As birds sang in the rain outside her studio, Laura Holly spoke of her deep love of flowers and herbs.
Like a bee, she gathers from hedgerows and meadows and quiet lanes; fir trees and big fields of daisies alike call her name.
Enough (and just enough) must be gathered of each plant to last a year of balms and potions.
You see, Laura runs Sugarloaf Botanics, a Wicklow based botanical brand; think healing balms, teas, body butters and soaps, all handmade with organically grown plants.
A meadow in a bottle, if you will.
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