Our Wilding Weekend Was Wonderful! (Jun23)
It was tremendously exciting to get such positive feedback from visitors to our Wilding [...]
Jul
COME TO OUR WILDING WEEKEND ON 17TH & 18TH OF JUNE 2023
During the weekend there will be guided tours, talks, exhibitors and stalls with information [...]
Jun
Dorset Life interviews me! (Jun23)
I loved being described as ‘probably the most effective person you’ve never heard of’! [...]
Jun
No Fence Farming in Romania (May23)
We cycled for over 100 miles and didn’t go through a gate. The Transylvanian [...]
May
Sheep are like locusts (Apr23)
A flock of sheep will eat pretty well everything in their path – wildflowers, [...]
Apr
Our Wilding Weekend in June 2023 (Mar Update)
On 17th and 18th June 2023, my husband Jamie Macdonald and I will be [...]
Mar
Come and Listen to me talk about wilding – on 29th March 2023
I’m going to be speaking about Wilding at Slader’s Yard, West Bay (near Bridport) [...]
Mar
INSPIRATIONAL HOTELS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA (Feb23)
We weren’t far from Singapore, but it was another world. Two tropical Indonesian islands [...]
Mar
Wild about Wilding (Jan23)
We organised the very first Wilding Weekend in June 2022, at our home in [...]
Jan
Second Wilding Weekend in June 2023 (Jan23)
Come to our next Wilding Weekend on 17th and 18th June 2023. We’ll be [...]
Jan
My Mother was the first person in the UK to be buried in a mycelium coffin (Nov22)
When I tell people about my mother’s coffin, the most common response is ‘what’s [...]
Nov
Swimming in sewage (Aug22)
I was very surprised to be told by the Environment Agency that no-one should [...]
Aug
Welcome to our Wilding Weekend (Jun22)
Find out more about what’s happening at our Wilding Weekend. How it started, who [...]
Jun
Menus for the Wilding Weekend (Jun22)
Refreshments and cakes all day – we’re serving homemade iced nettle tea, elderflower cordial, [...]
Jun
Wild about Knepp (May22)
My trip to Knepp was a revelation. For those who do not know this [...]
May
Where the Rainforest Meets the Sea (Apr22)
It felt magical. We walked through the thick tangled forest and yet only meters [...]
Apr
Pura Vida Costa Rica (Apr22)
Having successfully navigated a rapid as we rafted away from Pacuare Lodge in Central [...]
Apr
Woohoo – A barn owl has nested in our box! (Feb22)
I can’t believe it. We put up the barn owl box in an old [...]
Jan
Help! An Insect Apocalypse is happening right now… (Dec21)
The frightening thing is that we may not be aware of how devastating the [...]
Dec
Insects are on the menu and they’re better for the planet (Nov21)
Let’s start with pet food. If you want to feed your dog insects – [...]
Nov
My Manifesto for COP26 and beyond(Oct21)
I’m delighted that Cop26 is getting a lot of attention. I think it’s great [...]
Oct
Rewild schools before it’s too late (Jul21)
Rewild the world before it’s too late! I’m supporting Operation Future Hope in their [...]
Jul
Frogs, toads and newts (Jun21)
I’ve just sent my first recording of toads and newts to the Amphibian & [...]
Jun
My Green Life (May21)
When I was a baby my brother painted me green.. Perhaps a sign of [...]
May
Why is our MP not supporting the Dorset National Park? (May21)
Why hasn’t Chris Loder, Dorset MP, talked to the Dorset National Park supporters? Chris [...]
May
Peat in compost is environmental vandalism (Mar21)
That’s what Monty Don says and I agree. But it’s incredibly common. UK gardeners [...]
Mar
I’ve learnt to love moles (Feb21)
My mother was very keen on mole traps, following a tradition that apparently started [...]
Feb
Farmers Must STOP Killing Earth (Dec20)
Why are most rivers brown or red? A soupy earthy colour. It’s because they [...]
Dec
BEING FRIENDLY TO BARN OWLS (Dec20)
I’m learning about owls. My interest has been propelled by the regular nightly call [...]
Dec
TV Clips tropical hardwoods and destruction of the rainforests – Julia Hailes 1989/90.
If there was ever a moment when I decided to dedicate my life to [...]
Nov
Scorched earth in Sicily (Oct20)
What a beautiful time of year to come to this island perched on Italy’s [...]
Oct
Wilding week 2 (Jul20)
The diggers are in their element The water meadow is now looking pretty earthy [...]
Jul
Wilding has started… (Jul20)
Yesterday, the diggers and dumpers arrived, along with the wonderful Andrew George and his [...]
Jul
ANIMALS TURN HUMAN…(May20)
A role reversal. Imagine humans behaved like animals and vice versa. What would we [...]
May
Going wild in Dorset (Sep19)
I’m tremendously excited about our new landscaping project… The central idea is wilding and [...]
Sep
Butterflies love this meadow
A wonderful place near me. It’s full of wild flowers. Butterflies and bees love [...]
Jun
Watching ‘Blue’ made people angry (Dec18)
It was difficult to decide which part of the film made me more angry. [...]
Dec
Blue Planet effect is reducing litter?
A man in the audience for one of my speeches on plastic came up [...]
Dec
Haller in the Horn of Africa (Jul11)
I got a very encouraging email this week. It was from Louise Piper, director [...]
Jul
National Trust – Forever for Everyone Sustainable Business Workshop (Jul11)
What a brilliant slogan – Forever For Everyone. I was one of two outside speakers [...]
Jul
Interface Carpets – Tomorrow’s Natural Business (Jul11)
Ray Anderson, CEO of Interface Carpets radically changed his approach to business in 1994, after reading The [...]
Jul
Down in the woods (Apr10)
Children at Mallinsons Woodland Workshop Shower made from living willow Guy Mallinson [...]
Apr
The Environmental Investigation Agency – Fighting Eco-Crime (Mar10)
I’ve been made a lifetime member of the Environmental Investigation Agency or EIA for [...]
Mar
An inconvenient truth about fish – The End of the Line (Jun09)
A fish collapse. 90% of the big fish are gone. The global fishing capacity [...]
Jun
Off to Kenya and street lights closer to home (Mar09)
Denuded landscape near Mombasa Sustainable agriculture training plot near Mombasa The offending street [...]
Mar