ABOUT

Since 2018 I have been making small batch soap, bath, skin and hair care products using plant-based, ethically sourced ingredients and plastic free packaging, all under the name Fifield Road Apothecary, which is both where I live (Fifield Road) and what my studio aims to produce (plant based compounds for good health).  

I make my soap using the time honoured cold process method, and make every product I sell by hand. My 'Wildcrafted' designated products incorporate healing oil infusions made from plants that I responsibly forage from the fields and hedgerows on and around our family farm here in the Cotswolds. 

As a community herbalist, I also run regular foraging walks here on thee farm (identifying both edible and medicinal local plants), and teach seasonal workshops on home medicine making with both foraged and home grown plants. I love to spread the word to people in my community about the wisdom and myriad healing benefits that plants offer us freely all year round. A herbalist in every home is the goal!

I also offer hands on, botanical soap making workshops a few times a year. I usually list the dates for these on my Instagram page @fifieldroadapothecary so do follow along if these are of interest. 

When I’m not making things for my shop, I can be found wildcrafting my own herbal medicines, working on a quilt, or wandering through the woods foraging for edible, medicinal and dyer's plants and mushrooms. 

I've scaled back on wholesale production over the past year and a half in order to spend more time on projects underway here on the farm, including our new cafe. You can find out more about us at www.bruernfarms.co.uk If you've got any questions or wish to get in touch for any reason, do drop me an email at
[email protected]

Thanks so much for stopping by.

-Leslie Jowett Astor, Founder