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79R14884 JTR-D


By:  Rose                                                       H.C.R. No. 187



HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
	WHEREAS, Texas is known throughout the nation for the 
excellence and variety of its agricultural bounty, and among the 
most distinctive and appealing of the crops grown here is the 
versatile herb known as lavender; and
	WHEREAS, Lavender's fragrance is perhaps the best-known 
aspect of its appeal, but the herb has also been used by many for 
decorating, cooking, and medicinal purposes, and lavender oil is 
even thought to have played a role in the development of the first 
photographic image; and
	WHEREAS, Likened by some to the terrain in France where 
lavender has long been grown, the ruggedly beautiful Hill Country 
has, in recent years, become home to a number of lavender farms, 
including those in Blanco, Gillespie, Hays, Kerr, Llano, Mason, 
Kendall, Bandera, and Burnet Counties; and
	WHEREAS, The decision by local entrepreneurs to grow lavender 
in the very heart of the Lone Star State has produced outstanding 
results, and tourists now flock to the Hill Country Lavender Trail 
to pick bouquets of the herb and sample a surprising and delightful 
selection of lavender-infused products; and
	WHEREAS, This happy confluence of agriculture, aesthetics, 
and enterprise has for good reason become closely associated with 
the Hill Country, and it is indeed fitting to bestow legislative 
recognition on this singular success story; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the 79th Legislature of the State of Texas 
hereby designate the Hill Country as the Official Lavender Growing 
Region of Texas.