Wilding

Description:

This a blow by blow and month by month account of how a well-managed, but totally unprofitable estate farm in 21st century Britain was managed back to nature, to how it might have been if never touched by human hand. Wilding is a reference book which the interested will return to again and again. To this end, it has been comprehensively indexed and contains an extensive bibliography. Isabella Tree shows herself (and her partner and the estate staff) to be totally practical and competent. But the real magic of the book is in that it can be taken up and left down and opened at any page. It is illustrated by black and white and coloured plates and hand-drawn diagrams. If I were allowed only one book on British rural and farming ways, this would be very close to the top of my wish list

subjects: English rural life,  farming,  ecology,  estate management,  wildlife,  Biodiversity conservation,  Nature conservation,  Land use, rural,  Nature, effect of human beings on,  West sussex (england), history,  Case studies,  Environmental protection,  Rural Land use,  Farm management,  Ecosystem management,  Agricultural landscape management

Places: Knepp

Times: 21st centruy