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Hillhouse Naturals

Brand · Home fragrance

Elevated Fragrance. Family-Crafted. Long before Hillhouse Naturals became a home fragrance company, there was a farm, a family, and a house on a hill. In 1986, my parents, Peggy and Shelly, were farming in Wickliffe, Kentucky. They raised cattle and grew tobacco, corn, and soybeans. My mother worked right alongside my father — even driving the tractors and doing the same demanding farm work the men did. They knew how to work hard, make the most of what they had, and figure things out as they went. Those qualities would become the foundation of Hillhouse Naturals. It Started With a House on a Hill The story behind our name is simple: our original family home sat on a hill. Around that home and farm, my parents began growing everlasting flowers. Eventually, we had more than 15 acres of them. Those flowers became some of our first Hillhouse products. Mom created potpourri, wreaths, and garlands by hand, and we traveled to craft shows to sell them. I knew those flower fields well because I picked flowers every day after school. I also traveled with Mom to shows, long before I realized Hillhouse would eventually become such an important part of my own life. Built With a Farmer's Way of Thinking Hillhouse grew from my mother's creativity and my father's ingenuity. Dad approached the business like a farmer: if he didn't know how to do something, he figured it out. When we began making candles, Shelly worked through the science of the process, including how the vessels needed to be warmed before we poured the wax. When new equipment arrived, he figured out how the labeling machines worked. And as the business grew, my parents divided and conquered. If Mom needed to take Hillhouse to one show, Dad would pack up and head to another. They were a team. The same ingenuity, determination, and hard work that made them successful farmers became part of Hillhouse. In many ways, Hillhouse wasn't simply started on our family farm. It was built with a farmer's way of thinking.