Your Biochar From Our Woods

Our biochar is made here in Devon from timber arising from the management of our own woodland as part of our ancient woodland regeneration project. All our biochar is made from the leftover wood from the plantation which was imposed on the land to the detriment of the ancient woodland which once reigned over Sweethill. For each batch of our biochar, we know where the trees grew, why they were felled and what is happening to the woodland in their place.

Much of our woodland is ancient woodland that was over-planted with commercial conifers. We are gradually removing these wasted plantation trees as part of our long-term restoration work, creating space for native trees, plants, fungi and wildlife to recover and thrive.

Rather than treating the resulting timber simply as a waste product, we give some of it a new and lasting purpose by turning it into biochar.

That gives our biochar something we think really matters: traceability.

Biochar can be produced at many different scales and from many different feedstocks, from locally sourced woodland material and agricultural residues to larger commercial biomass streams. When you choose ours, there is no complicated story behind where the carbon in your bag originated.

It came from our woods. We made it. And we can show you why.

We're a small family business, so your purchase also has a very direct impact. The money you spend with us helps us continue caring for the woodland, restoring its native ecology and finding productive uses for the timber that comes out of that process.

So you're not simply choosing biochar for what it can do in your soil. You're choosing a product whose journey you can trace back to the land it came from — and helping us make that land healthier too.

From our woodland, through our kilns, to your soil.

That's biochar you can trace — and a story you can be part of.