Hello and welcome to Natural Cumbria. I have had this vision and been working on this project for a while around family life and my other businesses Hatti Burt Flower Essences & Creative Soul Design.

For the past 9 years I have been working in my design business and have worked with many ethical and holistic businesses. I have also spent time learning about holistic therapies myself and embarked on an adventure with my family to Central Portugal where we lived an ‘eco’ off-grid lifestyle. During all of these experiences I have learned about the importance of living a natural lifestyle both for the benefit of the planet we live on and all living things that live on it. The trees, flowers and ecosystems, animals and humans alike.

After living off-grid in Portugal with our own solar and water supply, growing food or buying it from other locals, also attending eco markets to buy other goods, coming back to the UK after 2 years of this was something as a family, we needed to adapt to again. It is so much more difficult to get hold of plastic free food in rural Cumbria, however I noticed more and more exciting businesses who are thinking more sustainably.

There is so much more of a push now for plastic free shopping, ethical food, holistic healthcare, eco holidays and experiences – people want to move in the right direction for a sustainable lifestyle however they still want to be able to have, if possible, the convenience they are accustomed to here in the UK. This is what I aim to bring with Natural Cumbria – an easy way to find all of these businesses around our beautiful county.

With Natural Cumbria I would love to offer the online directory but also eventually a place where like minded business owners can network and talk about the future of sustainable business around Cumbria. If you would like to become a member please do find out more on our JOIN US page.