Designer: Brookfield Farm
- Gifts
- Co. Tipperary
Ailbhe Gerrard is the farmer, beekeeper, craft maker and agricultural researcher behind Brookfield Farm. Ailbhe creates entirely natural, traditionally handmade gift products - beeswax candles and hive gifts from the raw honey and hives she minds.
About Brookfield Farm
Ailbhe Gerrard is the farmer, beekeeper, craft maker and agricultural researcher behind Brookfield Farm. After working and living in Dublin and abroad she returned to farm near her family home.
Ailbhe creates entirely natural, traditionally handmade gift products from the raw honey and hives she minds. The beeswax candles are dipped + hand poured, often scented with botanical essential oils. Brookfield Farm hive gifts have been selected for numerous awards.
Ailbhe has a number of elements to her rural business; a diverse farm with crops, sheep, bees and trees; agriculture research, teaching and consultancy; a craft business based around hive products; agri-tourism with farm tours, honey tasting and craft demonstrations.
Products
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The beeswax candles are traditionally hand dipped using pure braided cotton wick. The process takes up to eight hours to make a dinner candle pair, a classic favourite. Scented beeswax candles are hand poured, deliciously scented with botanical essential oils, such as lavender and cedarwood.