About Alchimia Grow Shop

Alchimiaweb SL, created in 2001 in Figueres, was born from the need to contribute knowledge to a cannabis culture that was still to be forged. For more than 25 years we have endeavored to follow the values that define us as a company and brand, focusing on customer wellbeing and their right to responsible cannabis use.

The present

We currently have more than 3,000 different cannabis varieties, divided into more than 110 banks (breeders and seed marketers) spread around the world. Within this large number of seed banks, the name Philosopher Seeds stands out, our own bank, which has won a great multitude of cups in competitions as important as the Spannabis Champions Cup or the Expogrow cup, among others.

We try to maintain a living product catalog, listening to customer requests and following market trends. We have been pioneers in the sale of magic mushroom grow kits and we try to provide new genetics, working with the best local producers for the greatest freshness and quality possible. In addition to joining the CBD movement, since we offer all kinds of cosmetics, extractions and THC-free flowers.

One of our best-known and most reputed hallmarks is customer service. With a team willing to do whatever is necessary for customer wellbeing, we have made Alchimia feel like a close brand, easy to contact and a transmitter of joy and smiles.

It is important to emphasize our commitment to the environment. We aim to stop using as much paper as possible, and to be as energy efficient as possible in our management and shipments.

The heart of Alchimia: The mission, vision and values:

We are a leading company in the online sale of cannabis self-cultivation products, committed to the wellbeing of both people and their environment and focused on customer service and innovation.

The best way we have found to define our mission is with the phrase Growing Happiness. We have made it our slogan, since everything we do, both for the team and for our customers, aims to cultivate happiness. This is because we understand that good dynamics within the company will create close environments in which customers will feel comfortable and want to return.

We have a transformative spirit and we intend to readapt the way in which human, economic and environmental relationships are established, moving towards a fairer and more equitable model by taking advantage of the resources and tools offered by commerce and the provision of services.

We open Alchimia to clear and established values that go hand in hand with those we have as people. And as such, during this long journey of more than 25 years we have been acquiring and modifying values as humans while doing so as a company. Below, we leave a list of some of the values that we believe best represent us:

• Employee development
• Customer at the center
• Excellence in service
• Competitiveness
• Creativity
• Collaboration
• Sustainability
• Justice

Activism: Gratitude to the environment

Alchimia is a company committed to the environment and the people who make it up. We firmly believe that personal and business development is only feasible if a synergy is generated with what surrounds us. And the environment includes both our physical environment, the Empordà, as well as the sector and culture in which we are immersed, cannabis.

Alchimia Solidaria was born with the spirit of sharing with this environment a certain part of what it had given us, dedicating part of the profits to projects that are separated into four areas of action: Social, Cannabis, Cultural and Environmental Projects. We have worked and learned from a lot of people who dedicate their lives to doing something better, that of others, in addition to making possible certain projects of great human value for those who executed them and for us.

On the other hand, we participated in the creation of the Guild of Products for Cannabis Self-cultivation -currently Guild of the Hemp Industry-, a non-profit organization that began defending the interests of Grow Shops in Catalonia and has currently spread throughout the Spanish State.

Our History

Alchimia's dream became an idea, and then a project, at the tasting club "Cànem Club". Created by David and Ramón (the founding partners of Alchimiaweb) together with friends, it was a space to bring together growers from the region and thus be able to taste and share each one's favorite varieties. In this space the primordial broth of current Alchimia was cooked.

With a feeling similar to germinating a marijuana seed, on April 28, 2001, a small premises opened in the center of Figueres –very close to the Dalí museum-. There a sign could be seen that read "Alchimia GrowShop", from then on synonymous with joy, enthusiasm and motivation.

Watering this seed daily with great care, day by day, and with much effort and dedication, we managed to impregnate customers with the joy that characterizes us and create an environment they would want to return to. And that's how it has been until now, which has made us move twice, finding its current headquarters in 2007 in Vilamalla. Little by little it has been becoming what it is now, with the last big change: in 2016 a warehouse was created using bio-construction techniques in which the offices currently reside.

In September 2003 we created our website, one of the first in the sector. An online Grow Shop allowed us to reach our French friends even more, although many already came in person. The idea of the website was for it to be a living space, and to adapt to the present reality. For this reason, the appearance of a blog became necessary, to be able to solve the doubts that we physically resolved, but our distant customers could not receive the information. That's where we created our online Cultivation Manual, one of the most extensive and elaborate in the sector.

How do we organize ourselves?

The Alchimia Family has evolved to be what it is today, a multidisciplinary team separated into departments, which seeks maximum optimization of shipping time and to be as efficient as possible, but always maintaining a sense of humor and fun.

These departments have the ability to work in a totally coordinated manner for the wellbeing of the end customer, constantly developing new knowledge and tools that help us to that end. The Alchimia team is made up of computer engineers, SEO and digital marketing experts, internal and business logistics specialists, among other equally qualified professionals.

Thanks to the great baggage we have and the spirit of improvement we maintain, we have created a network of external collaborators where some of the most outstanding specialists in the sector are found, who focus their area of action on areas such as legality or certain cannabis and digital marketing topics where they are required.

As a company we have the obligation to stay up to date within our sector, which is why we have a large number of cannabis experts who, daily, are aware of the news that may interest our customers. That's why we also try to get out of our circle and look at neighboring sectors within horticulture and their innovations and see how we can adapt them to ours. In our store you will find cannabis advisors ready to help you with any doubts you may have.

Cannabis experts are also distributed across different departments to have a cannabis vision in all company processes, such as writing, product catalog, digital marketing, customer service, purchasing and supplier relations or internal logistics.

What we have been trying to explain to you throughout this text (and we hope we have succeeded) is that at Alchimia we are a group of friends who have been together for more than 25 years trying to ensure that everyone who relates to us leaves with a smile. Whether with the end customer, the supplier, or the carrier himself, we try to create a good environment so that they feel comfortable and want to work with us again.