The outcome of this effort is a meticulously created variety of products made from pure natural, hygienic materials: a line of ointments, soaps, skin cleansers and products for personal hygiene and care.

The supply of the herbs needed is secured by the hard work put into the Monastery’s gardens by the Sisters, which justifies the name given to the Monastery’s workshop.

A main policy and aim of the workshop “Herbal Garden” of the Holy Monastery of the Dormition of the Theotokos at Mikrokastro, is the maximum possible exploitation of the herbs either grown in the Monastery’s gardens or, picked from the nearby mountainous region by the sisters. For this reason, all the oil extracts used as main basic materials in products are conscientiously prepared with strict obedience to legal standards and regulations as well as expertise.

The herbs are used either freshly harvested or recently dried depending on the use. The workshop also exploits, at the maximum, the extra virgin olive oil extracted from the annual harvest of the Monastery’s olive trees and thus the unique quality of the products, which is the essential prerequisite, is achieved.