Highland Boundary is a private company which produces bespoke Scottish botanical spirits form their estate in the Perthshire countryside. The drinks are created using local spring water, grains and botanicals (such as birch, elderflower and honeysuckle) foraged from the Highland Boundary farm site.  Foraging is distinct from ‘harvesting’ involving working with nature and minimising our impact, as indigenous people have done for thousands of years.

Co-founder Marian said that she was inspired to launch Highland Boundary “to make spirits with true wild flavours of Scotland that had been forgotten about for many years, using only our native flora”.

Highland Boundary aims to show that businesses can and should be making a positive impact.  Since taking over the estate in 2008 Highland boundary has taken steps to re-wild and re-forest the estate and increase the biodiversity on site. Between 2008 and 2020, tree cover on the estate was increased by 407%. As well as improving the biodiversity on site, the company is also looking to purchase or partner with another site which, alongside foraging, could be improved and a new income stream created from the sale of carbon credits.

Alongside supporting nature to flourish on the site, the company is committed to sustainability more generally. “Our electricity comes from solar panels on our farm roof; our offices are heated using biomass and the cooling water from our still comes directly from a natural spring and is recycled through our wildlife pond once it has cooled, continuing the water cycle.”

Read more about the company here.