Julia Hailes MBE

Sustainability Pioneer

Who is benefiting from the proposed restoration of Parnham House? (Jan26)

Those promoting the Parnham proposals often frame the issue very simply: do you want to save this historic house in West Dorset, near Beaminster – or leave it as a ruin? It is a compelling question, but a misleading one. Most people would like to see Parnham House restored. Few would argue otherwise. But restoration […]

Going wild in Dorset (Sep19)

I’m tremendously excited about our new landscaping project… The central idea is wilding and I’m learning about what this means in practice. One concept I found rather appealing was to look at nettles and docks, which love fertile, agriculture land, as the bully boys. And we’re going to replace them with a myriad of other […]