- Green House Cleaning
Green House Cleaning At The Purple Fig we believe that a green house cleaning service can be affordable, thorough, all-natural and treat employees fairly. All with the friendliness you would expect from a local Austin business.
We also have a detailed 121 point House Cleaning system.. Now doesn't that feel nice?
- Green Steam Cleaning
Steam Cleaning Now Available!
Is the are rug under your dining room table looking a little down? We would love to breathe some life into it with our full-service steam cleaning menu.
We can clean your carpets, upholstery, and area rugs along with tile and cement floors with the power of steam, soy-based cleaners and enthusiastic scrubbing brushes.
This is the perfect service to request along with your first green house cleaning!
- Blueplanetgreenliving Interview
Our Interview with Blueplanetgreenliving.com
“Purple Fig is a natural green house cleaning service in the greater Austin area — all the clean with none of the chemicals,” said owner Amanda May. “We make and use only green cleaning products, which we ship nationwide. We provide free recipes for everything we sell, and we’ll teach anyone how to make what we sell. Our goal is to create healthy, clean homes.”
A green cleaning company that gives away its trade secrets? When we heard about ecopreneur Amanda May and her Purple Fig Cleaning Cooperative, we were intrigued by both her green-cleaning methods and her business model. We wanted to know what drives a businessperson to be so generous with the information most companies would keep to themselves. We spoke with May by phone from her Austin, Texas, home. — Julia Wasson, Publisher
Read more here
- Austin Woman Magazine Article
Austin Woman Magazine: Creating Healthy Spaces“My husband and I had been working on changing to a greener lifestyle when I met Amanda May at the Sunset Valley Farmer’s Market. She mentioned that The Purple Fig was putting on a natural green cleaning seminar and I thought that learning how to make my own products instead of purchasing green cleaners seemed ideal.” said Helen Novielli. “ I love the natural cleaners. I don’t miss the harsh chemical smells at all!”
In November of 2007, May quit her job as a public accountant and started The Purple Fig Green Cleaning Company. May already had the idea of an all-natural, non-toxic cleaning company in her head when she was refused unpaid leave during a slow work period. “I had been going around to people at parties and trying to convince someone to start an all natural cleaning company. ‘Oh this would be such a great idea; this would be a really cool business.’ But no one did it, of course. So when my firm denied my vacation, I decided that I was going to do my own thing. And so I ended up starting this business that I’d been telling other people to do., “ said May with a smile. “
Check out the full article on p. 38 here
- Featured in Craft Magazine
Craft Magazine: A Party Clean Enough for Gaia
Parties begin and end with cleaning. Many event producers agree that guests keep a clean space clean and make a messy space dirty because they follow the intention they feel in the room when they arrive.
But I recently learned from Amanda May, owner of The Purple Fig Cleaning Company, that some parties begin, end, and are entirely about cleaning. The Purple Fig, located in Austin, Texas, offers chemical-free green house cleaning services, a line of natural cleaning products, and DIY parties that educate, empower and inspire.
May is anxious to point out that simple ingredients such as vinegar and baking soda will solve most household cleaning needs. With the addition of essential oils such as tea tree, anyone can make a plethora of products that are safe for people and the planet.
You can read the full article here