100% natural latex
Bats
Basic wood foundation
Organic cotton
Coil count
Fair Trade
Doctor’s prescription for wool free mattresses
Innerspring/box spring foundations
Innerspring mattress vs. non-innerspring mattress
Natural dyes
Organic hemp
Pure Grow Wool™
Slat frames
Split coil and split wood foundations
The Green Mother
Ticking
Tufting and euro-tufting
VOCs
100% natural latex
100% Natural Latex is not the same product as the well-known synthetic version of latex. 100% Natural Latex is an excellent product for individuals with most allergies since 100% Natural Latex is hypo-allergenic and it is anti-microbial. Instead of being man-made, 100% Natural Latex comes from the rubber tree. It is a wonderful natural material that provides warmth in the winter and a cool experience in the summer. It also naturally resists dust mites.
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Bats
Bats are literally the layers of cotton or wool that are quilted together to make the mattress comfortable. Layers of wool batting also provide the mattress with its fire retardancy.
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Basic wood foundation
A foundational support for your latex, and other non-innerspring mattresses. The basic wood foundation is a traditional support frame made of large wood boards. It provides for the proper ventilation of your latex mattress.
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Organic cotton
The production of organic cotton, along with other organic agriculture, promotes biodiversity, and enhances soil biological cycles. Organic farming is good for the earth because it is based upon practices that maintain and improve upon the ecological balance of the land.
When a cotton product is labeled as “Organic Cotton” it is a claim that means a set of stringent standards were followed and met in the product's harvesting, production, and finishing process. State government officials and/or non-governmental third part organizations are involved in ensuring that products are produced in accordance with these stringent standards.
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Coil count
The coil count directly relates to the firmness of the mattress you are buying. Typically, the higher the coil count (or the denser the coils) the firmer the mattress. Coils also give your mattress its “springy feeling.”
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Fair Trade
"Fair Trade” embodies the principals of social justice. The Fair Trade program works to reduce global poverty by promoting trading practices that benefit the underprivileged farmers, artists, and merchants with whom the program is trading with. Under Fair Trade rules, farmers and artists must always receive a fair price for their work.
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Doctor’s prescription for wool free mattresses
Because pure wool is a natural fire retardant, using pure wool in mattresses assists in meeting federal fire safety standards without the use of formaldehyde. However, as some people are allergic to wool, we also offer adult and baby mattresses made without wool. To purchase a wool-free, formaldehyde-free mattress from The EverGreen Home™ you must have a prescription from your physician.
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Innerspring/box spring foundations
Innerspring foundations (box springs) should only be used to support innerspring mattresses. They should never be used with a non-innerspring mattress or a latex mattress because the sleeping surface would be very unstable (the wood or slat frame foundation provides the rigidity needed by the non-innerspring (latex) mattresses.
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Innerspring mattress vs. non-innerspring mattress
An Innerspring mattress gets much of its structure from the coils within it. The denser the coils, the firmer the mattress. A latex (non-innerspring) mattress does not have coils. Latex mattresses, however can be structured to provide a feeling of softness, medium firmness or firmness. Latex mattresses specifically contain no metal. So latex mattresses are often chosen by individuals concerned about electro-magnetic fields (EMFs) and the possible health risks of current flows or magnetic interference with the body.
