Grove is a storefront theme for natural skin and body care brands, soap makers, aromatherapy, herbal teas and wellness shops on CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor. Shoppers buy routines and ingredients, so Grove sells steps and plants instead of a plain shelf.
Four styles change more than the colours: Oat (oat paper and terracotta), Fern (deep fern hero band, crisp corners), Rosehip (blush band and burgundy) and Dusk (an evening palette).
Four styles, one theme
Each style changes the ground, bands, type weight and card treatment, not only the accent colour. Open any of them in the live demo.
One button adds a full three-step ritual to the cart
Ingredient seals and Latin names answer the first question on every card
Concern pills and ritual arches shorten the path to the right product
What is inside and how to use sections come from product features
Text contrast of at least 4.5:1 in every style, self-hosted fonts
Works with the 4.21 full page cache and with Kavio Labs add-ons
How it works
Install the package in Add-ons: it adds the Grove theme without touching your storefront. Activate Grove in Website, Themes and pick a style; the theme adds its demo catalogue so the store looks complete at once. Add product features with the codes KEY_INGREDIENT, SIZE, CLAIMS or HOW_TO_USE to show seals, Latin names and product sections. Choose the ritual products in the Block Manager and upload your logo per style.
Features
Arch image frames with a floating disc on cards, categories, gallery, cart and journal
Botanical ingredient seals with the Latin key ingredient, from product features or your own variant images
Ritual arches block for categories and an arch grid block for product sections
Ritual steps block that adds three products to the cart at once
Ingredient spotlight with circular text and garden seals
What is inside, how to use and claim icons on product pages
Four styles: Oat, Fern, Rosehip and Dusk
Installs with full demo content: every section and demo products are ready after activation
Mega menu with a "More" item, sticky header, mobile bottom bar and sticky buy bar on phones
Child of Responsive: add-on hooks keep working
CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 to 4.21.x
What you get
Package
kv_theme_grove-1.0.1.zip: the theme and its wrapper add-on, installed through Add-ons → Manage add-ons. Activate it in Website → Themes and pick a style.
Editions
CS-Cart, CS-Cart Ultimate, Multi-Vendor and Multi-Vendor Ultimate 4.17.2 – 4.21.x, one package. A child theme of Responsive: no core files are changed and add-on templates keep working.
Updates & support
12 months included. Updates keep the theme files you changed; your layouts are never replaced.
License
1 production installation; subdomains, staging, dev and localhost are free. The theme checks its license for your domain once a day from the admin panel. Without a valid license the storefront shows the standard Responsive look instead of the Grove design; cart, checkout and orders keep working. How licensing works
Compatibility
We list only the builds we install and test on. “Tested” means the full test plan was run on that build; “Supported” means the build is inside the supported range and uses the same hooks.
CS-Cart version and edition compatibility
CS-Cart version
CS-Cart
CS-Cart Ultimate
Multi-Vendor
Multi-Vendor Ultimate
4.22 and later
Testing next
Testing next
Testing next
Testing next
4.21.2
Supported
Supported
Tested
Supported
4.20.x
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.19.x
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.18.x
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
4.17.2
Tested
Supported
Tested
Supported
Before 4.17.2
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Last tested build: Multi-Vendor 4.21.2, Oct 16, 2026Tested on: CS-Cart 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.21.2, Multi-Vendor 4.17.2
Requirements
Platform
CS-Cart (incl. Ultimate) or Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 – 4.21.x
Requirement
Administrator access to the admin panel
Core changes
None. Hooks and template overrides only
1.0.1
Oct 16, 2026
Latest
Changed 2
Demo content: products show realistic product codes instead of internal demo codes.
Built on the Kavio theme kit 1.1.2 (demo content: visible product codes, optional quantity discounts and taxes for demo products).
Tested on CS-Cart 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.21.2, Multi-Vendor 4.17.2. No breaking changes.
1.0.0
Oct 16, 2026
Added 5
Grove theme for CS-Cart and Multi-Vendor 4.17.2 - 4.21.x: arch image frames on cards, categories, gallery, cart and
Settings: ingredient seals on cards, product page note, footer wordmark.
Demo content on activation (kit 1.1): 34 products in 6 categories with ingredient features, reviews, journal posts,
Kavio theme kit 1.1: mega menu with "More", sticky header, mobile bottom bar, sticky buy bar, filter sheet, size
Tested on CS-Cart 4.17.2, Multi-Vendor 4.21.2, Multi-Vendor 4.17.2. First release.
Does Grove work with my add-ons?
Yes. Grove is a child of the standard Responsive theme and does not override product, cart or checkout templates, so add-on hooks keep working. Kavio Labs add-ons are styled to match each style.
Where do the ingredient seals and Latin names come from?
From the product feature with the code KEY_INGREDIENT. As a select feature with variant images, the seal shows your image; as a text feature, Grove picks one of its botanical illustrations by the name. See Usage.
Does the ritual block give a discount?
No, it shows the sum of the three products and adds them with one click. For a set discount create a cart promotion for the three products; the set note can then say so.
Can customers subscribe to refills?
Not with Grove alone: CS-Cart has no subscriptions in the core. Grove styles a purchase-type selector for a subscription add-on (see the developer notes) and hides it otherwise.
My product photos have a white background. Do they work?
Yes. Arches look best with cut-outs (transparent PNG) or photos on a light, plain ground; square images with the product in the lower two thirds.
Does it work with Multi-Vendor?
Yes, on CS-Cart (incl. Ultimate) and Multi-Vendor. Vendor pages and the featured vendors block use the Grove look.
Does it work with the full page cache?
Yes. Cached pages contain no visitor data; the cart count and the bag come from the core cart block.
What happens without a licence?
A new installation works for 14 days. After that, without a valid licence, the storefront shows the standard Responsive look; cart, checkout and orders keep working and visitors see no message. The admin panel tells you why and how to fix it. See Configuration.
Does the theme work on my staging copy?
Yes. Subdomains of your licensed domain and local development hosts are covered by the same licence.
Will an update overwrite my changes?
No. Files you changed are kept (a notice lists them), and layouts and blocks are never replaced.
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