insideKENT Magazine Issue 90 - September 2019 | Page 50

ORGANIC KENT CONT.
BEARD JUICE OIL CO
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Enchanted Gardens
Whitstable // www.enchantedgardenskent.co.uk That Vegan Salon
Northfleet // www.thatvegansalon.co.uk
Enchanted Gardens is an organic nursery passionate
about environmental protection and bio-diversity.
It is a small operation specializing entirely in bee,
butterfly, moth and bat-friendly plants and habitats
- and they are possibly the only horticultural company
of this kind in the UK! The Enchanted Gardens are
members of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust,
Butterfly Conservation Charity, RHS Royal
Horticultural Society, Bat Conservation Trust, RSPB
Royal Society for the Protection of Birds. Did you know that you can enjoy organic hairdressing
as well as eating organic food? At That Vegan Salon
in Gravesend, only Organic Colour Systems dyes
and colours are used. They are completely cruelty
free, and include only the smallest amounts of
chemicals – most colours are up to 95 percent natural.
Yet the results are just as great as the chemical dyes
that you have been used to up until now. No more
bleaching, no more nasty chemicals, but you can
still have the look you want.
Artisan Bread Organic
Whitstable // www.artisanbread-abo.co.uk Beard Juice Oil Co
Margate // www.beardjuice.uk
Since 2001 Artisan Bread Organic has been baking
award-winning organic bread. ABO even mills their
own fresh flour from ancient grains like quinoa,
buckwheat and rice which, by nature, do not contain
any gluten. Plus they use traditional overnight
fermentation rather than gums and chemicals. As if
that isn’t enough, the bakery is powered by 100
percent renewable energy, and they are very nearly
entirely plastic free! When Beard Juice opened, there were already lots
of beard oils and male grooming products on the
market. But that didn’t stop them. Why? Because
they knew they could offer something different
to the male grooming market. Most of the other
oils they had come across were either made using
synthetic materials and chemicals, or they
were natural but were ruined with the addition
of fake scents.
This, as they say, is not the Beard Juice way. All of
the oils, balms and waxes that Beard Juice sells are
completely natural and organic, and any scents come
from blending beautiful essential oils. There are no
fake smells here, and no nasty ingredients within the
products they make and sell. Every batch made is
low quantity and very high quality. They only make
what they need, when it’s needed.
The Kent Dark Chocolate Company
Folkestone // www.kentdarkchocolate.co.uk
The Kent Dark Chocolate Company specialises in,
unsurprisingly, dark chocolate. But this company
does it in a sustainable way, using only cocoa beans
that are both organic and Fairtrade. Plus, the idea
behind the company is to support Kent based
charities and create jobs in the Folkestone area, all
the while promoting Kent across the world.