Contact Us

Contact Usadmin2020-03-23T22:27:02-07:00

Mailing Address:
1319 Broad Street
Victoria, BC
Canada
V8W 2A8

Phone:
250-385-6829

Plastic Free July has begun! 🐢 Have you evaluat

Plastic Free July has begun! 🐢
Have you evaluated the plastic in your bathroom? How would you go about switching to a plastic free alternative? Where do you start?! We wanted to shoutout a few dental care products that can make your Plastic Free July just that little bit easier to navigate. First off the bamboo toothbrush; switching to a wooden toothbrush is one of the easiest steps to take when converting to a low waste bathroom. Moso bamboo is the fastest growing plant on earth and functions perfectly for toothbrushes. The bristles are dental grade nylon to provide a high quality brush but be sure to remove the bristles before disposing of the base! Second we have silk floss, another simple alternative to a generic bathroom product. This compostable silk floss is lightly waxed and even has a refillable glass dispenser! Lastly is the toothpaste tablet; these handy little tabs are great for on the go brushing. Crush one up in your mouth, brush with your wet toothbrush, spit and show off those pearly whites. These tablets are sold in a glass container that can be refilled when empty. If the tablet format isn’t your style try our refillable toothpaste! Converting to a plastic free bathroom routine can seem intimidating. We are here to help make that process as easy as possible 🤍
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🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day🇨🇦 We will be open

🇨🇦 Happy Canada Day🇨🇦

We will be open Canada Day from noon to 5pm!

Did you know we carry over 300 individual products that are made in Canada or by Canadian owned companies? Shop online or in store July 1st and save 10% off all the CANADIAN brands we carry. Get a jump start on Plastic Free July while saving money! If shopping online for pickup or delivery use the code OHCANADA at check out.

It’s true, normally we are closed on holidays, however with the local economy struggling from the effects of Covid-19 and the usual celebrations of music and fireworks cancelled this year, we felt maybe we ought to give people a one more reason to wander around downtown, safely distancing themselves, and be a tourist in your own city and support the rebuilding of our local economy!

If you are part of @littlest.acre.organics CSA program this means you can grab your weekly produce right up until 5:00pm. Bring your bags!

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Checking in to give you all a health and safety up

Checking in to give you all a health and safety update now that our brick & mortar store has been rearranged to allow for plenty of space between customers! 💚💙💚 • We are allowing 4 customers in the store at a time. • Sanitize your hands with the provided hand sanitizer before entering the store. • Social distance 2 meters with customers and staff.
• “Look with your eyes, not with your hands”. Let’s minimize surface contact as much as possible.
• We are only accepting debit and credit payments, no cash at the moment. • Our pickup option is still available. You can place your order online or you can call it in and select a pickup time that works for you.
• We are continuing with delivery on Wednesday and Saturday. There is a $4 fee on delivery orders of $75 or less.
• Yes, we are able to refill your personal jars as long as they are EMPTY, CLEAN and DRY! When returning bottle deposit jars they must also meet these qualifications.
• We are not allowed to accept “Take a Jar, Leave a Jar” donations yet. • Sign up to our monthly newsletter for updates and information on living plastic free!
Thank you for your continued support and understanding! Can’t wait to see you 💙

Get your bottles ready! Our doors will officially

Get your bottles ready! Our doors will officially be open again to welcome customers shopping in person this Tuesday June 16th! For the time being our hours will be 10am-5pm Tuesday through Saturday, closed on Sundays and Mondays until things pick up again.

In compliance with Island Health, all personal bottles and containers must be EMPTY, CLEAN and DRY without exception. They will be sprayed down and sanitized before being handled by our staff and only two customers will be allowed in the shop at a time to allow for social distancing. We encourage customers to utilize the hand sanitizer by the door upon entering as well.

Our shop has been rearranged to allow for better flow and social distancing and we remind you to heed the words of your mom and “Look with your eyes, not with your hands” while browsing to avoid unnecessary surface contact.

It’s been a crazy three months of trying to figure out how to completely change our entire business model of a Refillery to remain as zero waste as possible when we weren’t actually allowed to “refill” anything. Learning on the fly how to set up on line orders for pickup and delivery, dealing with suppliers who were completely closed down, ever changing health policies, staff having to move away for a while, twin 5 year olds without school or programs needing me to stay home with them, and worry over friends and family living in areas way more affected by COVID-19 than we were.

A huge THANK YOU to all of you who continued to shop with us by ordering online or via the phone for pickups and deliveries. Your support allowed us to meet our rent when our landlord flat out told us things were “business as usual” when clearly they were not.

Also a giant shout out to Jessica who came to the shop every day to fill those orders and greet you at the door or answer the phone when you called while I stayed home and attempted my hand at homeschooling and answering emails. I honestly don’t know how we would have existed without her!
We hope to see you in the shop soon!

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#blackouttuesday #blackvoicesmatter #amplifyblack

#blackouttuesday
#blackvoicesmatter
#amplifyblackvoices

I keep editing what I want to say here. The truth is it’s not my voice you should be listening to. I have a lot of strong opinions of what is happening in America right now, but I have chosen to mute our social media in order to allow the voices of others, of those who’s voices are all to often ignored, to be better heard.

Vegetable starts have arrived! One of the most im

Vegetable starts have arrived!
One of the most impactful things you can do to reduce your waste and carbon footprint is to eat locally grown foods. You can’t get any more local than having your own back yard or balcony vegetable garden!
Our friends from @littlest.acre.organics have provided us with a wide selection of heirloom tomato plants, cherry tomatoes, tomatillos, curly kale and Rainbow chard, all started from seed, in second hand pots, and certified organic.
Quantities are limited! All items are now available on our website (but excuse the lack of photos, they literally just got delivered and I haven’t had time to source our images for each variety!)
Studies show that gardening is one of the best stress reducers, exposes you to vitamin D from the sun and a host of positive immune boosting microbes in the soil. Even Dr. Bonnie recommenced time spent outside in these trying times. Free therapy with the added bonus of fresh tomatoes! What could be better? 🍅🥬🧑🏼‍🌾🐞
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