Modern Botany Herb Garden Update Modern Botany Oil, A Gardener’s Little Helper It’s that time of year when we are busily preparing the ground for our medicinal herb growing.   Over the past 5 years we have been growing test crops on our Modern Botany farm and using these extracts in our Research and Development for new product development.    Last year was the first year that we were delighted to incorporate our home-grown Roman Chamomile; German Chamomile and Calendula extracts into our formulations.   It was our dream from the very start when establishing Modern Bot ..read more

YOU SPOKE AND WE LISTENED Laying down foundations for our long-term sustainable future We want to say to all of you who love and incorporate our Deodorant into your daily living that we really appreciate this! Thank you for being such a loyal customer of our 100% natural Modern Botany Deodorant. We know that you will be disappointed to hear that from today we will be temporarily out of stock on all our Modern Botany Deodorant lines for a short time. Over the past few years, we have listened attentively to our customers on what they liked and what they thought needed improving about this pr ..read more

UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL WITH JOHN Murray co-founder of modern botany I was trying to think back when I first started to awaken to ‘doing my bit for the planet’ and where I kick-started my sustainability journey. I remember, back in the 90’s, I was reading an article by a global celebrity who shared that an individual could waste up to 4 gallons of water by leaving the tap running whilst brushing teeth twice a day. That was a wakeup call for me and since then have put that learning into action! I have evolved to a more reflective manner of living that now allows me to see the world and my daily ..read more

I always carry with me a fond memory as a boy walking in the woods of Hubbard’s Hill in Lincolnshire near where I was brought up. I can still see those towering pines touching the clouds and smell the invigorating aromas of cedarwood and hew, as I walked with my family. There was a feeling of happiness, security and wellbeing in those woods and a sense of time standing still. Time did however pass, and I have since lived all over the world with my work as a scientist in places like the rain forests of the Amazon and South East Asia, to woodlands in Japan and South Korea. But no matter where ..read more

A love letter to the Soil Valentine’s Day is looming, and we are huddled together in our Modern Botany HQ strategising what to prepare for this year’s big commercial feast. And then it struck us that we did not want to participate in this at all, but yet wanted to express in an honest way what we and our Modernbotanist’s really love and are passionate about, without the fake hearts and roses bit! All roads led to ‘the Soil’, which as you know, is the core and heart of our brand. So here is my love letter to the Soil! When I was a boy, growing up in rural Ireland we lived on a small farm hol ..read more

Dr. Simon Jackson Talks Recovery Cream The Christmas and New Year rush left us with little time to write in the journal about what seems to be the latest love of our tribe members lives - our new Recovery Cream. Just like our other hero products, Modern Botany Recovery Cream is a multi-purpose saviour to heal dry skin as well as being an antidote for life’s knocks and scrapes which our skin takes the impact of. We also think that the name perfectly captures just what we all need right now - some time to recover from all the world has thrown at us which our skin has also been paying for.  ..read more

Sometimes the simplest habits are also the most effective. Strip back your self-care routine with our collection of essential products, made with 100% natural ingredients, and let nature do the hard work.    What does this look like in practice? At Modern Botany, we choose to bypass the long, illegible ingredient lists and the formulas combining tiny amounts of hundreds of ingredients – all for the sake of marketing – in favour of a decidedly more minimal approach.    We know that skincare products are at their best when they contain no more than five active ingredients ..read more

Since they were first sown in April and May, our crops of calendula, Roman chamomile and German chamomile have taken wonderfully in the herb garden at Modern Botany HQ, helped along by the sunny weather we’ve seen in West Cork.    We practised effective weed management in the weeks following the sowing with anti-invasive means, to avoid chemical alternatives.Since then, the weeding has been overseen by our co-founder John Murray on his hands and knees – it’s not an easy job, but a remarkably rewarding one. He and Dr. Simon Jackson pick the calendula flowers by hand, and the cham ..read more

Last week we marked World Nature Conservation Day, a moment dedicated to the global effort to preserve the health of the planet we all share.    It’s a cause very close to our hearts. Modern Botany ingredients are all natural, and grown in a way that does absolutely no harm to the environment. We are proud to support regenerative farming – a system of farming principles and practices that seeks to rehabilitate and enhance our entire ecosystem.   For our award-winning self-care formulas, only the best will do. Which is why we are working on incorporating our own, home-grown ing ..read more

At Modern Botany, we believe in making the materials we use go as far as possible – and being gentler on the Earth in the process. So when our loyal customers told us they wanted a more sustainable way to replace their favourite products, we decided to do something about it.    With that in mind, our essential Multi-Tasking Oil, an all-round solution to dry, sensitive skin, is now available in a family-friendly, 250ml refill-size edition, with a saving of more than 30% and less packaging to recycle than ever before. Each one comes with an empty 60ml bottle and a pump, to make the t ..read more