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Natural dyes
Our hemp importer, ECOLUTION®, was inspired to develop natural dyes since they first began to work with hemp. This dream was actualized a few years ago when a Transylvanian eco-botanist with a background in natural pigments joined the ECOLUTION® team. After intensive research and development working with local plants, ECOLUTION® achieved the four colors that you see here. ECOLUTION® uses only eco-friendly mordants, blue stone, alum, salt, and vinegar, to fix these dyes. *Comments taken directly from ECOLUTION®
Recently, ECOLUTION® has been able to develop a variety of lovely new colors based upon the same principles, and all using natural plant materials. |
| European Oak (Quercus Robur) |
Family: Fagaceae
Part used: bark
Mordants: blue stone, salt, and vinegar
Color: brown
Availability: throughout the forests of transylvania
Use: as a hardwood for timber |
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| Bilberry (Vaccinium Myrtilius) |
Family: Ericaceae
Part used: fruits as juice
Mordants: alum, salt, and vinegar
Color: grey
Availability: throughout the forests of the transylvanian mountains
Use: for jam and juice or like a medicinal plant |
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| PANSY (Viola Tricolor) |
Family: Violaceae
Part used: entire plant
Mordants: alum, salt, and vinegar
Color: yellow
Availability: on the fields
Use: as a medicinal plant |
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| Oregano (Origanum Vulgare) |
Family: Lamiaceae
Part used: entire plant
Mordants: alum, salt, and vinegar
Color: golden green
Availability: on the fields
Use: as an herb or like a medicinal plant |
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Organic hemp
The hemp used in our Kitchen, bath and rug products is organically cultivated in the Banat region of western Romania. It is produced in accordance with the European Union’s stringent organic certification regulations. WHY HEMP? Hemp is very environmentally positive. It enhances the earth as it grows, replenishes nutrients to the soil, and it naturally resists pests and therefore requires no herbicides. It is the perfect crop for renewable agriculture. The EverGreen Home™ sells hand-woven hemp throw rugs, hemp aprons, bath items and other accessories. Article: How do I know it's really organic?
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Pure Grow Wool™
Pure Grow Wool™ has no dyes, no pesticides, no formaldehyde, and is cleaned without the use of harsh bleaches or carbonic acids. An additional mark of distinction is that Pure Grow Wool™ is produced without cruelty to the animals. The Pure Grow Wool™ product is an excellent component for individuals who suffer from allergies or chemical sensitivities. Mattresses, comforters, pillows, and other bedding filled with Pure Grow Wool™ provide a healthful and extremely comfortable sleep experience.
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Slat frames
A slat frame foundation is a European bed foundation that has thinner wood slats than a typical wood foundation. These thinner wood slats are closely spaced and are very flexible. They use a European version of Birch, and are very springy.
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Split coil and split wood foundations
The split wood or split coil mattress frame is a suggested option for the queen size mattress only. This is an option for houses that have small tiht hallways which might make it otherwise difficult to successfully deliver and install a standard one-piece queen size foundation. With a split coil, or split wood order, you will receive two special order foundations that are each 30” wide x 79” long, which would lay side by side beneath your queen mattress. To order either a split coil or a split wood foundation, please call us at 800-270-2448, ext. 709 to place a special order.
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The Green Mother
The Green Mother is an independent third-party organization that reviews the growing, manufacturing, and finishing processes of products designated to be “certified organic’ “100% natural” or “pure.” Products sold byThe EverGreen Home™ have been reviewed by The Green Mother. Any product bearing a label indicating that it has been reviewed by The Green Mother has successfully demonstrated that its materials are certified organic, 100% natural, or pure. In addition, products bearing this label have been manufactured and finished using best practices within green industry standards.
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Ticking
Ticking is a durable fabric used to cover mattresses and foundations. It is often a twill fabric.
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Tufting and euro-tufting
Tufting is a method of securing the top and bottom of a mattress together to keep the filling of a mattress from shifting around under the weight of a sleeper. Standard or button tufting uses a button to keep the thread from pulling through the mattress. The EverGreen Home™ offers Euro-Tufted mattresses. Our Euro-Tufting process is done by hand and uses a cloth pad instead of a button to secure the tufting stitch in place, giving your mattress a surface free of hard objects. This results in greater comfort.
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VOCs
VOCs are volatile organic compounds. VOCs can be found in certain commercial mattresses, linens, pillows, rugs, decorative wall paint, wall paper, paint strippers, many commercial mattresses, and other common household items (see The EverGreen Home™ VOC Information Guide for more details on VOC’s.
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