THE SEARCH HAS BEGUN.

    Small bottles. Big landscapes.

    We follow plants to the places
    that make them remarkable.

    Our goal is to understand how a particular landscape changes the plants.

    Somerset · England

    Home Farm

    Home Farm sits beneath Ebbor Gorge. It is where Ebbor began, and where the work of the Estate comes together.

    Here we work with the orchard fruit, wild hedgerow plants and supporting herbs that grow around us. Many are gathered within minutes of the barn, letting us handle leaf, blossom and fruit while their chemistry and flavour is still intact.

    Our story.
    The Ebbor stone barn and botanical garden at Home Farm in Somerset
    The barn · Somerset

    WHAT A PLACE CAN DO TO A PLANT

    One farm could never hold the whole story.

    We could have focused on bringing plants from around the world to our farm, asking each one to adapt to our soil and our climate.

    But that was never the challenge that excited us.

    We wanted to know what a place could do to a plant: how an old orchard gives fruit its depth; how a citrus coast holds light in its peel; how altitude, weather, water and soil can make a familiar plant become something remarkable.

    So we're slowly building a different kind of farming estate.

    One built on chemistry, not acres.

    Functional Farming®

    What if farmers were rewarded for what their plants contain?

    For generations, agriculture has rewarded yield, size and appearance. But the most beautiful fruit isn't necessarily the most interesting, chemically.

    We believe there's another way to value a harvest.

    Through Functional Farming®, we want to reward growers for the measurable chemistry of their plants — their nutrient density, diversity of natural compounds and the qualities that make each harvest exceptional.

    By measuring each harvest we can pay for more than weight alone. 1% of the net revenue of the company is used as a bonus for our growers to reward them for capturing the full potential of their plants.

    A grower standing beside a citrus tree heavy with fruit

    Better value for growers. More remarkable products for our customers.

    The ambition is simple: to make growing for exceptional chemistry more economically rewarding than growing for yield.

    Explore functional farming.

    The search has begun

    The first landscapes guiding our search.

    Each has its own climate, soil, light and altitude which has the potential to give its plants a unique make up.

    A waterfall dropping from forested cliffs beneath low cloud in Meghalaya, India

    Research landscape

    Meghalaya · India

    What it gives

    Monsoon rainfall · high plateaus · forest canopies

    Explore Meghalaya plants.
    Arctic light over northern Swedish forest and water

    Research landscape

    The Swedish Arctic

    What it gives

    Cold nights · peat bogs · continuous summer light

    Explore Arctic plants.
    Sand dunes and rocky outcrops under a deep blue desert sky, Sahara

    Research landscape

    Sahara · North Africa

    What it gives

    Extreme drought · heat · intense sun

    Explore Saharan plants.
    Orange groves below the snow-capped slopes of Mount Etna in Sicily

    Research landscape

    Sicily · Italy

    What it gives

    Volcanic soils · coastal heat · heritage citrus

    Explore Sicilian plants.
    Green ridges and small lochs in golden morning light in the Scottish Highlands

    Research landscape

    Highland · Scotland

    What it gives

    Cool temperate light · acid soils · open moorland

    Explore Scottish plants.
    A river bending around a sandstone plateau in the Kimberley, Australia, in low golden light

    Research landscape

    Kimberley · Australia

    What it gives

    Monsoon heat · long dry season · ancient soils

    Explore Australian plants.
    Sunrise over terraced fields in a Wakayama mountain valley, Japan

    Research landscape

    Wakayama · Japan

    What it gives

    Humid heat · steep valleys · maritime rainfall

    Explore Japanese plants.
    Glacier flowing between mountains into a still channel in Magallanes, Chile

    Research landscape

    Patagonia · Chile

    What it gives

    Cool maritime climate · wind · long summer daylight

    Explore Patagonian plants.
    A quiet landscape at the end of the day

    The search continues

    Follow the Estate as it grows.

    The growers, harvests and landscapes behind each edition — as they happen, on Instagram.

    Explore the editions.