Jewellery Maker

Emma launched her brand in 2016, and it has since grown organically, attracting attention from the TATE Modern, TOAST, and features in The Independent and The Guardian for its focus on sustainable jewellery.

Drawing on her background with prop makers and fashion designers, Emma creates concept-driven, sculptural pieces inspired by emotive elements of nature—like the wind on skin or the smell of rain—bringing moments of connection into everyday life.

Committed to sustainability, Emma uses only ethically sourced materials and eco-friendly methods. She donates a portion of profits annually to Survival International and offers seasonal collections, bespoke pieces, wedding rings, and mentoring for emerging creatives.

https://emmaaitchison.com/

Medical Herbalists

At Radix Herbal Hub, the focus is on reconnecting people and plants. Medical Herbalists Olivia Cliff and Jude Greenan bring 25 years of experience to their one-to-one consultations, mentorships, and workshops. They offer personalised support for a wide range of health issues, from the simple to the complex. Their teaching is hands-on and rooted in plant encounters, storytelling, and practical skills. Workshops cover herbal medicine making, seasonal wellbeing, plant spirit connection, and medicinal horticulture. Their approach is friendly, down to earth, and empowering. The Radix apothecary stocks over 200 medicinal plants as tinctures, herbs, oils, ointments, and more. Housed in a cosy caravan beside the physic garden, the apothecary is supplied by plants grown and harvested on-site.

https://www.radixherbalhub.co.uk/

Stained glass artist

Bethan is a stained-glass artist with a background in photography who creates pieces inspired by nature and landscape. Her work varies from stained glass everlasting bouquets to larger panel designs, including traditional lead panel and copper foiling work.   

www.bethanmaryclarke.com

Instagram: @bethan.m.clarke  

Painter and textile artist

Vandika graduated from the Royal College of Art in fashion and worked for many years as a knitwear designer and colourist. Today, her fine art practice connects that love of colour with a focus on life forms both human and botanical. 

Working with textile and thread as well as paint and wooden panel, she researches and draws extensively before creating pieces in which the emotive and subjective nature of memory and association are explored.  Form and colour evoke half-remembered images of people and places from a collective and resonant history, connecting with calm and beauty amidst the turbulent present.  

https://www.vandika.co.uk/

Instagram: @vandika.laura.thomson

Ceramicist

Kim has been working with clay for over 30 years, graduating from Staffordshire University in the heart of the Potteries in 92. She now teaches a year round program of vibrant and creative pottery classes from her ceramics studio at Vallis Farm. 

The pottery school has a welcoming and friendly community; encouraging and supportive for both loyal regulars and newbie potters alike. 

Kim also produces her own range of bespoke ceramics using mainly wheel thrown porcelain and the unusual crystalline glaze process. Kim sells through galleries nationwide and online. 

www.somersetceramics.co.uk

Leather Worker

Liz Huband (AKA Badger House Leather) is a skilled leatherworker combining traditional saddlery techniques with contemporary design. She creates small-batch leather goods like bags, wallets & belts, crafted with care, precision, and time-honoured craftsmanship.

Sustainability is central to Liz’s work. She uses ethically sourced, traceable materials designed to last, helping reduce waste while producing timeless, durable pieces.

Beyond crafting new items, Liz offers expert leather repair and restoration. Using traditional techniques, she brings worn or well-loved leather goods back to life, extending their use and sentimental value.

Liz also runs hands-on leathercraft workshops, where participants learn to make bespoke items such as wallets or bags. These sessions offer a chance to explore leatherworking and create something truly personal.

https://www.badgerhouseleather.co.uk/

Sculptor

After years giving technical support to other artists, Paul is now on his own creative journey. He produces playful organic and kinetic sculptures, influenced by the wondrous variations and vicissitudes of the natural world, and the place humans have created within in it. 

Objects in space with movement, driven by the natural environment or more technical means, are recurring themes.  Rarely working from detailed preconceptions, Paul is likely to be pleased, surprised – or disappointed – as a project approaches completion revealing what it desires to be.

Paul has work permanently on show at the London School of Economics and has shown in regional group exhibitions.  He lived in Australia for much of adulthood, and has worked and travelled in Africa, Asia and beyond.

Formulator

Hibi Botanics is built on the principle that high-performance skincare is at its best when made with high-quality, natural ingredients. No nasty fillers, synthetics or harsh chemicals—just pure plant power, a touch of alchemy and a lot of passion.

All products are handmade in small batches at Vallis Farm by Rose, who is passionate about helping people achieve happier, healthier skin and greater confidence. "I wanted to create skincare for people like me—people who care where their products come from, what’s in them, and that they actually work. I suffered with severe eczema in my teens and twenties, leaving me with dry, unhappy skin. When I trained in natural skincare formulation, I created products to help myself. Three years on, I have the happiest skin I’ve ever had, and those products became the first Hibi range, helping countless people improve their relationship with their skin.

https://www.hibibotanics.com/