolats and encounters around Cévenol medicinal plants.
Continue Exploring
From plants to oils: understanding living botanical materials.
The cultivation and harvesting work of Plantes des Cévennes reminds us that quality begins with the plant itself. These resources explore a few essential aromatherapy fundamentals.
Discover their world
Explore the farm and their plants.
Plantes des Cévennes offers essential oils, hydrolats, artisanal cosmetics and educational farm visits directly from their Cévennes farm.
Professional Sourcing
Is this the right producer for your need?
Finding Plantes des Cévennes is only the first step. Knowing whether their oil, chemotype and production capacity actually fit your project is another matter, that's the work I do with the brands, formulators and practitioners who reach out to me.