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THE BOOK OF WILDING: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO REWILDING, BIG AND SMALL

by Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell

Bloomsbury Publishing, £35 ISBN 978-1526659293

From the masters of rewilding, a detailed look at creating wilder landscapes for all species for a healthier, more resilient environment.

Reviewer Alys Fowler is a gardener and garden writer.

This is a great tome of a book and certainly the one you'd reach for it you were minded to rewild some land. It is rooted in the practical experience of Tree and Burrell's Knepp Estate in West Sussex, but rather than being just a ‘how to’ manual, it is a deep philosophical dive into what

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