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Our goods are sourced primarily from five counties in Northwest Washington - Whatcom, Skagit, Island, San Juan, and Snohomish. This region bordering the Salish Sea is steeped in natural beauty and rich in fishing, farming, and forestry tradition. Our goods and gifts reflect that heritage.

Oh so much! Our gifts are about as local as it gets, sourced primarily from a 60-mile radius of our home base in Bellingham, WA. That means they don’t travel far to reach us, saving on packaging and transport emissions. Our items are mostly plant-based and/or organic, wildcrafted and/or sustainably sourced, small-batch and/or handcrafted. Individual product packaging is recyclable, reusable or compostable as much as possible. Our boxes are elegant in their simplicity (we do not double box!) with a focus on recycled and recyclable packaging and zero waste. $1 of every purchase plants trees around the globe to offset our carbon emissions. Oh, and did we mention we give 2% of sales of our Curated Gifts to local social and environmental causes? Rest assured that your gift from us will reflect your values.

Carbon neutrality means keeping your net release of CO2e (CO2 equivalent) into the atmosphere at zero. Basically, whatever CO2e is emitted in your business practices is canceled out by a process known as 'offsetting’. Offsetting is a financial contribution that helps support projects that reduce emissions, like regenerating precious forests or cleaning up our oceans. Madrona Gifts currently uses GoodAPI to help offset our carbon impact by planting trees with each purchase on our website.

Community support is integral to our mission. We dedicate 2% of sales of our curated gift boxes every year to a select group of local nonprofits who work hard to keep our community safe, healthy, and sustainable.