Bee Home Cottage

We’ll be exhibiting with a stall at the Greentown Show in Grantown-on-Spey this Saturday on the green. Come and say hello and be among the first smell a new soap we have in the works (but not ready yet for sale)! We’ll have our full line of all-natural plant-based soaps and creams for skin, hair and home available for purchase, as well as lovely handmade soap savers and soap dishes made in Boat of Garden and Tomintoul.

See you Saturday from 10 am to 3 pm! ✨🫧🌱🐝

It’s market day in Grantown-on-Spey at the - a lovely day on the green! Our full line of soaps and creams for skin, hair and home are on offer. We’re here until 3 pm! We also have a full replenishment of beautiful soap savers handmade by Marie Butcher in Tomintoul and one-of-a-kind soap dishes handmade by Andy of Windfall Crafts in Boat of Garden. We’re also offering a 10% market discount on all purchases over £20. Hope to see you!

We are really excited to be attending The Cairngorms Farmers Market in Grantown on Spey this Sunday! We’ll have our full line of products on offer with a few market specials: shampoo & body soaps, all-natural all purpose cleaning spray, face cream, hand & body cream, and beautiful locally made soap dishes and soap savers. We never use palm oil or artificial perfumes - only natural and organic oils and essential oils. All are hand made is small batches by John and me in Rafford, Forres.

We look forward to seeing you alongside a wonderful line-up of other local artisans and makers this Sunday from 10 am til 3 pm. 🌱🐝✨🌼🫧🫶🏻

Printing off our handouts for this weekend’s workshop with volunteers! We’ll be holding this workshop at The Hive building on the willow field of just up the road here in Rafford! Thanks to for suggesting this workshop after having attended our second session over the winter. This one will have a seaweed theme to tie into MOC’s great work. 🌊🫧🌱

Sometimes we receive a testimonial that makes our hearts sing and completely affirms our chosen livelihood. This one brought a little tear of joy to my eye. 🙏🏻 Thanks for sharing, Nina!

Nina contacted us to find out where she can buy more, having received it as a gift. She was thrilled to learn she can buy it at Spey Larder, her favourite stop for a sandwich! 💜

Many of you already know we’re big fans of the circular economy, giving back 50p for every returned skin cream jar for reuse. This has also been a year of learning to sew, with the latest project being this up-cycled jumper for our dog Pippin. It is made from an old wool jumper that shrunk and felted in the wash as well as some scarves from my days volunteering for . Pippin is my absolute favourite girl on the run and being a “southern belle” rescue dog from South Carolina, she really feels cold Scottish days. Not too bad for a first attempt at sewing clothes! 😆 Needs a few small adjustments but she is quite pleased with how warm and cosy it is! ♻️

Local seaweed! This evening during the nearly full moon low tide, I went out foraging for bladderwrack and kelp with my very wise foraging friend … and found an abundance of both along Cummingston beach just 13 miles from us. I harvested just a little from many many plants to ensure no harm was done to any of them. My foraged bounty is all rinsed and drying in the soap studio now and when they’re finished we’ll be making Invigorating Seaweed shampoo & body bars from our own locally foraged seaweed. That brings me incredible joy and we hope it will for all you Invigorating Seaweed lovers too! 🌊🌕🙏🏻

We are so excited for the Farm Shop at Marcassie Farm Lodges to be re-opening this Tuesday! As always, our full line of products will be on offer in the shop, alongside so many beautiful artisanal wares and Gulli’s amazing culinary delectables! 👩‍🍳☕️🥮

After a long winter we are delighted to be opening our doors again to all our lovely customers old and new, from Wednesday 1st of April!

Come say hi, grab a bite and coffee, or some local artisan delights, enjoy a wander around the pond or soak up the calm on our little deck outside.

Expect familiar favourite with some new additions 💚😊

We have missed you!

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