We love the warm weather illustrations the super talented Julianna Swaney created for us to embrace the arrival of Spring and Summer!

Today marks the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day and we are celebrating the occasion with a special collaboration with our very favorite forest friends over at Hazel Village. Our special set with Hazel Village encourages wee bees to admire and help with gardening...while getting a little help from their Hazel Village animal friends! With your encouragement of their gardening endeavors, we hope it also cultivates an appreciation for nature all around them and a start to understanding the importance of conservation. 

Ella Toad is always ready to take care of her home in the woods with great conservation and care. She puts on her special workwear dress and pinafore apron to do her cleanups and gardening. Planting her garden with wildflowers to attract bees, she also loves to admire all the other curiosities nature has to offer.  

In addition to Ella Toad and her workwear gear, our set also includes a small packet of wildflower seeds, 2 peat pots for seed planting, 3 small garden tools for children, a specimen card to keep and document a favorite nature find and a reusable, branded waxed canvas lunch bag.

Our very special thanks to Hazel Village for another fun collaboration! xo, K + M

Ever since we first discovered Bloomsbury Farm and immediately started following Lauren Palmer on Instagram, her daughter & their farm’s story we were immediately drawn into the life, philosophy and product they are cultivating on their 400+ acre organic farm just outside of Nashville, Tennessee. Bloomsbury Farm is so much more than just a working farm cultivating produce and products to sell at local farmers markets, produce sections and thru their gorgeous CSA baskets. They offer an incredible opportunity to be a part of their way of life hosting Camp Bloomsbury, a children's camp during the year and in summer months providing children a safe space to grow, develop imagination and explore the natural beauty of the farm and forest. They also host weddings & events on their idyllic property and even a place to getaway and stay.

They were kind enough to collaborate with us on our collection products & farm finds that look freshly picked or gathered from their fields and coops or sold at their beautiful farmers market stand every Saturday in Nashville.  Encouraging play and a healthy lifestyle, we hope you'll check out our special collection of handmade wood & fabric vegetables, heritage breed eggs, mushroom mix and more - all inspired by the spring bounty of Bloomsbury.

 

The biggest thank you to Lauren and Bloomsbury Farm for this collaboration, her beautiful and inspiring life and making a difference in the world with her amazing dedication to farming.

 Photos of farm & Lauren courtesy of Bloomsbury Farm.

Nobody anticipates spring with more excitement and whirling joy than the bees. Blooming flowers and warming temps get us buzzing! This year our spring collection started with a color palette of some of our favorite, happy hues. From bunnies to baskets full of springtime fun...and batches of fun play food, we've got so many things for inside and outside adventures.

The Twig & Moth kid's garden journal is always a top seller along with our wooden flower press.  

Baskets & curated Easter sets make looking for goodies easy...and the Easter bunny will so appreciate your help. 

Outside exploring, documenting and free play are so sweet after the winter! New. to the shop are these fun magnifying glasses, made especially for wee bees. 

Freshly picked play food always is a kid crowd pleaser and even just one of these handmade Root & Grow Seedling Co. vegetables will be hit in any basket or gift.  

Bunnies, books and books on bunnies are all waiting for you in our spring & Easter collection! Buzz-Buzz!

When we sat down to plan what our Spring product line would look like way back in the cold Winter months the word "Grow" felt just right for what we wanted to theme products around. The season of growth in nature, gardens and in children constantly inspires us...but especially in the Spring! Our heirloom Root & Grow Seedling Co. fabric and wood play food vegetables are lovingly handmade of non-toxic materials one at a time with woodworking and sewing. Finished with beeswax or flaxseed oils to protect the wood, these precious pieces can be enjoyed for generations to come! 

Our "How Does Your Garden Grow" art print was created especially for us by Baltimore paper cut artist extraordinaire, Annie Howe. This piece started with an original hand cut piece by Annie. This beautiful keepsake print in sage green is a perfect way to bring the outdoors in! A perfect gift and decor piece for a bedroom or nursery, playroom gallery wall, potting shed or office desk...you can almost hear the bees buzzing and small the garden flowers blooming!

The Twig & Moth Kids Garden Journal will help plant the seed for appreciating gardening and nature...and to also help grow skills of careful observing, studying and documenting progress and lessons learned.

We also introduced our celebration of growth in children with our new Birthday "Card" keepsake. We love bee-days and this letterpress keepsake is meant for wee bees to fill out each year (or every few birthdays) to capture their wishes & whims at each birthday. Tuck these away in a safe spot for future fond memories...or make a tradition and bring them out every year to see how responses change over the years.

We hope your Spring is filled with things that inspire you to grow too!