Keeping it in the FAMILY
‘We spent one day working the land together and I never left’
Vicky and Ben Lyons run Lyonsleaf, the Republic of Natural Skincare. Vicky, 49, and Ben, 46, founded the company in 2012, making 100% natural products from herbs they grow on their Somerset farm.
Back in 2007, I wanted to live in a self-sufficient community, and a friend told me about Ben’s farm. I turned up to help, we spent one day working on the land together and I’ve been here ever since. It was so refreshing to meet someone so enthusiastic, who wants to leap out of bed and work hard. We spent the first few years digging
