Welcome to Gray-Zen Acres

FARM FRESH COMFORT FOOD FOR YOUR SKIN

    

Glad you stopped by...get a glass of tea and pull up a chair...you're in the country where life is slow and pleasures are plentiful.  I am not a farmer by birth but by desire. I moved here from the west coast in 1994 and fell in love with slow paced country living in the woods of rural Alabama.  Gray-Zen Acres is the name of both my apothecary brand and my farm.  I believe in the value of fresh ingredients in skin care products.  I believe in small family farms.  I believe in knowing where products originate, how they're made and who made them.  I began Gray-Zen Acres Apothecary with those simple beliefs and support small local family farms by sourcing my skincare ingredients locally whenever possible.         

                                                                                          

 My name is Marj Gray and I am a nationally certified soap maker, a Registered Nurse, and a farmer.  I live in the woods of southern Alabama on my 17 acre paradise with spoiled princess Nubian goats,  horses, donkeys and a variety of dogs and cats.  Over the years I have experimented with exotic oils, new fragrances, and exciting colors but the further I got away from the goodness of farm fresh ingredients the more disappointed I was in the products.  I began to focus formula development on farm related products and I met a few local farmers, formed some relationships and began to source a number of ingredients locally. Goat milk is from our own milk maids (Nubian does) honey, bee's wax, lard, tallow are sourced locally when possible.  Besides making the best darn soaps & lotions, these ingredients provide support for local family farms.

Gray-Zen Acres is about honest, gracious southern living and sharing your abundance

But enough about me! It's your turn to talk.  Please feel free to linger over the pages of the site, I hope to be expanding scents, products and sets in the near future and don't forget to leave your name and email...you will get the latest product news, new releases, and a shipping discount to use on your next order.  

Oh, and when you take a few soaps & lotions home to the family be sure to give them my regards from the farm.

Come back soon,

Marj