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Learn more at gorgecf.org or call 509-250-3525 lavender. ey built the small, white shop building and Hope Ranch Lavender o cially opened on Father’s Day 2022. Locals came, as well as visitors from all over the world. ey began selling pure oils, dried lavender, fresh-cut ower bouquets, room and linen sprays, bath salts, lavender extract and culinary lavender.

As 2022 ended, Mike’s cancer returned. He had a second brain surgery early this year. He continues doing chemotherapy, and in midApril he nished a round of radiation.

Hope Ranch Lavender opened for the season on June 1. e Roulettes plan to continue replanting their lost lavender and improving the shop. Eventually they’d like to build a structure where they can host events.

“We’ve always been the type of people who work, then build what you can, and then do it again and again and again,” Mike says.

“Organically letting things grow,” Ivy adds, her hand covering Mike’s.

Making future plans for their farm, writing new chapters of their love story and their family’s story, feels a bit like new lavender plants — fragile but resilient.

“As far as being in the situation we’re in, we’re about as lucky as we can get,” Mike says. Like their farm, they’re full of hope. To learn more and order from the online shop, go to hoperanchlavender.com

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