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Use the symbols below to easily find gifts:

Cathedral Item Marker • Cathedral specific        Handmade Item Marker • Handmade

Fairtrade Item Marker • Fairtrade            American-made Item Marker • American-made

Lavender & Rose Bags

HandmadeAmerican-made
Sweet Gifts, Sweetly Scented

Featuring embroidered linen pouches. Our popular lavender and rose potpourri bags are assembled in-house by volunteers. We obtain our potpourri from a well-regarded American herb company.

$4.95 each

The Shop's Soap Section

A selection of items in our bath and soap section.
Top, L to R: Lemon-Verbena, Glycerine, and Gardener's Soaps
Bottom, L to R: Dolfin Chocolate, Nail Brushes, Lavender & Rose Bags

Herb Cottage Lotion &
Bath Salts

Cathedral-relatedAmerican-made
Treat yourself or a friend

Our signature lotion and bath salts feature the nurturing scent of rosemary, cedar, and thyme.

Lotion: $8.95
Bath Salts: $1.25

Herb Cottage Soaps

Lemon Verbena Guest Soap Cathedral-relatedAmerican-made
All-Occasion Gifts for Everyone

All three soaps are stamped "The Herb Cottage" and are in special house packaging. Lemon Verbena is a substantial guest soap (3oz). Glycerine soap is perfect for the bath (3 oz). The 6 oz. Gardener's Soap is a real treat, featuring apricot seeds, oat flour and essential oils for hard-working hands.

Lemon Verbena Guest Soap: $2.25
Glycerine Soap: $3.95
Gardener's Soap: $4.95

Special Soaps

HandmadeAmerican-made
Nourishment for
Skin & Soul

Enjoy our specialty soap selection. At right:
COPA Soap All-Natural, U.S.A., a staff favorite
Alpine Milk & Honey Soap Tripled-milled Swiss luxury bars
Whimsical Guest Soap Leaves and more for Fall! The hen & nest pair is a customer favorite.

small soaps Fragrant oils

COPA Soap bar: $5.95
Alpine bar, lg: $6.95
Alpine bar, sm: $2.95
Whimsy soaps: $1.50
Hen & Nest: $1.95
Oils: $7.95 to 10.95

Fragrant Oils

HandmadeAmerican-made
Instant Aromatherapy

Made for us in nearby Chevy Chase, MD, these oils are perfect for lamp rings or homemade potpourri.

Scents include Lemon Verbena, Rose Geranium, Lavender, Mimosa, & others.

Not recommended for use on skin.

lip balm

'Wash Away Your Sins' Towlettes & Balm

Hygiene with Humor

Members of the clergy have been known to buy these popular items. Unfortunately the line has been scaled back in recent years - we are now only able to obtain the towlettes (Easter-Lily Scented!) and the Lip Balm (Cheap Wine Flavor!)

Single towlette: $1.25
6-pack towlettes: $7.95
Lip Balm: $7.95

Garden statuary

Garden Statuary

American-made
Enhancing Outdoor
Spaces

We are proud to introduce statuary by LadyBug. These all-weather pieces are made in North Carolina. Due to space restrictions, our inventory varies. Please visit the shop to view our selection.

Cachepots


Pots & Cachepots

American-made
Something for every home

We carry a wide range of cachepots year-round,
in varying styles and sizes. A majority of
our selection is clay or ceramic -- however,
we often have in stock several made from
cement, metal, or other materials.


New This Year!

Introducing Haeger Pottery,
a line of beautiful ceramic cachepots
made to order just outside Chicago, IL.

Please visit the shop to view our entire selection.

Windchimes and birdhouses Birdhouses

Windchimes & Birdhouses

Fairtrade
For a Garden of Delights

Chimes

Woodstock Chimes are widely regarded as the best available. Please visit us to view our chime selection.


Birdhouses

We carry pratical, weather-ready birdhouses all year. Most feature trap doors for easy clean-out. The gourd birdhouses shown at left are hand-painted and fairtrade from Peru. Look out for the fanciful and unusual - the birdhouse pictured third from the left, above, is a scout's camping tent!

As our selection changes frequently, please come see us to find a home for feathered friends.

Selection of garden tools

Clockwise from top: Durable garden tote, cut-flower tote, vase brushes, "Weeds for Sale; Pick Your Own" stone, iron accent, copper watering can

Gifts for Gardeners are always available
in the Shop.
WNC denim apron

Cathedral Apron

Cathedral-related
Denim Garden Apron

As the patrons of the Gardens & the Grounds, it is only fitting that All Hallows Guild offer this hardy denim gardener's apron bearing the Cathedral symbol of the Jerusalem Cross. With two large front pockets. Available only through The Gift Shop in The Herb Cottage.

$32.95

Garden apron Small garden sculpture

Sculpture by Carruth

Delightful, original designs

We carry a broad selection of small garden plaques and sculptures by reknowned artist George Carruth. Several Carruth pieces are part of the stone sculpture within the Cathedral, including a boss stone nativity of which we carry a replica.
Our selection varies; please call or visit for details.

The denim garden apron is embossed with the image of the "Green Man," Carruth's best-known work. The apron is available in brown, blue, and green,
and also as a tote. Availability varies.

Apron: $36.95
Tote: $31.95

Garden stakesFunny Garden Stakes

Garden Stakes

Handmade

These Canadian-made garden stakes will bring smiles to all visitors.


For Faithful Gardeners

Choose from "Saint Francis", "Saint Rose", "Saint Fiacre", Saint Joseph", "Gardening Angel."


For Humble Gardeners

Choose from "Weedis Victorious", "Plantus Unknownus", "Twigga Mortis", "St. Martha of Stewart" among others.

$10.95 each

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