Hollie Lucas - Alcalay
Our mission is to grow and procure the highest quality herbs, full of flavor and medicinal properties to craft delicious, healthy, safe food and bath/body products. In addition, we support a diverse group of local, original artists and artisans giving them a unique retail space to promote their creative talents by selling and exhibiting them in our store.
Our awards include the Martha Stewart "American Made" Food Finalist, Whole Foods Market "Local Food Maker" Grant Winner and, and 2024 Lafayette’s Business Person of the Year.
My family emigrated from the small, but mighty Adriatic coastal country of Croatia. My grandparents were hard working farming and restaurant entrepreneurs, and so my heart has always drawn me to food and farming.
While I was on bed rest, pregnant with our daughter, I came up with the idea to transform our suburban half-acre backyard full of weeds, into a beautiful working herb farm. As an amateur home chef and herbal tea lover, I decided to grow all my favorite things, culinary herbs, medicinal herbs and teas. I wrote a business plan, and after pouring over countless herb and cookbooks, I made a garden map, planted, and the rest is history!
Herbs are delicious and full of medicinal properties too, so get inspired to cook and take good care of yourself and your family. Thank you for supporting our artisan community and your local farmers, and we hope to see you at our store in Lafayette, CA soon!
- Hollie