Journal

Looking for children's outerwear in the Boxing Day sales? You're in luck. We've got a great sale running across a range of our best-selling sustainable kids outerwear pieces. So to give you a helping hand, we have selected some of our favourite sale picks including kids coats, gilets, waterproof ...

Christmas can be a busy and stressful time of year, so we decided to catch up with Madeleine to find out how she stays calm over the festive season. 

As the days grow shorter and the temperature starts to drop, it's time to start thinking about kids coats. It can be difficult to regulate your child’s temperature in every season, but with the right coat, they will be able to thrive in even the coldest temperatures!  At Töastie, we’ve got a g...

From Plastic to Protector  I started as a bottle, a hard plastic shell, a home for water, sitting on a shelf and waiting and waiting.One day I was picked up by a lady with lovely warm hands and cosy bag, my new home for a while.I was lucky, my owner did not just throw me away after a single use,...

The Christmas season is a time for giving, and what could be better than giving the gift of nature? At Toastie, our ethos is to create a deeper connection between children and the environment - so this Christmas we have carefully curated a selection of products for every outdoor adventure into th...

The Power of Words in Nature The theme for our winter collection 'The Lost Words', pays homage to the words quietly disappearing from children's dictionaries; Blackberry, Conker, Dandelion. These words are being taken out to make way for more ‘relevant’ terminology such as “Block-graph” and “Ch...

Family Friendly Festivals: bringing along little ones to join the fun Bright colours, friendly vibes, the inexplicable feeling of freedom that comes with a festival and brings out everyone’s inner child; so why not bring along your own? The right festivals offer a stimulating new environment for ...

Will Harper-Penrose; ultra runner, coach and stay at home dad, shares his experience as a new parent amidst a pandemic - and how the sanctuary of nature has created the most powerful bond between father and son. 🌿   Twenty twenty was a weird year for everyone. Some struggled with job loss and...

We have long admired the adventurer Bex Band, an advocate for getting women outdoors and into nature. Bex's non-profit women's adventure community Love Her Wild connects women and organises adventures globally.  When we heard that she was preparing for her first major expedition with her 18 month...

This week it is our absolute honour to welcome Michael Holland, the author of 'I Ate Sunshine for Breakfast' to join us.  His account of why plants need water in it's many forms is truly fascinating - and so joyfully explained! His DIY Oobleck (or corn flour slime) will keep your little ones ente...

Beavers are Ecosystem Engineers We are so delighted to be supporting the incredible Beaver Trust with our latest collection of organic cotton sweatshirts and by donating towards their incredible work through our annual 1% For the Planet donation. Beavers or ‘Nature’s Architects’ play a huge par...

" Raw Living: Picking blackberries, beneath late afternoon sun; a sunset reminiscent of watermelon sangria, as the scent of honeysuckle accosts me and the ducks waddle into the lake. Thanking Mama Nature for her abundance. " Brandi L. BatesThere's something truly magical about wandering along a...