From My Hands to Yours
Beggars Ride Farm
"If wishes were horses, beggars would ride..."
from a 16th century English nursery rhyme
We all have wishes, mine was for a farm. While I’ve never had a big operation, I have been planting and tending gardens for a half century. Flowers have always claimed a good portion of my gardens. In the past, I grew Sweet Pea flowers destined for the Boston Wholesale Flower Market. For many years, I grew and dried flowers and herbs I crafted into wreaths and bouquets. Candle making was added to the enterprise when a beekeeper friend introduced me to the delights of beeswax. Since then, I've handrolled thousands of candles. In 2021, I launched Wild Beauties, a collection of made on the farm, organically sourced body care items.
I invite you to discover the candlelight, scents, and bodily pleasures from Beggars Ride Farm and Wild Beauties. Thanks for supporting my Ride!
Natalie Woodroofe
What I Make
My time as an organic gardener has shown me how I feed and tend the earth deeply influences what the gardens give back. Beeswax has also been a teacher. Its literal malleability, embedded flower pollen scent and properties, and long history of usefulness make it ripe for the making of things. Over the past four years, my use of beeswax has expanded beyond rolled candles to include crafting balms, salves and solid lotion bars.
Wild Beauties literally melts together beeswax and infused organic oils comprised of my long time organic flower garden friends - Lavender, Rosa rugosa and Calendula - and Dandelions gathered from my unsprayed fields. All are dried and then infused in organic oils for at least sixty days to concentrate their healing properties. These infusions are then blended with beeswax, other organic oils and plant-based butters, and essential oils.
Given the perilous environmental state of our planet, I have chosen to package my Wild Beauties items in tins that can be reused or recycled by my customers.
What One Customer Says...
“Last night my hands were a mess from working on glass for hours, so I used my lotion bar, and this morning my hands are back to normal - magical! I highly recommend Natalie's products, because they work and they smell terrific.”
Melanie Hamilton, owner of Hamilton Stained Glass
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About Beeswax Candles
Beeswax candles have been the preferred candle choice of royalty, places of worship and common folk for centuries. Beggars Ride Farm candles are made with pure beeswax, cotton wicking, warm hands and nothing else! The delicate and subtle fragrance of your candle is determined by the plant blossoms from which honey bees have gathered pollen.
A beeswax candle's light is much stronger and brighter than other kinds of candles. When burned, they emit negative ions, making them an excellent choice for people with allergies, asthma or chemical sensitivity. They are also said to stimulate creativity, intuition and dreams. We all need to have dreams...
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