100% Organic

It is essential that medicinal and aromatic plants destined to improve the well being of others are free from all substances that could reduce or modify their therapeutic effects.

All Tortue Rouge’s products are 100% organic.
• we use crop rotation, green manure and compost to build soil fertility
• we conserve biodiversity and care for wildlife
• we avoid genetically modified organisms
• we avoid pesticides and preservatives
• we are regulated by ECOCERT in France and work with suppliers similarly regulated in other countries
• everything we produce is fully traceable back to the fields, forests and mountainsides of origin.

We go further

We do all we can to maximise then conserve the therapeutic value of the plant.

This begins with our choice of plants to cultivate. A plant is at its therapeutic best when it is growing in an area where it would grow naturally, so we don’t focus on yield – we focus on harmony. We also cultivate for therapeutic value.


When we wildcraft we only do so in the wild areas certified by ECOCERT to be organic. Our wildcrafters have a thorough understanding and knowledge of the plants they are harvesting and know the best conditions in which to pick and, vitally what and what not to pick. The choice of time and conditions for harvesting are key to optimising the concentration of active ingredients.


Wherever possible we grow plants that are disappearing in the wild. We work with a number of small mountain farmers who each have tens of years of specialist local knowledge and experience in different types of production, from organic tinctures to the traditional Bach flower remedies.

Complete Traceability

We know where all our plants come from. This is particularly vital for quality essential oils as the distillation process can produce profound chemical changes within the plant material.
We distil to maximise the active ingredients we need for a particular product.

All our processing is done with complete respect for the plant and its environment.