Our Suppliers

Molly and Monty is a family owned, British baby and children’s clothes company. Zoe Knapman, the owner and founder, works closely with a factory in Nottingham, ensuring that each delightful garment meets her exacting standards. We are delighted to be working with Zoe, who really cares not only about making high quality clothes, but also about the customer and the environment.

We love the softness of the organic cotton sleepsuits with the appealing, subtle motifs : four of our hampers features the classic silver elephant motif sleepsuit, whilst another four feature the pretty pink elephant motif sleepsuit.

Molly and Monty also supply the cute little beanie hats in two of our hampers, and the soft white bodysuit found in each hamper.

John Taylor makes beautiful bespoke willow and cane basketware at his workshop in Tadcaster, Yorkshire . The J. W. Taylor company began making baskets in Ulleskelf back in 1867. John made his first basket when he was 9 years old, still following the traditional methods used by four generations of his family. Each item is handmade-and watching John sitting on his cushion on the floor, calmly and quietly weaving unique baskets and hampers is a privilege and a pleasure.

John makes all the beautiful white willow baskets for Welcome Little One, as well as supplying basketware to many highly satisfied customers, including Betty’s tearooms throughout Yorkshire.

Incidentally, John made the baskets for the village scenes in the 2017 Beauty and The Beast film!

Macmillan Publishers The Picador Anthology of Birth Poems: The original intention was to include in each hamper a copy of a wonderful poem ‘Born Yesterday’ written by Philip Larkin after the birth of his friend’s daughter. But we decided that an even better idea was to include a copy of The Picador Anthology of Birth poems, which not only includes that poem, but a fantastic collection of poems exploring many aspects of the arrival of a precious little one. We’re really excited about this book, and hope that reading the poems enhances this wonderful time in your life.

The story of The Wool Company, which supplies the exquisite merino wool blanket in our hampers, is fascinating and inspiring! Twenty years ago, on a farm near Bodmin Moor in Cornwall, Harry and Sarah Mayman started the business by designing and making socks for their children using the soft and warm mohair wool from their small flock of Angora goats.

From that humble beginning, they have grown into a highly respected company who supply to discerning customers all over the world. The shawl is a thing of beauty. Made from fine merino wool it’s made in Nottingham, famous for its history of making lace. It’s amazingly light and delicate and yet beautifully warm.

The Wool Company were very happy to be chosen by the wider family to supply a receiving blanket for Prince George. The company who make the shawls have provided blankets for HRH Prince William and for HRH Prince George, HRH Princess Charlotte and, more recently, HRH Prince Louis.

We’re sure the recipients of one of our hampers will cherish this beautiful shawl, which will hopefully become a part of their family story too.

Neal’s Yard Remedies doesn’t need any introduction! This company has become an iconic beacon for all that is good about safe and natural, eco friendly, British made products. We are sure you’ll love the gorgeous, delicately fragranced Baby Bath and Shampoo which can be used from birth (babies over 6lb 10oz) And we can’t wait to hear what you think of the gently organic baby massage oil which can also be used from birth. What could be more special than a soothing massage for newborn babies?

Creating all of its own, mainly organic products in Dorset and Berkshire, Neal’s Yard Remedies knows where every ethically sourced herb and ingredient comes from, and is passionate about ensuring that all ingredients are of only the highest quality-and that they are safe for babies’ soft and delicate skin. We love the unmistakeable blue jars too!

Baby Acorn is very proud to design and manufacture luxury baby wear in Great Britain . Their headquarters is in Cheshire, just 70 miles from where the collection is produced near Nottingham.

Everything in their range has met rigorous testing standards-and is made from 100% OEKO Tex certified cotton. Another company that supports British companies, Baby Acorn buys all its trimmings and poppers, labels and tags from companies in the UK.

We couldn’t resist the adorable soft organic cotton Sketched Bunnies sleepsuit and hat in a gorgeous slate blue and white. We’re sure you’ll love them too!

BibbilyBoo is a family run business based in Blackpool, Lancashire. 

BibbilyBoo, created by mum of two Katie, is passionate about quality and style. Katie makes amazing bibs which are known and loved for their waterproof qualities, but she is also great at sourcing fabrics with gorgeous designs.

We chose to include BibbilyBoo’s bamboo cloths in our gift selection for the combination of appealing modern fabrics , ethical sourcing and manufacture and because they are so useful and versatile.

Chamomile Baby is a baby clothing business in Northamptonshire run by daughter and mother team, Sian and Ann. They supply excellent quality, eco-friendly and worker-friendly products. All their clothing is made in factories where labour standards are high and working conditions good.

The beautiful embroidery is done by a local seamstress who pays close attention to detail.

Tregothnan Tea, Cornwall

When we made the decision to include solely British made gifts in our hampers, we certainly set ourselves a challenge! We wanted to provide a simple, comforting cup of tea for the parents, but as we all know, tea isn’t grown in this country. Or that’s we thought -until we came across the Tregothan Estate in Cornwall. We were ridiculously excited to discover that they have been growing tea on their plantation there since 2005!

“Drawing on almost 200 years of experience in growing Camellias, we’ve been supplying tea from Tregothnan since 2005 when we released our best-selling Classic blend. Today, the range extends to many black teas including our exclusive Single Estate, green teas and a growing list of home-grown herbal infusions. We are proud to be the only producer actually growing tea in the UK, putting the English into English tea.”

We chose the Afternoon Tea blend for the hampers. As Bella Percy Hughes from Tregothan says: ‘Afternoon tea is a perfect treat for new parents. It’s light and delicious. Especially if new mothers have been off the caffeine for a while!’

If you love tea as much as we do, click here to have a look at Tregothnan’s website  – it’s a treat, with gorgeous images of the estate to savour.

Another iconic British brand, Shortbread House make a delicious range of shortbread. Found in Food Emporiums and 5* hotels all over the world, this well established business exports 30% of its products. And the packaging is gorgeous too. The ultimate comfort food-and what better time to spoil yourself than after the hard work of giving birth! We challenge you to keep some back for visitors!

The shortbread complements the Tregothnan Afternoon Tea blend perfectly.