Beauty & Hair Care
Natural by Nature Hair Salon
Premier Hair Care, Maintenance & Styles
Specializing in natural hair and locs, with healthy hair care, maintenance, styling, and personalized service.
One Root. Many Branches. A Legacy That Continues.
Rooted in purpose.Rising together.
Roots & Rise Enterprise is the family of businesses grown from our values, our gifts, our experience, and a commitment to wellness and service — built with the desire to create opportunities for generations to come.
Family → Purpose → Business → Community → Legacy
Roots & Rise Community Giveaway
You found our roots. Now tell us what speaks to you.
If one of our flyers, QR codes, conversations, or community connections brought you here, welcome. Choose the brands and experiences you want to hear more about and enter for a chance to receive a special Roots & Rise gift.
Festival visitors can select “Willingboro Jazz Festival” below so we know where our paths crossed.
“We honor our roots by building something that allows us—and others—to rise.”
The Family of Brands
Different branches. The same roots.
Hair, Body & Wellness
Natural by Nature Products
Curated Hair, Body & Wellness Products
A collection created by Kat Locs and thoughtfully selected for the natural, spirited beauty of the entire family.
Travel & Experiences
Serene Passage International
Travel Experiences Curated for You
Escape. Explore. Experience. Thoughtfully crafted escapes and group journeys designed around what matters most to you.
Wellness Retreats
Sistahs Spa Retreat
Holistic Healing, Relaxation & Sisterhood
A destination retreat centered on holistic healing, relaxation, and connection with like-minded women. Enjoy spa experiences, fine dining, scenic lodging, and time intentionally created to restore, reconnect, and recharge.
Catering & Hospitality
Smothered With Love Catering
Elevated Comfort Classics
Crafted with care, served with love. For more than 25 years, Chef Kim Tate and the Smothered With Love team have served beautifully presented food for weddings, family reunions, corporate events, and intimate gatherings across South Jersey and the greater Delaware Valley.
Our Roots
Built by family. Guided by purpose. Growing a legacy.
The foundation began at home — with family values, care for mind, body and spirit, natural living, hard work, creativity and service to others.
Over time, gifts became crafts. Crafts became businesses. And those businesses grew into a larger vision: to create opportunity, to teach, to support wellness, to strengthen families, and to invest in the community around us.
Roots & Rise Enterprise holds that vision together — one root, many branches, and a legacy meant to continue beyond us.
Community
Where purpose meets people.
The Village is a program we hope to grow within our community — a place for connection, shared knowledge, opportunity and support.
Restore
Space to rest, heal and return to yourself.
Connect
Relationships that carry families and neighbors.
Teach
Sharing skill, craft and knowledge freely.
Build
Creating what our community still needs.
Give Back
Returning what we have been given.
“It takes a village to grow a legacy.”
Some initiatives are already taking shape. Others are still being planted. We invite you to grow with us.
Growth Hub
Grow with us. Build with purpose.
Natural by Nature Hair Salon
- Natural Hair Stylists
- Locticians
- Braiders
- Salon Support
- Beauty Professionals
Smothered With Love Catering
- Servers
- Catering Assistants
- Prep Cooks
- Event Support
Rooted Journal
Stories. Inspiration. Wellness. Business. Community.
A growing home for personal stories, blogs, newsletters, announcements and reflections from the Roots & Rise community.
Featured Story
From Roots to Rise
How I Turned What Was Planted in Me Into a Legacy Still Growing
Kimberly Tate shares a personal story about family, valleys, second chances, relationships, business, community and building a legacy with room for others to rise too.
Read Kim’s StoryStories & Blogs
More from the Journal will appear here.
Newsletters & Updates
More from the Journal will appear here.
Special Features
More from the Journal will appear here.
Connect
There is room for you here.
Customers, entrepreneurs, community organizations, professionals, volunteers, vendors, educators and future partners — we would love to hear from you.
Connect With Us