I have always made my own lotions, face oils and concoctions, but as I was finally pregnant with our first little miracle at the age of 43 I really started looking at what I put in my body and also on my skin. The others are seasonal and I make them when I can get good organic fresh produce.Īpothecary started later. This I make all the time and I currently have a fridge fully stocked. I also added tomato pesto as I get the most amazing sundried tomatoes from Montagu. The base for these is parsley, which is available all year, whereas basil goes black in the winter and is not so frequently available. In the winter I switched to Chimichurri and salsa verde. So, I jumped in and made a range of pestos. Then I started looking for organic greens to make pesto (one of the things I love the most in the world) and was surprised with the incredible organic suppliers we had around. I used to make pesto for friends and exhibition openings and people started telling me to make and sell it. Wonderveld was born in the dread of a December in Windhoek. I like to work with raw materials, use my hands, and feel as if I am part of the process. These smells, aromas and flavours, methods and ways influenced and inspired my creativity and are the foundation of all creative endeavors I embark on. My grandmother roasted her own coffee, made butter, soap and ointments with beeswax and lard using lemon verbena, buchu and other fynbos from the mountains. We played in mud, in the field and made flower crowns with fynbos. I grew up on a farm in the Karoo, 10 km outside the tiny town of Montagu, with bees, tadpoles and anthills as ‘friends’. Where did your passion for creating start and how did it translate into the production of Apothecary?
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