Inspired by the art of wildcrafting.
Wildcrafting is the practice of ethically foraging for wild plants — many of which can be grown right in your own backyard. It's a reminder that nature already offers everything your skin needs. Our name is our intention.
The story of
How Wildcrafted was started is simple.
It began with a sunny little flower called Calendula — and a family member struggling with eczema. Looking for something gentle and real, we discovered Calendula's ability to calm irritated skin and support the skin's natural recovery process. That one flower sent us down a path we haven't looked back from.
We started growing in our own backyard — calendula, lemon balm, bee balm, mint, lavender, and holy basil, most of it from seed. We learn it, nurture it, harvest it, and slow-infuse it the traditional way: 4 to 6 weeks in carrier oils until we have something potent and versatile enough to actually work.
Every product is made in small batches to make sure it meets our standards before it ever reaches yours.
The mother and daughter duo
Behind Wildcrafted
Meet Christina
Southern Maine has always been home. A few minutes from the coast in one direction, the mountains in another. That sense of place shapes everything about how I approach life, including what I put on my skin.
My path to cleaner living started with small swaps — replacing heavy chemical household products with safe, non-toxic alternatives. The more I learned about what goes on our skin and how it affects our health, the more committed I became to finding a better way. Wildcrafted is the result of that.
I'm a mother of two, and one of my greatest joys is teaching my kids to slow down, to take care of themselves and pay attention to the world around them. I grew up watching my mom do the same, hands in the soil, growing herbs and vegetables, finding real satisfaction in that work. It shaped the way I see nature entirely.
I find meaning in the small things. The sound of leaves in the wind, the rhythm of the ocean. I believe nature has a lot to tell us, if we take a moment to listen.
Meet BRENDA
I grew up in southern New Hampshire, just far enough from town to feel like the country. My dad built our home, planted a vegetable garden every year, and my mother spent hours canning and freezing everything it produced. At the time, I wasn't thrilled about giving up part of my summer to weed and harvest. Now I understand exactly what they were doing.
Roaming the woods, picking wild blueberries, watching things grow — that's where my love of biology started. I went to college expecting to become a biology teacher. Life had other plans, and I spent the next 40 years in finance instead.
But some things never leave you. My husband and I raised four children in southern Maine, in the house my dad built for us, with a big garden of my own. I grew it, harvested it, canned and froze it — the same way my mother had. There is nothing quite like watching nature do what she does.
When I retired and the vegetable garden grew a little smaller, I found myself returning to those earlier dreams. How do you bring together a love of biology, a life spent gardening, and everything that comes after raising a family and ending a long career? For me, the answer had been there all along. That's how Wildcrafted began — and there's still so much left to learn.