Rata & Smudge

04/04/2026

Today was amazing in Alexandra even with a drizzle of rain Tomorrow is the Cromwell Farmers and Artisans Market
See you there 💕🌸💕

🐣🌸 Happy Easter from the Cromwell Farmers Market! 🌸🐣

Wishing everyone a joyful and relaxing Easter filled with good food, family time, and a little bit of chocolate too! 🍫💛

We look forward to seeing you this Sunday at the Cromwell Heritage Precinct from 9am to 1pm 🌞

Come enjoy the fresh air, support local, and treat yourself to something delicious or handmade – there’s something for everyone!

🐰 See you there! 🐰

03/04/2026

🐣 WHERE AM I THIS EASTER WEEKEND? 🐣

Just home from the blue lotus ponds in Oz… and ohhh my heart is full 💙🌿
Now straight back into market life with all the goodness in tow ✨

✨ Saturday
Alexandra Pioneer Park
🕘 10am – 2pm

✨ Sunday
Cromwell Farmers & Artisan Market (Old Precinct)
🕘 9am – 1pm

Come wander, smell, and find your perfect Herbal Hug 💚
Because you know… Plants are clever—we just put them together 💫

29/03/2026

My link below is my trip to the Blue lotus pond I visited
Believe me it was stepping into the unknown here ☺️ but so worth it

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DWdyc04gYvH/?igsh=dXN0aGVidmF0bWl6

26/03/2026

Cromwell Farmers and Artisans Market
To all my regular clients I will not be at the market on Sunday I’m sorry
I’m off for a wee break before Saffron season starts Wynyard Estate Saffron is nearly all go 🌸💜🌸
See you Easter Sunday.
Have an awesome week

23/03/2026

🚨🌿 LAST CHANCE BEFORE I DISAPPEAR INTO THE LOTUS PONDS OF BYRON🌿🚨

Alright lovely people… this is your little nudge 👀

Last chance to place your online orders before I head away tomorrow (Thursday 26th March) for a full week of Blue Lotus sourcing magic 🌸✨

The website will be paused until 2nd April while I’m off in Byron, hand-selecting this dreamy plant for our next season’s blends (tough job… but someone’s gotta do it 😉).

If you’ve been thinking about:
✨ restocking your favourites
✨ trying Blue Lotus for sleep
✨ grabbing a little Herbal Hug for yourself (or someone else)

Now’s the moment 💫

All orders in before I go will be sent out — then it’s quiet from me while I’m off wandering the ponds 🌿

Thank you for keeping this little business flowing… next stop after this?
🌼 SAFFRON SEASON 🌼

Game on when I get back

Kind regards,
Fiona 🤍
Rata & Smudge
Where Plants Meet Purpose

21/03/2026

Our very first Teviot Community Market in Roxburgh is officially done & dusted — and what a beauty it was 💛

To our amazing community (and the long weekend travellers who “just pulled in for a quick stop” and somehow left with bags full and no regrets 😉)… thank you. You showed up, you backed local, and you made the whole thing hum.

And to our 25 absolute legends of stallholders — growers, makers, bakers, creators… you brought the goods in every sense. The quality, the passion, the chat — you made this market come alive.

Not bad for a first crack, Teviot 😏 thank you
Safe to say… we might be onto something here.🍂🍃
Look forward to next month
Fiona & Helen

18/03/2026

🌿 Where am I This Weekend?… Out & About! 😄 🌿

It’s a big Otago Anniversary weekend and I’m doing a double market run 💛

Saturday → Roxburgh
✨ First ever Teviot Community Market
📍 Teviot Union Church Grounds
⏰ 9am – 1pm

This one’s close to the heart 💛
We’d love our locals to come out and support so we can grow this into something really special for the valley.

