A tailored pathway to regenerating your land.
This bespoke programme combines one-to-one strategy, small peer-group masterclasses, and a personalised integration plan to help you build healthier soil, stronger yields, and lasting ecological value. Are you ready to shift perspective and adopt biochar?
Made for people who are ready to do this properly
This is a tailored programme, not a taster workshop — so it works best for committed land custodians, irrespective of scale.
A strong fit if you're...
- Caring for land of any scale — from a private garden to a multi-field estate — as its custodian, not just its owner
- Ready to invest in a strategic living-soil and habitat plan, not just a one-off input
- Exploring biochar, Korean Natural Farming and agroforestry for soil health, water retention, biodiversity or carbon revenue — and want to do it well, not just try it once
- Ready to shift perspective as well as practice — and commit to properly learning, implementing and integrating chemical-free techniques, tailored to whatever scale you're working at
Not the right fit if you're...
- Looking for a single cheap workshop or a bag of biochar to try at home
- Not ready to commit the time to see a strategic plan through to real results
- Not able to commit to sessions across a 12-week programme
Six sessions. Your schedule. Personalised plan.
Onboarding starts as soon as you enrol — the fortnightly programme itself begins in September. It draws on biochar, Korean Natural Farming and agroforestry, taught the chemical-free way.
Onboarding session (1-2-1, 60–90 min)
We map your land, crops, current soil condition, biomass streams and goals, and agree what success looks like for your ground.
Reading pack & video primers
Access curated materials on biochar fundamentals, Korean Natural Farming inputs, agroforestry design, soil interactions, blending and application rates, and carbon markets — so group time is spent on your specific context, not the basics.
1-2-1 strategy calls
We build your Biochar Integration Plan: fields and crops, application rates, sourcing or production options, Korean Natural Farming and agroforestry techniques suited to your ground, and cost-benefit modelling for your land.
Small-group masterclasses (max 6 members)
Peer learning on trial design, economics, logistics and monitoring — with other growers working through the same decisions as you, across timezones.
Review & implementation check-in
We revisit your plan against early results and agree next steps for the growing season ahead.
Flexible booking, every step
Every session is booked at a day and time that suits you — fortnightly cadence, not a fixed classroom slot. Built to work around harvest, lambing, or whatever your season demands.
Choose your level of support
Founding-cohort pricing is available to anyone who enrols by 24 July. Spaces are limited to keep the group sessions genuinely useful.
Custodian Circle
For land custodians ready to build and start living out a biochar plan
- Pre-September 1-2-1 onboarding session
- Full reading pack & video primers
- 6 fortnightly sessions (1-2-1 + small group)
- Written Biochar Integration Plan
- Peer-group access across the cohort
- 15% off an Earthly Biochar kiln, if you want to produce your own
Custodian Partner
Extended support for custodians caring for more complex land or timelines
- Everything in Custodian Circle
- Extended email support between sessions
- Additional review session through the growing season
- Priority scheduling across timezones
- First access to future cohorts and research updates
- 15% off an Earthly Biochar kiln, if you want to produce your own
What people say about working with Earthly Biochar
Verified reviews from customers already using Earthly Biochar's products and guidance — the same expertise this programme is built on.
"I have just been comparing the difference in some kale that I have planted and the biochar bed is twice the size. I am now convinced."
"Really consistently good product... I like everything about it and the ethos of the company. I would definitely use again."
"I don't plant anything without it. Plants are happier, grow quicker, look healthier."
"I'm sure using biochar is one of the best things to add to soil to make it healthier — everything I've planted is growing beautifully."
"The quality of the biochar, size of particles & environmentally friendly hessian sack is excellent."
"How pleased I was with my original biochar. This time we're running a trial in our veg beds to see how it performs against a control."
Ratings and quotes sourced from Earthly Biochar's verified customer reviews. This is Lottie's first cohort of the programme — early members help shape the case studies for future rounds.
Backed by real funded outcomes, not just theory
Beyond product and research, Lottie is deeply embedded in UK agricultural innovation funding — helping farms secure the grants that make on-farm trials possible.
What the ADOPT Fund role involves
Lottie is a registered Project Facilitator on the ADOPT Fund — part of Defra's Farming Innovation Programme, delivered by Innovate UK, which awards grants of £50,000–£200,000 for collaborative, farmer-led on-farm trials testing new practices and technologies for productivity, resilience and sustainability.
Every ADOPT project requires a facilitator from Innovate UK's Business Connect register to manage the project, keep it on track, and handle reporting — a role Lottie has used to bring biochar and soil-health trials to farms across the UK.
What this means for you
- Direct, current experience designing trials that satisfy funder and grower requirements
- Practical knowledge of what makes an on-farm trial fundable and credible
- A track record of turning research interest into real funding and real results for custodians of every scale
Lottie Hawkins, Founder of Earthly Biochar
Lottie founded Earthly Biochar to bring biochar production and soil science out of the lab and onto working land — building and selling kilns, formulating soil amendments, and helping custodians of every scale build living soil and thriving habitat. It can be done. It's not just theory.
She is currently completing a PhD in soil science, with research focused on soil health and soil practices, and teaches a chemical-free approach that draws on biochar, Korean Natural Farming and agroforestry — working directly with custodians ranging from home gardeners to commercial land managers on integrating these practices into real systems.
Before you enquire
Do the six sessions need to happen before 24 July?
No. 24 July is the deadline to secure founding-cohort pricing and your place. The programme itself runs from September, with onboarding and reading materials available as soon as you enrol.
How does scheduling work across timezones?
Every session — 1-2-1 and group — is booked at a day and time that works for you, shown in your local timezone. There's no fixed classroom slot to fit around.
Do I need a large estate to join?
No. This programme isn't scoped by hectares — it's scoped by intent. It's built for anyone ready to show up as a custodian of their land, properly learn, implement and integrate biochar, Korean Natural Farming and agroforestry, and see a strategic plan through to results. That might be a large estate with several fields and biomass streams, or a private garden where you want to build genuinely living soil. The strategy, application rates and cost-benefit modelling are simply tailored to whatever scale you're working at. If you're unsure, get in touch and we'll have a quick conversation before you commit.
How many members are in each cohort?
Group sessions are capped at 6 members so the peer discussion stays genuinely useful and everyone gets real airtime with Lottie.
What do I get in writing?
A written Biochar Integration Plan covering your land, application rates, sourcing or production options, cost-benefit modelling, and carbon revenue potential — yours to keep and act on beyond the programme.
Will the price stay this low for future cohorts?
No — 24 July is genuinely the lowest this programme will ever be priced. This founding cohort is priced to reflect that you're joining the first-ever round, with case studies and results still being built. From the next intake onwards, pricing moves to its standard rate, with a limited early-bird window (roughly 10% off) before each cohort opens, followed by full price for anyone joining later. If you're already considering this, enrolling now locks in the founding rate permanently — you won't be asked to pay more later for the same level of support.
Do I need to buy a kiln to join?
No — the programme covers sourcing and production options, so buying biochar or producing it yourself are both on the table. If you do want to produce your own, every member gets 15% off an Earthly Biochar kiln (Original or Compact) as part of their enrolment, applied once you join.
Ask a question before you enrol
Ready to join now? Use the “Secure your place” button on either tier above. If you'd like to check fit first, tell us a little about your land and we'll come back to you within 1–2 working days.