We work with farmers, growers & associated organisations to deliver soil centric support & advice
because we know from experience that when we understand our soils everything else falls into place.
We are Claire, Tim & Tom, a small team of farmers, growers and keen composters whose experience centres around regenerative, organic, permaculture and biological systems of production.
Based in Dorset, we work with farmers, growers and viticulturist across the UK and into Europe.
Amongst others, we have worked with, inspired and mentored the following organisations and individuals:
Althorp Estate, Can Purtell, Cadenham Farms, Crocadon Farm, Greenside Primary School, Haeckels, Hollycombe Home Farm, House of Hackney, Louma Winery, Margent Farm, Natoora, Oko Ag, Oxmoor Farm, Pasture for Life, Petalon, Plawhatch Farm, Ripe Cider, Saltwood Farm, The Land Gardeners, The Lost Gardens of Heligan, Two Fields Zakros, Westcombe Dairy, Wildfarmed.
We offer the following services:
Mentoring
Having been there and done it ourselves, we see our role as acting as a sounding board for you to bounce ideas off, providing you with confidence to transition towards a more regenerative approach.
Farm Health Reports
We offer comprehensive farm health reports which include whole system assessments, with thorough interpretations and context specific interventions which address your main limitations to system health.
Ongoing Monitoring & Outcome Verification
With regular monitoring of certain ecological outcomes, you can ensure that you are on a regenerative journey. We can monitor specific datasets which are appropriate to your system.
Composting Systems
With a specialism in composting systems, we can advise on a wide range of composting systems, from small scale systems for a market garden, cafe or restaurant application, through to farm or estate scale.
Workshops & Events
We support various organisations such as farmer clusters, local networks and regenerative businesses through workshops, events, webinars and stakeholder engagement.
Garden, Farm and Landscape Design
Working with a leading landscape agency we can advise on farmscape design, agroforestry systems, infrastructure, keyline design and permaculture systems.
Our story
It was whilst managing one of New Zealand’s most pioneering Regenerative farms, Mangarara Station, that our founder, Tim Williams, was sat up chatting one evening with Regenerative Farming & Permaculture legend, Darren J. Doherty, discussing the ways of the world over a glass of wine.
As the discussion progressed late into the evening they both came to the realisation that he had a lot more to offer to the world than a life of moving cows (although he loved that too). He knew that he really enjoyed supporting others, mentoring and educating his peers and helping them along their regenerative journey. Darren turned to Tim and he said, ‘either design your life or have your life designed for you’.
Since that moment in time he hasn’t looked back, as a natural born educator, Tim has mentored and supported others along the way, learning the more technical side of things from fellow educator and agro-ecologist extraordinaire Nicole Masters on the first UK CREATE cohort, complimenting this with a lifetime of first-hand farming experience and his prior learnings from Ian Mitchell-Innes, Dr Christine Jones and of course Darren J. Doherty.
Tim is now joined by his permaculturalist wife Claire Hannington-Williams, and fellow CREATE classmate and Soil Food Web educated, king of compost, Tomas Mitchell to deliver technical, practical, pragmatic advice and support that places soil health front and centre.