Cocktail

1. Place the lavender buds, rose petals, lemon and sugar in a heat proof jug.
2. Bang them about a bit with the end of a wooden spoon to release the oils.
3. Pour in the just boiled water
4. Stir until the sugar dissolves.
5. Leave 1 hour to overnight to steep in fridge.
6. When ready to serve, add the juice of 2 lemons to the jug.
7. Taste for sweetness, you may want to add more sugar or lemon to adjust to your taste.
8. Strain.
9. Fill your glasses about a third of the way with the lavender and rose lemonade.

For the Lemonade

1. Top with soda water.

For the Crackling Rosie

1. Add a shot of gin into the glass before the soda water.
2. Stir.

For the Flower Power

1. Rim the glass with lavender sugar
2. Add floral icecubes
3. Pour in the gin
4. Pour in the lemonade
5. Top with St Germain

Floral Icecubes

1. The petals or flowers will float so for best results you need to use a layering process.
2. Place the petals or flower into ice cube trays.
3. Fill with water to half way.
4. Freeze.
5. Once frozen top with more water to fill so the petals or flowers are totally covered.

Lavender Sugar

1. Place the lavender buds in a mortar and pestle.
2. Add the sugar and grind together until the flowers break up and the sugar becomes very fine. Taste. If not strong enough keep going or add more flowers.
3. There will be a lot of the sugar left over. Use in baking or make more cocktails!
4. To rim the glass, soak a cotton ball in orange flower water, rose water, lemon juice or even the lemonade.
5. Run the cotton ball along the rim of the glass to moisten.
6. Roll the rim of the glass in the sugar mixture.