Leave your leaves (oct25)
Do you love a tidy garden? Your wildlife doesn’t. 🍂 Do you sweep up your leaves or blow them away? Why not leave them instead? They’re perfect for sheltering insects that feed robins, blackbirds and wrens, and they keep soil life humming. Hedgehogs, frogs and toads love them too. Of course, you may need to […]
Calling new Archbishop to lead on protecting nature (Oct25)
We’ll soon have a new Archbishop of Canterbury. Normally, this would pass me by — I’m an atheist and not interested in religion. But I’ve been sent a campaign letter from Rewild Church Land that struck a chord. The campaign calls on the Church of England – one of the UK’s top ten landowners – […]
Have You Noticed an Insect Bonanza in 2025? (jul25)
Bugs are back – let’s fight to save them… Our garden is humming and buzzing with life this year – and it’s glorious. Every step through the wildflower meadows brings a flurry of movement. Bugs of all sorts dart between the grasses, butterflies spiral upward, bees bury into blooms. In the golden light of early […]
Cafe Bridge Bridport – our 2025 plans
WE’RE BACK! This will be our third year running Cafe Bridge in Bridport, and we can’t wait to welcome you again. The event will take place on Sunday 16th November 2025. Last year we hosted an incredible 160 players, making it the largest EBU club pairs event outside London — a record breaker! August 7th […]
No more Wilding Weekends – but Wilding is on the Rise…(jun25)
Have you ever seen a hedgehog, a hare or a barn owl? Heard the song of a nightingale or the unmistakable call of a cuckoo? Have you stood in a summer meadow and listened to the hum of insects? Many people haven’t. And what’s worse – many don’t realise what’s missing. These sights and sounds […]
What do you do with dog poo? (Jun25)
I was walking with a friend not long ago when she casually lobbed two dog poo bags into the hedge. My first thought was: Can I just ignore that and keep chatting? But of course I couldn’t. “Are you going to come back and collect those?” I asked, rather tentatively.“No,” she said. “They’re biodegradable. So […]
René Haller – an inspirational man (Mar25)
René Haller transformed a lifeless quarry into a vibrant, flourishing ecosystem. This blog explores his groundbreaking work on the Kenyan coast and how it led to the creation of the Haller Foundation. Together with René, the foundation has expanded his innovative ideas and principles, bringing them to communities around the quarry and across other parts […]
How René Haller became a Wilding Pioneer – in Africa (Mar25)
René Haller transformed the barren landscape on the Kenyan coast from quarrying to a thriving eco-system. This is the first of two blogs about him and the organisation he inspired – The Haller Foundation. Click here for the second blog – René Haller – An Inspirational Man. THE HOUSE OF EDEN Perhaps, Renée’s extraordinary life […]
Visiting the rainforests might save them! (Mar25)
I’m not someone who buries their head in the sand—or in this case, the trees—but I can’t stand to hear about the world’s forests being obliterated. Especially the rainforests. They are beautiful, wild, untamed, brimming with life in a way that no human creation could ever be. And yet, we treat them like an infinite […]
The Pantanal changed my life (Nov24)
Have you ever been to the Pantanal in Brazil? I have. It was spectacular. But it was also life-changing. It was 1983. I stood gazing over a magnificent rainforest stretching into the distance overwhelmed by how wonderful it was. I’m not religious at all but for me, this was spiritual. But then I heard the […]
