About this Event
Everyone is welcome to this open discussion group. We intend for this to be in person at Bridge Farm, but will move it online if necessary due to Covid.
We will aim to provide a web link for remote participation via email to those who have registered.
About the book:
Wilding, by Isabella Tree, has been described as part gripping memoir, part fascinating account of the ecology of our countryside, and above all, an inspiring story of hope.
Forced to accept that intensive farming on the heavy clay of their land at Knepp was economically unsustainable, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell made a spectacular leap of faith: they decided to step back and let nature take over.
Thanks to the introduction of free-roaming cattle, ponies, pigs and deer – proxies of the large animals that once roamed Britain – the 3,500-acre project has seen extraordinary increases in wildlife numbers and diversity in little over a decade.
Extremely rare species – including turtle doves, nightingales, peregrine falcons, lesser spotted woodpeckers and purple emperor butterflies – are now breeding at Knepp, and populations of other species are rocketing. The Burrells’ degraded agricultural land has become a functioning ecosystem again, heaving with life – all by itself.
Personal and inspirational, Wilding is an astonishing account of the beauty and strength of nature.
Words above from: https://www.mygreenpod.com/articles/wilding-named-book-of-the-month/
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Bridge Farm Community, Glenfrome Road, Bristol, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00