GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE IN THE FENS
Francis Pryor tells the fascinating story of turning a denuded Fenland landscape into a wildlife haven
BOOK
A FENLAND GARDEN
BY FRANCIS PRYOR
BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING, £27.99 (HB)
Archaeologist and historian of landscape and culture Francis Pryor embeds this fascinating narrative of garden creation within the context of his beloved Fenlands. Telling the story of Limetree Farmhouse and Inley Drove Farm, he charts the challenges and rewards of working within the denuded arable landscapes to create flourishing wildlife gardens.
Working with the relics of hidden creeks, the gardens and farm gradually give life back to a soil emptied of wildlife by intensive post-war cultivation. Drawing on their experience of research and of the Bronze Age landscape around Flag Fen, Francis Pryor and his wife Maisie Taylor integrate native and modern plant varieties to
