About Us
Calendula Botanicals was founded in 2023 and is located in the Denver Metro Area, Colorado.
I specialize in a variety of hand-crafted soaps for body, face, and hair. I use a combination of oils, butters, liquids, and botanicals in the crafting of my soaps. My primary focus is all-natural products, which means no artificial coloring or scents are used. Occasionally I will offer a soap scented with a Fragrance Oil for fun. All Essential Oils and Fragrance Oils are approved for use in soaps and used only in the amounts recommended for soap products.
Why Calendula Botanicals? What IS a calendula?
Calendula is an annual plant (occasionally a short-lived perennial) in the daisy family (Asteraceae), sometimes known as a pot marigold - not to be confused with the more common “marigold”.
Personally, I discovered and planted Calendula when I was searching for a flower to help deter pests in my garden. I fell in love when I realized this hardy plant blooms early in the spring and keeps going all summer into late fall. On top of that, it can survive the crazy Colorado weather that occasionally sees snow on Memorial Day and Labor Day, with a combination of hail and wind throughout the summer - in between our 300 days of beautiful blue skies and sun.
In the Fall of 2020, I was cleaning up the garden and had dozens of beautiful Calendula still blooming like crazy when everything else was long since dead for the winter. I wondered: what can I do with all these beautiful blooms before the real deep freeze settles in and kills them? In researching Calendula, I learned that it has a long history - having been grown for centuries for a range of culinary and medicinal uses. And thus began my fascination with Herbalism. My curiosity was piqued, and in my studies I learned that the beneficial properties of some herbs, like calendula, can be gained by infusing them in “carrier oils”, such as olive oil. What can one do with oils? Well, lots of things, like body butters, lotions, salves, creams, and … SOAP! So there you have it… I started making soaps with oils infused with calendula, and since then my soap obsession has spiraled.
Someday I hope to offer other all-natural herbal products on my site, such as lotions, body butters, bath bombs, and lip balms. For now, I hope you will enjoy the soaps I have had so much fun creating!
Upcoming Events - 2024
SouthGlenn Chalk Fest - Sept 14
10am-4pm
SouthGlenn Mall
Centennial CO
Broomfield Days - Sept 21
Saturday, 9AM-5PM
Midway Park at 1270 W Midway Blvd in Broomfield
Park Hill Street Fair - Sept 29
Sunday, 11am-5pm
Denver, CO