NEW: Candle Making Kits
Make your own high-quality beautifully scented natural soy wax candles. Each kit contains:
Retailing at £17.99 in some stores, but our price is £15.99 |
HAIRY BALLZ are a great gift, not least because of the name! And when you buy a pack, you are supporting the charities Surfers Against Sewage and Ballboys, supporting awareness of testicular cancer.
Put these wool balls in your washing machine - as water from your laundry passes through them they catch the tiny particles of synthetic fibre that have been released from your clothing. The ballz will keep working on reducing ocean pollution for approximately 100 washes. When they need to be changed they can be put out with your clothes recycling or taken to a local textile recycling point. £9.99 |
This make-your-own bird feeder makes an unusual and interesting gift for a child. It comes complete with a base made from recycled plant pots, a rubber seal/stopper made from recycled car tyres, two blank wraps to make your own design, string, instructions and a child-friendly pamphlet explaining recycling. All that is needed is a tin and some crayons! £7.50 (limited stock) SORRY, NOW SOLD OUT |
NOODSkin SOAPS are made locally with natural simple ingredients so they are suitable even for people with acne, eczema or sensitive skin. The soaps are made with natural extracts and are colour and paraben free, fragranced with pure aromatherapy oils. We have a large range of fragrances - far more than we can show here.
£4.95 to £6.95 Also from the same supplier, based not far from us in Reading, are natural lip balms (£3.95), Konjac sponges, pink clay or charcoal (£4.95), Face scrubbies (£11.95) SORRY, SOLD OUT, and Bamboo face cloths (£5.95) ALSO SOLD OUT. All NOOD products are naturally derived, either plant based or provided by the earth and packaged in plastic free materials. |
This unlined roomy wash bag is also made from recycled inner tubes saved from UK landfill. Some of the recycled inner tubes have manufacturers' writing or the odd puncture repair patch meaning no two wash bags will ever be identical. 24cm by 13cm by 11cm Please note, the wash bag comes without the contents shown. £16.80 NOW REDUCED TO £14.80 |
CHILLY BOTTLES AND FOOD POTS are great presents for young and not-so-young, and our prices are the same as in the major retailers such as John Lewis.
The advanced wall technology keeps hot drinks hot for about 12 hours and cold drinks cold for about 24 hours. (Beware cheaper imitations!) Available in a large range of different colours and designs and in different sizes, each with a stylish cylindrical card container. Stop press: now available: Chilly food pots to keep your food warm/hot all day. |
rCUPs are also great, so much so they were voted best buy for reusable coffee cups (Which, November 2018). rCUPs are the world's first reusable coffee cups and travel mugs made from recycled paper coffee cups. The cup is 100% leak proof, dishwasher safe and features '360 drinking', so no more sipping through a hole! Available in a range of different colours. LIMITED STOCK £12 |
Little B BEESWAX WRAPS Handmade reusable food wraps, made from organic cotton (GOTS certified), beeswax, tree resin, jojoba oil. A natural way to keep food fresh - ideal for wrapping sandwiches, cheese, half cut fruit/vegetables, covering bowls, using as snack pouches for work or school, and more. Made locally by the lovely Claire. £14.50 |
POKING STICK Eco-bricking is becoming a popular way to remove plastic from the environment by forcing single-use waste plastic into plastic bottles which are then used as bricks in building projects. (For information about ecobricking and the projects the shop runs, see our ecobricking page.) Give someone an original but useful gift of a 'poking' stick to push that pesky waste plastic down. Hand-made in Newbury from pre-used wood. |
We support local artists - their original artwork is displayed in the café and is for sale. There is a waiting list for artists to show their work so the pictures on display change on a regular basis.
Half of all profits received by the shop on artwork is donated to charities. If you are interested in displaying your work, you are welcome to get in touch. |