May is a very special month of the year.  There’s a chill in the air and the leaves have started taking on a variety of majestic autumn colours. It’s a season filled with splendour, when Mother Nature gifts us with her beauty as another season is born.

We take a moment to celebrate and pay tribute to our own mothers and to all the mothers out there for their gift of life and love. A wonderful way of honouring ones mother is with some decadent me time and we have just the gift for you to express your gratitude and appreciation.

That the preservation of wood is of ancient orgin, the egyptians preserved wood with essential oils such as cedar and olive oil.

The oldest surviving use of carved mahogany is in the cathedral of santo domingo built in 1514.

Mahogany trees bear fruit and clusters of white flowers and is also ant and termite resistant.

Khaya or African mahogany is found in west Africa, mainly Ivory Coast, Ghana and Nigeria and is a valuable timber.

An infusion made from the bark of the mahogany tree relieves colds.