Tasha’s Botanics – find them on Jawbone Walk

Tasha’s Botanics

Tasha launched her botanical skincare and wellness brand in January 2026, after studying herbology with Edinburgh’s Royal Botanic Gardens and the Grass Roots Remedies Co-operative. Her range: bath salts, CBD lavender oils, massage balms, rosemary hair oil and calendula salve, is made from plants she grows in her Edinburgh garden or forages locally, without pesticides or chemicals. She uses glass jars, recycled card business materials, and reused postal packaging. This year she upgraded from plastic to non-plastic tubs, and where plastic-free lids aren’t yet available, she runs a 20% discount return scheme for empty containers.

What set Tasha apart was her mindset. For a business less than six months old, the depth of thought she’s brought to sustainability and her openness about what she still wants to improve is exactly what this award is for. She’s also planning herbal workshops later in 2026 to make natural remedies accessible to everyone.

Runners Up:

Bambu Living Sustainably – find them on the middle field near the Main Stage
A B Corp certified, zero-waste social enterprise founded in Edinburgh in 2018. Bambú sources from local and women-run businesses, uses compostable or reusable packaging, makes upcycled coasters from community-collected bottle caps, and runs a weekly plastic-free pop-up stall. They plant a tree for every order over £25, with a goal of 500 trees this year. Sustainable and plastic-free goodies for everyday life, toiletries, beauty and home. The aim of their Bambu stall is to raise awareness of excessive plastic use and offer better alternatives for beauty, home, self care products that are more ethical, and sustainable for ourselves and for the planet. They believe our health is inevitably interconnected to a clean and healthy environment. 

The Bike Station – find them on Middle Meadow Walk
The Bike Station repairs and refurbishes donated bikes so nothing goes to landfill, uses cargo bikes between branches, and arrived at the festival by bike. Community programmes include the Wee Bike Library, a Fix Your Own tool-borrowing workshop, and Dr Bike free repair sessions — as well as volunteering opportunities for people in rehabilitation.

Salvation Army (SATCol) – find them on Coronation Walk near the funfair

The UK’s largest charity-owned textile collector, SATCoL arrived in an electric vehicle and used no packaging. Their Fibersort infrared technology and Project Re:Claim facility — the UK’s first polyester-to-polyester recycling plant — represent genuine innovation in textile sustainability. Their east of Scotland shops recorded 100 acts of community reuse this year, including 27 donations to schools. Named Outstanding Charity Retailer of the Year in 2024.

The Daaler – find them next to the Main Stage 

The Daaler

The Daaler serves three varieties of daal — red, green and black lentil stew — with garlic naan, and their entire menu is 100% vegan. Their trailer runs on a 300-watt solar panel that covers all their electricity needs, with a petrol generator kept only as a backup when cooking on gas. All packaging is FSC Mix certified and industrially compostable, and they source from local and organic suppliers including Real Foods in Edinburgh. Lentils themselves are one of the most sustainable crops you can grow — carbon-negative, water-efficient, and soil-enriching. The Daaler’s menu isn’t sustainable by accident, it’s sustainable by design.

The Bike Station – find them on Middle Meadow Walk

The Bike Station provide free bicycle health checks, information on their free-to-access community programmes that promote active travel and inclusivity, and have some cargo bikes available for test riding. Their whole business is based on refurbished bikes, taking in donated bikes and using what they can to recycle the rest. They sell second hand parts and offer free bike checks and minor repairs with a focus on encouraging cycling.

All of their bike supplies are donated and all ‘waste’ metal and rubber is recycled. They’re breaking down barriers so more people can cycle with an aim for emission free transport. They also help to teach bike maintenance and operate a free bike library. The whole team walked or cycled to the festival!

Bring your bike to the Meadows Festival and make sure to check them out!

Runners Up:

Bambu Living Sustainably – find them on Coronation Walk C8
Sustainable and plastic-free goodies for everyday life, toiletries, beauty and home. The aim of their Bambu stall is to raise awareness of excessive plastic use and offer better alternatives for beauty, home, self care products that are more ethical, and sustainable for ourselves and for the planet. They believe our health is inevitably interconnected to a clean and healthy environment.

Ambertide Creative – find them on Jawbone Walk JE116
Amber Tide Creative features handmade, ocean- and nature-inspired crochet items crafted entirely by stallholder Jeorgia using sustainable materials, along with original gouache art prints and jewelry made from recycled art projects. She also donates 20% of every sale to ocean clean-up efforts.

Birthlink Thrift Shop – find them near the crossroads at the top of Middle Meadow Walk A125

All of their stock is second hand and donated. At the festival, their stock is clothes from the shop floor that hasn’t sold, giving it another chance. Their ethos is they’d rather give things away than go to landfill as a lot of charities throw stuff away. They also collect a lot of stock from university student halls ensuring it doesn’t go to landfill with a community team to help. Keep an eye out on Meadows Share and make sure to visit them at the festival for a pre-loved bargain!

The Tuskers Ltd – find them on Melville Drive near the 

Serving Sri Lankan rice and curries, The Tuskers started as a zero waste shop, offering cooking classes to the public and private catering events. They slowly moved to cooking and teaching people how to cook with no waste. Their zero waste initiative has been replicated at the Meadows Festival cooking fresh every day with no food waste and ingredients all sourced locally. They work with two local farms (small growers) in Perth where they’re based, always using seasonal