Symbolism of Lavender

Language of Flowers - Communicates devotion & affection

Medicinal Properties - Eases headaches, anxiety, & exhaustion

Historical Importance - Used for purifying, healing, & perfuming

• Very valuable & usually reserved for royalty and priests

Bible References - Called nard or spikenard - indicates that the very best has been offered

• “Then Mary took a pound of spikenard, very costly, and anointed the feet of Jesus, wiping them with her hair.” (John 12:3)

• “While He was in Bethany, reclining at the table in the home of Simon the Leper, a woman came with an alabaster jar of very expensive perfume, made of pure nard. She broke the jar and poured the perfume on his head.” (Mark 14:3)

• “While my king sits at his table, my spikenard sends forth the smell.” (Song of Songs 1:12)

• “Your plants are an orchard of pomegranates with choice fruits, with henna and nard, nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with every kind of incense tree, with myrrh and aloes and all the finest spices.”