Ms Maye says her farm in Banstead, which is open to visitors, grows its lavender organically, so relies on workers to manually weed its crops.
“We weed 140,000 plants by hand so that it’s beautifully manicured, so that people do want to visit a lavender farm,” the farmer told BBC Radio Surrey.
“Since Brexit, getting workers to come in has been quite difficult because of the visas that have been required now to bring people in.”
Ms Maye added that sponsoring visas was “hugely expensive” and there “aren’t as many workers that want to come over”.
She said: “It’s always a bit touch and go whether we manage to get everything weeded in time for the season starting.”