Behind the Box

Every box
has a story.

We love these boxes, but it's the bakers, growers and makers who make them what they are. Behind the Box tells their stories in their own words: who they are, why they started, and what they bring to the shelves.

Maya crimping tart shells at a kitchen counter dusted with flour, a dozen tart tins lined up in front of her.

Behind the Box No. 02

Bunny Bakes

Maya dreamed of opening a café. She started with a wooden box on a quiet road outside Dundee instead, and discovered a new way to speak to her community.

Abernyte, Perth & Kinross

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Inside the polycrub at Raven Croft: raised beds of young plants and a watering can.

Behind the Box No. 01

Raven Croft Honesty Box

When the bread deliveries to Sleat stopped coming over on the ferry, Hugh and Lesley decided their corner of Skye deserved better. So Lesley started baking it herself.

Kilmore, Sleat, Isle of Skye

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