About
🌿 Hi!
My name is Kathleen and I live and work in the green north of Antwerpen, only 150 meters away from a very nice forested region.
Next to our home is my work studio Forest Roots where I run a Dreadlocks service Forest Roots Fairy Locks, a studio for handmade accessoiries Forest Roots Natural crafts and a herbalism atelier Botanical Alchemy.
Besides that I run a webshop In the woods with a focus on organic, eco conscious and fair traded items that support a reconnected natural lifestyle.
I also work on some very nice free spirit festivals around Europe.
I update about these markets on my socials: Instagram/Facebook
My name is Kathleen and I live and work in the green north of Antwerpen, only 150 meters away from a very nice forested region.
Next to our home is my work studio Forest Roots where I run a Dreadlocks service Forest Roots Fairy Locks, a studio for handmade accessoiries Forest Roots Natural crafts and a herbalism atelier Botanical Alchemy.
Besides that I run a webshop In the woods with a focus on organic, eco conscious and fair traded items that support a reconnected natural lifestyle.
I also work on some very nice free spirit festivals around Europe.
I update about these markets on my socials: Instagram/Facebook
🌿 Forest Roots Dreadlocks Service
Private studio for the creation of natural hair dreadlocks, real dreadlocks extensions, maintenance and restorations.
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🌿 Forest Roots Natural crafts studio
Tiny crafts studio where I create hand felted wool dreadlocks sets, wool silk scarfs, hairwraps, jewelry and more.
I am also specialising in natural Plant dyes.
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🌿 Botanial Alchemy Herbalism atelier
Herbalism atelier with own recipe herbal tea infusions, bath salts and magic potions.
You can order them here: ...
From August 2025 I will also offer DYO Herbalism workshops in Schilde (north of Antwerp). These will be offered in Dutch and you'll go home with your own products and lots of inspiration.
Whenever the weather allows we will combine the workshop with a beautifull walk in Nature.
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🌿 In the woods Webshop
At In The Woods you will find organic, eco conscious and fair traded products for a natural lifestyle. You'll find organic wool basics, organic cotton and linen clothing, wooden toys, low-waste reusable products, non toxic care products and accessoires for Dreadlocks, organic personal care, products for women health, supplements, all natural incense, crystals, gipsy and dark art jewelry, books and much more.
And ofcourse the items from my own brand of herbal products: Botanical Alchemy.
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🌿 Previous
I was educated in Special youthcare and Orthopedagogy followed by a few aditional therapist trainings.
For about nine years I've worked as a counselor and social worker with people with all kinds of psychologic difficulties, from teaching to psychiatric care and everything in between. On the side I've worked as an independent photographer and I also did many years of artistic photography modelling. In my free time I focused on mastering glass art and learning how to play violin. Both were at that time no longer combinable when I became a Mother.
At the same time I left the social work sector and started my own natural health shop with all organic food, health supplements and so on. I've later on transformed this shop into my webshop In the woods.
That's also when I've started with the Forest Roots Dreadlocks service.
A couple of years later I began to study Herbalism and Magic.
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🌿 Current
For now my personal focus is on learning about Permaculture gardening while step by step building a Food Forest at our home place called Project 9 . At this moment I'm doing a three-year study to become a licensed Herbalist so I can deepen my knowledge in preparing herbal medicinal tinctures and also make more plant dyes for the crafts atelier. Herbalism and Magic will be playing an increasingly important part in the future Forest Roots concept.
Private studio for the creation of natural hair dreadlocks, real dreadlocks extensions, maintenance and restorations.
~
🌿 Forest Roots Natural crafts studio
Tiny crafts studio where I create hand felted wool dreadlocks sets, wool silk scarfs, hairwraps, jewelry and more.
I am also specialising in natural Plant dyes.
~
🌿 Botanial Alchemy Herbalism atelier
Herbalism atelier with own recipe herbal tea infusions, bath salts and magic potions.
You can order them here: ...
From August 2025 I will also offer DYO Herbalism workshops in Schilde (north of Antwerp). These will be offered in Dutch and you'll go home with your own products and lots of inspiration.
Whenever the weather allows we will combine the workshop with a beautifull walk in Nature.
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🌿 In the woods Webshop
At In The Woods you will find organic, eco conscious and fair traded products for a natural lifestyle. You'll find organic wool basics, organic cotton and linen clothing, wooden toys, low-waste reusable products, non toxic care products and accessoires for Dreadlocks, organic personal care, products for women health, supplements, all natural incense, crystals, gipsy and dark art jewelry, books and much more.
And ofcourse the items from my own brand of herbal products: Botanical Alchemy.
~
🌿 Previous
I was educated in Special youthcare and Orthopedagogy followed by a few aditional therapist trainings.
For about nine years I've worked as a counselor and social worker with people with all kinds of psychologic difficulties, from teaching to psychiatric care and everything in between. On the side I've worked as an independent photographer and I also did many years of artistic photography modelling. In my free time I focused on mastering glass art and learning how to play violin. Both were at that time no longer combinable when I became a Mother.
At the same time I left the social work sector and started my own natural health shop with all organic food, health supplements and so on. I've later on transformed this shop into my webshop In the woods.
That's also when I've started with the Forest Roots Dreadlocks service.
A couple of years later I began to study Herbalism and Magic.
~
🌿 Current
For now my personal focus is on learning about Permaculture gardening while step by step building a Food Forest at our home place called Project 9 . At this moment I'm doing a three-year study to become a licensed Herbalist so I can deepen my knowledge in preparing herbal medicinal tinctures and also make more plant dyes for the crafts atelier. Herbalism and Magic will be playing an increasingly important part in the future Forest Roots concept.
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