A kind-hearted animal carer who launched a business while seriously injured in lockdown is developing the sweet smell of success.
Gill Thomas-Jones was nursing a badly broken ankle just weeks before the Covid-19 pandemic took hold in the UK.
A former sales rep and account manager in the pet sector, she used her time in rehabilitation – coupled with years of knowledge and experience – to create a range of sustainable products aimed at improving the health and beauty regimes of humans and animals.
As she marks the first year of Mountain Garden Botanics, based in New Brighton, Wrexham, Gill is preparing to take the artisan firm “to the next level” and expand their growing sales base across the UK.
Already supplying handmade shampoo and deodorant bars, soaps and candles – all palm oil, cruelty and plastic-free – to independent venues and retailers, the 37 year-old is now permanently in the business day-to-day and excited at what the future will bring.
“It was my love of creating and making, and gardening, wildlife and the natural environment that spurred me on to…