And if you’re travelling through, make sure you stop — makers, growers, fresh goodies & beautiful community vibes

🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸 🌸

Sunday → Cromwell
✨ Cromwell Farmers and Artisans Market
📍 The Old Precinct
⏰ 9am – 1pm

Calling both locals & visitors to beautiful Cromwell — come down, soak up the atmosphere and support local makers

I’ll be at both with all your Herbal Hugs & that “follow your nose” goodness 🌿✨

👉 Two days
👉 Two markets
👉 One very happy (fueled by plants & good chats 😄) herbal lady

Come find me, come have a smell, and let’s make a weekend of it 💛

🌿 Rata & Smudge – where Plants meet purpose

16/03/2026

Rata & Smudge products are no longer available at the On the Rox shop in Roxburgh

Just to clarify — Rata & Smudge products weren’t withdrawn due to any other reason than just purely and simply my own business decision.

You can find us:

🌿 Teviot Community Market Roxburgh this Saturday
🌿 Cromwell Farmers Market Sundays
🍰Benger cafe Ettrick
💕Bunts florist Alexandra
💐Central stories Alexandra
💐Tea shop Roxburgh
🇮🇹La Bottega Cromwell
🥰Gore Natural Health

Also
🌿 Online with free local delivery
🌿 Collection from the Rata & Smudge home base just 3kms from Roxburgh

Herbal Hugs from Central Otago
www.RataSmudge.com

Fiona Ross – Rata & Smudge

Rata & Smudge

14/03/2026

Plants are clever… we just put them together.”
And Wānaka loved it. 🌿

What an incredible two days at the Wānaka A&P Show. The stall was buzzing and the smell of Gratitude oil was definitely guiding people straight to us.

So many beautiful chats, so many familiar faces and so many new people discovering Rata & Smudge for the first time. Thank you to everyone who stopped, smelled, tried the testers and took a little herbal hug home with you.

A very special thank you to my amazing helpers Beverly & Angela who stood beside me all weekend talking herbs, sharing testers and spreading the love. I couldn’t have done it without you both.

My heart is very full tonight.

And now… because apparently I don’t know how to rest… you’ll find me tomorrow at the Cromwell Farmers and Artisans Market in the Old Precinct.

Three markets in three days… if the herbs don’t keep me going, the coffee will. 😂🌿

Herbal hugs everyone 💜

So this is Julz She’s our most awesome R&S friend who comes to every market she can and now owns every single Rata & Smudge product Julz we love you!!!

12/03/2026

Website fixed everyone MARKET10 is the code for your discount and the limit has now been taken off so go for good everyone!!!

Wanaka A&P Show – We’re Here! U12!!

Well… we didn’t blow away last night 💨😅 and we are all set for two big days!

Bev, Ange & I are ready and waiting at Site U12 with all the herbal goodness from Rata & Smudge 🌿

Come and say hey hey, have a smell, try a tester, and if you mention “MummaFe” you’ll get 10% off during the show.

For my beautiful online supporters who can’t make it to Wānaka this weekend 💛
Order online before Monday morning and use the code MARKET10 to receive 10% off your order.

Two big days ahead and we’d love to see you!

🌿 Fiona, Ange & Bev
Rata & Smudge
Where plants meet purpose

08/03/2026

🌿✨ – WE’RE BACK! ✨🌿 Wanaka A&P Show

🚩 You can’t miss us this year… just follow the flags to the entrance of the Rata & Smudge stall.

🚩 Can’t see the flags? Follow the smell of Gratitude… it leads straight to Rata & Smudge

This weekend is one of the biggest events of our year and we can’t wait!

The Wānaka A&P Show is on this Friday & Saturday, and Rata & Smudge will be there again in our usual spot…

📍 Site U12 (same as last year!)

Come and find us for your Herbal Hugs — natural remedies for sleep, stress, skin, pain relief and wellbeing. Everything is handcrafted with beautiful botanicals like saffron, blue lotus, kawakawa, lavender and more.

🌿 Try our customer favourites
🌿 Smell the difference
🌿 Discover something new for your wellbeing

It’s always such a special couple of days catching up with familiar faces and meeting new ones, so please come by and say hello.

The Wānaka show is an incredible event and we feel so grateful to be part of it each year.

See you at Site U12! 💜