From The Bench

We're just a husband + wife team at Begonia & Bench and every nice sentiment shared or ask to take home our labor of love means so much to us...

We're highlighting 12 inspiring small businesses and local makers, offering handcrafted items that are unique and noteworthy. Winter is a time to focus on your #wellbeing and creating moments of...

We are a small family business in Minnesota, who hand-craft artisanal plant wax candles with a ecological focus. ⁣ ⁣⁣ Once we started offering our candles, we felt we had...

When trees are properly planted in their region and nourished, then tree-planting is definitely worth all the #hashtaghype ⁣ ⁣ Planting trees support wildfire recovery, impacts climate change, and more.⁣...

𝙎𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙉𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨:⁣ Surround yourself with the clean aromatic breeze of fresh Fraser Fir, evergreen and cozy cedar that evokes warmth and comfort. ⁣ ⁣ 𝙉𝙤𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙡𝙚:⁣ - Our...

If you live in wintery states (hello #mnwinters) it's easy to feel like every day can be groundhogs day. We're working with our kids to come up with activities that...

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗷𝗼𝘆𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗵𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗯𝗶𝘁 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿? It's that time in the candle...

Like many, you may be feeling a range of anxious feelings and thoughts. It's more important than ever to take a moment to pause for ourselves each day! Lighting a...

𝐃𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐞𝐞𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐫𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐩𝐮𝐥𝐥 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐇𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐭 𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐥 𝐚𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬𝐠𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠? 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫?...

We're quickly soaking in everything #fallcandles and Halloween with our family before everything switches to holiday nostalgia and wintery delights! Are you a fan of the film Hocus Pocus? It's...

Many candle friends don't know that all of our candles come hand-wrapped and packaged in recyclable and sustainable materials that we source directly from reliable, ecologically conscious suppliers. Packaging our...

If you're #minnesotalife how are you feeling about this snow right now?!❄☃ We cannot believe that just this past weekend, we were taking this photo outside. Sneaking in one last fall picture...