I started wilding at my home in West Dorset in 2020 during lock-down. It has been a revelation. We removed fences, dug ponds, made mounds, planted trees and created a wild-flower meadow. It didn’t take long before the wildlife noticed the difference. We have barn owls, bats, many bee species, birds of prey and many other things not beginning with ‘B’! You’ll see from the posts below that there are many schools of thought about what is wilding and what we should be doing. I’ve learnt a lot from the wonderful Isabella Tree, whom I was lucky enough to interview in 2023.
What possible reason could there be for the BBC totally ignoring up to 100,000 nature protestors yesterday? The ‘Restore Nature
Full steam ahead for our third Wilding Weekend. It will be on 15th and 16th June in sunny West Dorset,
Full steam ahead for our third Wilding Weekend. It will be on 15th and 16th June in sunny West Dorset,
The Electric Palace in Bridport was packed. The Bridport Literary Festival or Bridlit had managed to get Isabella Tree to come and
Our scything day was joyous. Watching the scythers sweep through the grass was a totally different experience from using a
Watch the video of our Wilding Weekend, held in June 2023 – including interviews of the key players.
It was tremendously exciting to get such positive feedback from visitors to our Wilding Weekend – some were ecstatic. It
During the weekend there will be guided tours, talks, exhibitors and stalls with information and advice about wilding, as well
I loved being described as ‘probably the most effective person you’ve never heard of’! I wondered if it was too
We cycled for over 100 miles and didn’t go through a gate. The Transylvanian landscape was without fences, hedges, or
A flock of sheep will eat pretty well everything in their path – wildflowers, buds, saplings and anything else that
On 17th and 18th June 2023, my husband Jamie Macdonald and I will be hosting the second Wilding Weekend at
We organised the very first Wilding Weekend in June 2022, at our home in West Dorset. It was also the
Come to our next Wilding Weekend on 17th and 18th June 2023. We’ll be opening our garden and land through
Find out more about what’s happening at our Wilding Weekend. How it started, who is involved, who will be here
My trip to Knepp was a revelation. For those who do not know this 3500-acre estate, in East Sussex, is
I can’t believe it. We put up the barn owl box in an old ash tree about a year ago.
I’m delighted that Cop26 is getting a lot of attention. I think it’s great that young people – with Greta
Rewild the world before it’s too late! I’m supporting Operation Future Hope in their mission to change the devastating impact
I’ve just sent my first recording of toads and newts to the Amphibian & Reptile Conservation Trust (ARC Trust). Spotted
When I was a baby my brother painted me green.. Perhaps a sign of what was to come. And the
My mother was very keen on mole traps, following a tradition that apparently started in Roman times. I remember having
