About Lindsay Girvan

Raised in 1960s London and deeply inspired by her artistic mother’s love of handmade textiles, Lindsay always felt a strong pull toward design, craft, and heritage. Her mother grew up in Aberdeen, where her own mother worked in the spinning mill, and her father worked as a warehouseman at the docks; in his spare time, he crafted beautiful things from wood.

Lindsay’s father was born in Fife. His family’s roots were more nomadic—his father a traveling man who eventually settled down in Cupar. As a boy, her dad roamed the Cairngorms dreaming of becoming a shepherd. He became an architect, but he passed on his sense of adventure and his eye for shape and structure to me.

Lindsay spent much of her life surrounded by textiles, travel, and the land. She worked in the handmade Scottish textile industry for over a decade as a curator, taught at the University of Edinburgh, and earned an MBA along the way. In 1998, Lindsay founded Grow Wild, an organic food business that later became the farm shop at Bonnytoun—her family farm—run with her husband Ben, a regenerative farmer who grows and rears much of what fills the shop shelves. Grow Wild is still going strong today, serving our local community with fresh, seasonal produce and sustainable food.

These days, Lindsay is finding new ways to connect the circular world of sustainable farming with textiles. Future Vintage is her way of bringing the handmade back to the farm—starting with the wool from her own Shetland sheep.

She love’s being on the land. Feeling and smelling the seasons. Talking to the sheep. Nurturing ideas and projects that feel exciting and important. In many ways, she’s come full circle, and now is a shepherd.