Every year in August the Provence town of Sault is drenched in the scent of lavender. Mothers and their babies, schoolchildren, cranky old men and their dogs, everybody smells of lavender. In Sault, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It has become a symbol of Provence in southern France, but there is a warning that it’s under threat from climate change. Lavender ...

Q: OK, I know it has been done a million times before, but after a recent trip to southern France I really want to plant a little bit of Provence in my garden. I live in sunny Sebastopol, so I think ...

With its swathes of waving blue flowers, delicious scent and squadrons of butterflies and bees, I am standing in a field that could be in Provence in the South of France. A great plantation of ...

AIX EN PROVENCE, France — Down a row of sage-colored trees, workers on footstools with battery-powered rakes shake the last black and green fruits off the branches. Christine Cheylan eyes the progress ...

“I sometimes run counter to tradition,” says Laurent Fages. "At one point I was giving horse-back rides, I brew beer. Now it’s lavender. I've been known to do things a little differently!” Fages runs ...