Ryan & Co Candlemakers

Makes candles and things for the home

Made in
Bunbury, wider South West
From Busselton
about 40 min by car
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The story

A Bunbury family business, founded in 2016, pouring soy candles into hand-cut recycled glass bottles, with scents named for South West places.

Ryan & Co Candlemakers began with a decision about the container. When Bronwyn Ryan founded the Bunbury family business in 2016, she chose recycled vessels from the start rather than new, imported jars. Every candle since has gone into a glass bottle that had a life before this one.

The bottles are collected locally. Hospitality businesses, sporting clubs and people around the community set their used bottles aside, and each bottle is cut by hand to make the vessel. The top halves aren't wasted either. The business offers them to anyone who wants them for craft projects, pendant lights or the garden.

The candles are poured in 100% soy wax, which the maker says sets to a silky matte finish, and each one gets a timber lid. They come in three bottle sizes: small amber, medium green or clear, and large amber. When a candle has burnt down, the glass washes out with hot soapy water and can be used again.

The scents are where the South West comes in. The South West Range is named for places: Cape Leeuwin, Evenings in Margaret River, Summer at Eagle Bay, Yallingup Hills, Geographe Breeze and Peppermint Beach among them. The Botanics Range turns to the bush and the garden, with Smokebush, Lemon Scented Gum and Wild Lavender. Reed diffusers come in recycled glass bottles with a wooden cork, and add Boranup Mist and Karri & Jarrah to the list.

The candles are stocked in shops from Bunbury to Margaret River and further afield, and the online shop sends orders within Australia. The business doesn't publish a workshop address, so order online.

Where it's made Bunbury

2 makers in Bunbury

What Ryan & Co Candlemakers makes

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Where these facts come from
  • Founded in 2016 by Bronwyn Ryan; a family business based in Bunbury, Western Australia ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • A recycled vessel was chosen from the outset instead of imported, newly made containers ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • 100% soy wax poured into locally collected bottles cut by hand to form the vessel ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Bottles come from local hospitality businesses, sporting clubs and community members ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Cut-off bottle tops offered to anyone who wants them for craft projects, pendant lights, pottery or garden use ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Soy wax described by the maker as giving a silky matte finish ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Timber lids; glass can be washed out with hot soapy water and reused ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Three bottle sizes: small amber, medium green or clear, large amber ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • South West Range scents named for places, including Cape Leeuwin, Evenings in Margaret River, Summer at Eagle Bay, Yallingup Hills, Geographe Breeze and Peppermint Beach ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Botanics Range scents Smokebush, Tea Garden, Lemon Scented Gum and Wild Lavender, with the maker's scent notes ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Reed diffuser: recycled glass bottle, wooden cork lid, 10 reeds, 250ml; scents include Boranup Mist and Karri & Jarrah ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Sold in shops across Bunbury, Dunsborough, Cowaramup, Margaret River, Vasse, Perth, Albany, Denmark and Rottnest Island ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Online shop ships within Australia only ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • No workshop or street address published ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • South West Range Small: small amber bottle; Summer at Eagle Bay and Indian Ocean scent notes ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)
  • Christmas Connection: cypress, fir needle and vanilla bean, medium amber bottle ryanandcocandlemakers.com.au (checked 24 September 2026)

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