Our family business is based in Kamnik, Slovenia but we have found a quiet and peaceful place to get away on weekends in Semič. After a couple of years, we saw a vision of creating something more and we always emphasized the meaning of being sustainable and ecological. We bought some land and started to cultivate it. Some years have passed and now we have several organically cultivated plots of land. Every year we produce lots of goods for our family and maybe in the next couple of years for sale.

Every piece of land we bought was formerly a vineyard site and then we converted it into terraces. There is a special layout on these terraces. In every row, we have trees with different herbs growing in between to attract bees. We are strictly against any artificial fertilizers and pesticides and use only natural biostimulators. We can also guarantee that the soil was pesticide-free up to 10 years prior to we bought it. As a mulch, we use wool from sheep from the local environment in Bela Krajina and besides that wheat or rye straw to retain moisture and as a natural nitrogen fertilizer.

These are our plots of land

• Main property Zakladnica dobrih idej (transl. Treasury of good ideas)
• A wild plantation of chestnuts and wild berries
• Permission plantation in combination with figs, almonds, and apple trees
• Estate on which stands our house made from oak and stone
• Cherry orchard in combination with plums
• Young walnut orchard
• Young orchard of quince, medlar, raspberry, and blackberry

On our properties we grow all different kinds of nuts, roses, herbs, and fruit, and as we already said they all have an eco-certificate by controller KonCert from Maribor.

Herbs:

• lavender
• frankincense
• Lemon balm
• mint
• sage
• rosemary
• hyssop
• chamomile

Roses:

In addition to more than 200 different types of roses, Crimson Glory is our most common type. The flower petals are used to make various jams and syrups, but mostly for water distillation to produce hydrolats (rose water) and essential oils.

Fruit:

Persimmon, apples, kiwi, plums, pears, figs, strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, quince, medlar.