BOOK REVIEWS
REWILD YOUR GARDEN: CREATE A HAVEN FOR BIRDS, BEES AND BUTTERFLIES
by Frances Tophill
Quercus Books, £15 ISBN 978-1529410259
An attractively illustrated book that makes a strong case for the idea – when it comes to biodiversity, at least – that a little less control goes a long way.
Reviewer Natasha Goodfellow is a freelance garden writer and editor.
When, in 2000, Isabella Tree and her husband Charlie Burrell downed tools and let nature take its course at their 3,500-acre estate in West Sussex, many observers thought they were mad. Twenty years on, with their land now teeming with life including rare species, such as purple emperor butterflies and turtle doves, they have kick-started a new appreciation for how wildlife, ecosystems and biodiversity can be not just conserved but restored.
This approach might work well on a large scale but what can the average gardener, who still wants to look out on to something aesthetically pleasing, hope to achieve? This is the question tackled by writer and presenter Frances Tophill in a book that encourages us to consider
