Insect Homes at Hooke Farm (Jun22)

Menus for the Wilding Weekend (Jun22)

Refreshments and cakes all day – we’re serving homemade iced nettle tea, elderflower cordial, delicious quiches, salads and cream teas. And then there’s ice cream in cornets, including rhubarb and rosehip flavour. See the menus below to find out more. All food profits are being donated to Operation Future Hope, which is working with schools […]
Rubbish Cups for the Wilding Weekend (Jun22)

The Bat Egg at Hooke Farm (Jun22)

The Sweet Track at Hooke (May22)

Our Hibernaculum at Hooke (May22)

Wild about Knepp (May22)

My trip to Knepp was a revelation. For those who do not know this 3500-acre estate, in East Sussex, is leading the way in Rewilding. Isabella Tree and her ground-breaking book, ‘Wilding’ has become so famous that Netflix is making a docudrama about her and her husband Charlie Burrell. With actors playing the younger […]
WILDING WEEKEND FLYER for 11&12 June 2022

Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea (Apr22)

It felt magical. We walked through the thick tangled forest and yet only meters away were the waves crashing onshore and brightly coloured crabs scuttling into their holes. We were watching monkeys swinging through the trees – there are four species indigenous to the Osa Peninsula in the South West corner of Costa Rica. We […]
Pura Vida Costa Rica (Apr22)

Having successfully navigated a rapid as we rafted away from Pacuare Lodge in Central Costa Rica, we put our oars together and joined our guide in a celebratory shout of ‘Pura Vida’. Literally the pure or natural life. Leaving the lodge, we started the trip in a relatively narrow gorge, the rocks on either side […]