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Free soap for children at Saturday's Stroud Farmers' Market!

by Rachael Lythgoe March 21, 2018

It's Children's Day at Saturday's Stroud Farmers' Market, which means lots of free tasters and treats. We're thrilled to be taking part this year, ...

Package free soaps are now available in the Made in Stroud shop

by Rachael Lythgoe March 15, 2018

You can now buy a selection of unwrapped College Green soaps in the Made in Stroud shop. When we announced that our soaps would be available pack...

Posted in Made in Stroud, package free, plastic free, unwrapped, zero waste

Crufts? We stayed home and made a batch of natural dog soap instead.

by Rachael Lythgoe March 12, 2018

While thousands of dog lovers attended Crufts this weekend, we stayed at home in the Cotswolds with our three spaniels and played their favourite g...

Posted in Crufts, dog soap, dogs, flea, natural flea repellent, natural tick repellent, tick

Shopping in Stroud, Gloucester or Tewkesbury today? Natural soap makes a perfect Mother's Day gift!

by Rachael Lythgoe March 10, 2018

If you’re looking for a thoughtful Mother’s Day gift, then how about a beautifully packaged natural soap, that's been hand made in small batches us...

Posted in gift, gift idea, Mother's Day

It's not too late! Make an easy cupcake bath bomb for Mother's Day

by Rachael Lythgoe March 08, 2018

Spending the time to hand-make a gift for Mother's Day is a really special way to say 'I love you.' Mums especially love home made presents, and ap...

Posted in bath bomb, bath fizzer, DIY gift, gift, Mother's Day, present

Beat the winter chills with a DIY mustard bath

by Rachael Lythgoe March 02, 2018

Whether you’ve spent the day battling through snow, you’re exhausted from great day's sledging or even if you've been hunkered down with the doors...

Posted in bath soak, DIY bath soak, Epsom salts, essential oil, foot soak, mustard bath, present, relaxing, snow, warming, winter

No cash? No worries! We've got a card machine!

by Rachael Lythgoe February 21, 2018

Life's full of problems. Like when you come across the perfect mother's day present at the farmers' market and you've spent all your cash on herita...

Posted in card reader, Farmers' Market, gift, iZettle, Mother's Day, pay, rose geranium

Posted in blog, clean & green, cleaning products, green, green alternatives, Happy New Year, New Year, New Year's resolutions

Free soap for children at Saturday's Stroud Farmers' Market!

Package free soaps are now available in the Made in Stroud shop

Crufts? We stayed home and made a batch of natural dog soap instead.

Shopping in Stroud, Gloucester or Tewkesbury today? Natural soap makes a perfect Mother's Day gift!

It's not too late! Make an easy cupcake bath bomb for Mother's Day

Beat the winter chills with a DIY mustard bath

No cash? No worries! We've got a card machine!

We've gone N A K E D !

It's our first birthday! Celebrate with us at Stroud Farmers' Market on Saturday 27th January

By invitation from Tewkesbury Abbey - College Green soaps are now stocked in the abbey gift shop

Gorgeous ginger - why it's so fantastic in soap

The simplest new year's resolution of all