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Jo and Ben
Boughton-White
Paul Wicker Ruth Cowell
Duchess of Cornwall Inn Poundbury Pilates
Dorwest Herbs
They said they were both drawn to Poundbury
for the location and the fact it was a great place for
their family.
Their business is nestled in the courtyard they share
with the Dorset Creative Arts Centre and Weymouth
College Stonemasonry School.
Across the road is the fascinating headquarters of
Dorwest Herbs. The business has been in Managing
Director Jo Boughton-White's family for generations
and 18 months ago she moved the business to
Poundbury so it could expand.
This year, Dorwest is celebrating 70 years in
Amanda and Charlie
business, with brand new products as well as their
Notarianni Glass
popular veterinary and pet herbal products such
as calming tablets. As the third generation of her
family to lead Dorwest, Jo explains: “It is incredible
director, walking
to think that seven decades and three generations
their whippets around Poundbury on return back
ago my grandparents Murray and Dorothy Ellis were
to the offices. The ground floor is a sterile factory
pulling together their initial ideas for a business. Their
where the products are produced and upstairs is home
passion for both herbs and health planted the seeds
to their 17 members of staff.
to create Dorwest and the
The couple say the move to
development of those unique
The fascinating veterinary Poundbury has been great for the
herbal formulations. It wasn’t
products made by Dorwest company, allowing it to expand,
until the 1960s and 70s that
benefit from better transport links
are now sold in twenty
Dorwest really came into its
and be part of a wider business
own and started specialising
countries and revered at top community.
in the veterinary market. This
dog shows such as Crufts
From animal health to wellness
injection of energy, knowledge
for adults, moving on up through
and passion came from my parents Mary and Tony
Poundbury and