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- Our story in pictures
- Where we are above Dolceacqua in Liguria, Italy
- Breath themed events in sacred circle
- Creating and restoring sacred spaces
- Our journey with the rose and helichrysum planting
- The land before & after
- Planting, feeding, growing & harvesting
- Preparing, distilling and drying
- Products and offerings
Looking across the valley 
The original rustico building
The restored house and garden
View from the house garden
steps up to the house
Buddha and Jasmin by the house
Garden Roses & wildflowers
The land above the house we bought for roses!
before clearing & cleaning
Creating ramps to pass and walk through
Clearing some of the heavy wooded overgrowth to allow passage
Cleaning the old terraces
Finally ready for planting
‘Zappa’ to prepare the soil for planting
Huge 20,000 litres water storage for irrigation
150 young bushes to plant in 2019!
cleared for planting 
Protection from weeds for early roses
Transformation two years later!!
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- The perfume rose varieties and harvesting the blooms
Damascena
preparing the petals for drying or distillation
drying petals 
Queen Bourbon
Rugosa Hansa
Rose Rescht
Damascena Kazanlik
Centifolia
Distillation
Filtered water and rose petals
Three hour distillation time
Richly scented and oily hydrosol
100ml and 250ml rose hydrosol bottles with jute silver-green bags
400 Helichrysum ready for planting
Volunteers helping to dig holes, feed and plant the new Helichrysum
View looking down the valley from new Helichrysum plants
Helichrysum beginning to bloom
Helichrysum near to harvest
Offering gratitude to the Archangel statue above the landslide site!
Harvesting lavender up with the roses
Perfumed lilies, red roses and lavender trio from flowers around the house
Magical insect visitors on the lavender
Helichrysium and lavender
Rose hydrosol and helichrysum – pink and gold creating a great duo!
The marriage of feminine & masculine to birth the divine child within our own hearts
Flowers and gift pouches of rose, helichrysum and lavender
Relaxing my parasympathetic nervous system and smelling the scent
Nourishing myself with a bath of rose petals
Sinfonia di fiori, hydrosol blend of roses, helichrysum & lavender
At the local market in Dolceacqua, last Sunday of every month
Rose hydrosol bottles and dried petals
Honouring the sacred
Magdalene statue – showering HER with gratitude, grace & beauty
Dried helicrysum and hydrosol 
Olive oil, Rose vodka & Rose hydrosol 
Dried products for weddings and gifts
Thomas enjoying the roses
our daily rest and relax half hour!
Senegal roses with helichrysum leaves
Fresh petals daily at Magdalene’s feet
The Rose that blooms in our own heart
