Abaca Blog

We’ve been having a bit of a clear out and if you’re one of those people that enjoy making things we have some very useful pieces of organic wool that...

On July the 4th we were honoured to attend an award ceremony in Swansea that was held in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales. The awards were being...

An article on the BBC news website on the 30th June told the story of an American insurance company called Aetna that is paying its employees up to £225 a...

Abaca is an organic business that is certified by the Soil Association. Lots of people say, “ But you don’t really need certification do you? You can just use materials...

Do you long for a mattress that’s made with simple, pure fillings? A mattress that has impeccable organic credentials? Well look no further than an Abaca Snowdon mattress! We make...

Very often when potential customers call us, they say “ I want a really good traditional mattress”. So what does that mean? In a world where so much is disposable...

Today is a really special day for Abaca. For years we have been selling our mattresses through other companies, but from the 1st April 2016 we are going it alone!...

At last we have dry weather in Wales! Glorious early spring sunshine makes our daffodils gleam in the sun and the fields are full of gambolling lambs. Ironically, while the...

Most babies start off life sleeping in a crib or Moses basket. Those names are very historical: a cribb was an Old English word for a manger (the thing that...

What’s so special about organic cotton? Every Abaca mattress is made using an unbleached, un-dyed, organic cotton cover. The fabric is woven for us in Burnley, but why is organic...

Do you ever wonder who writes these blogs? I thought it might be interesting for our customers and Facebook followers to learn a little bit more about those of us...

Today’s world is an extremely busy one for most of us, and sometimes we take our bodies for granted, pushing them to the limit with stress and long hours, feeding...