Nature Baby - home of organic essentials for babies since 1998, here in Grey Lynn

After the birth of their first baby, Georgia and Jacob were inspired to find natural and organic alternatives for their own children, rather than having to use synthetic products.

From the beginning, Nature Baby has been committed to ethical, organic and environmentally friendly production, based on the idea that you reap what you sow. Certified by the Global Organic Textile Standard (GOTS), their pure organic cotton is grown and made in India. The cotton farmers had seen the damage that conventional farming had done to their land and community, so reverted to traditional methods of organic farming, consuming far less water and ensuring no nasty pesticides, chemical fertilisers or GMO seeds are used so as not to pollute the environment, people or end up on baby’s clothes. The GOTS certification also ensure all workers are treated fairly, supporting them, their families and their development. This includes becoming self-sufficient in food, energy and education, being paid above average wage, with equality between male and female workers, and no child labour is permitted (instead they have set up education funds to help children receive an education).

Nature Baby’s passion for organic growing and making is also represented in our own community of Grey Lynn, where over the last couple of years Nature Baby has worked to support the amazing local community garden, Kelmarna. With a community event, working bees, and 10% of sales from capsule collections donated to the wonderful work Kelmarna do, Nature Baby believes in supporting communities of growers and makers like Adrian and the team at Kelmarna to make the world a better place. Their latest collection, The Little Gardener, is all about celebrating organic produce, gardening, community, and supporting a beautiful world for our children to grow up in.

Make sure to visit Kelmarna Gardens with your children and delight in this inner city garden wonderland to learn about organic gardening and where our food comes from in the best possible way.

Kelmarna Gardens, 12 Hukanui Crescent, www.kelmarnagardens.nz

www.naturebaby.co.nz