The Book of Wilding

As the Roman poet Horace said, Drive nature out with a pitchfork and she'll come roaring back . That hopeful and demonstrably true observation lies behind the urgent optimism of this wonderful book. Rewilding works and it works fast: nature does reclaim with stunning speed and power. In The Book of Wilding Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell take us on a fabulous adventure that demonstrates how almost every single one of us can contribute to the grand project of rewilding that is so vital for the future of our country, our continent and our planet. Beauty, wonder and dazzling variety are the rewards for surprisingly small amounts of input and labour. Get this great guide and be inspired to go wilding yourself, no matter how small the patch of our earth you call your own * Stephen Fry * Five Years ago, Isabella Tree's phenomenal book Wilding started a national conversation about restoring our flat-lining landscape. The Book of Wilding, co-authored with her husband Charlie Burrell, takes that conversation to the next level. It is both brilliantly readable and incredibly hard-working, offering all of us the opportunity to get involved. Let's do it! * Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall * This is a deep, dazzling and indispensable guide to the most important task of all: the restoration of the living planet * George Monbiot * The definitive wildlife survival manual ... Visions of paradise with all the practical advice to make it * Chris Packham * One of the wisest women alive, Isabella Tree has produced a handbook of hope. Her advice is invaluable; it reaches everyone who wants to make a better world out of the mess we humans have created. Buy it, read it, start changing things right now * Joanna Lumley * A revolutionary and realistic recipe for restoring nature, nurturing new life and filling our homes, habitats and hearts with more wild joy * Patrick Barkham * Rewilding offers new hope for our beleaguered biodiversity. Buy this inspiring book and get rewilding! * Davie Goulson * This beautifully written and lavishly illustrated book is essential reading for anyone with an interest in rewilding, landscapes or indeed nature * Tristan Gooley * [The Book of Wilding] is an eloquent yet hard-hitting synthesis of how a little helping hand can allow nature to heal itself, resulting in astounding outcomes for wildlife, while enriching our own lives in every conceivable way. With rare honesty and thoughtful reflections, the authors share their experiences and vision for greening farmscapes and cityscapes at every scale. This book is not merely important, it is epoch-making and world-building * Dr Gabriel Hemery, author of The New Sylva * All is not lost. Nature's capacity to heal can still overcome our tendency to disrupt and destroy. This inspiring book shows how it can be done * Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control * A game changer for sure. Informed and visionary. Easy to digest and persuasive. Just jolly well buy this book. It's a lifetime must that's essential * Derek Gow * We know we need Nature back, and that's why national laws and global agreements now say it must happen. The gap between ambition and practical action is, however, vast. In The Book of Wilding Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell make a powerful case for action and with many examples show how we can achieve Nature's recovery from the scale of entire landscapes to small gardens, and from wild wetlands to urban centres. It will all count, and we if succeed with Nature's recovery we will reap a wide range of benefits for people. This is a fine piece of work and brilliant contribution to the process of recovering Nature's riches. I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who wants to be part of the solution to fixing our depleted world * Dr Tony Juniper CBE, Environmentalist and Chair of Natural England * Praise for Wilding, Isabella and Knepp: Every farmer (and perhaps every conservationist) in Britain needs to go and spend a day at Knepp. The Knepp 'wilding' project is a vitally important experiment for working out what we can do to let Nature back into our farmed landscapes ... This book tells this vital story and deserves to be widely read * James Rebanks * The remarkable story of an astounding transformation * George Monbiot * A poignant, practical and moving story of how to fix our broken land, this should be conservation's salvation; this should be its future; this is a new hope * Chris Packham * 'A passionately personal, robustly argued and uplifting book . . . One of the landmark ecological books of the decade' * Sunday Times, Books of the Year * This must be the most inspirational nature book of the year ... A narrative of conservation, courage, vision and miracles ... The story of what happened is thrilling ... The Knepp Conservation Project is world-famous: a beacon of hope ... Read this book and marvel * Bel Mooney, Daily Mail * I recently read Wilding, by Isabella Tree, where she and her husband take their over-farmed, not-profitable estate, and rewild it. Thousands of species return. It will have you in tears. Life exploding again - the reverse of most stories today. Hugely recommended * Caitlin Moran * Wilding is both a timely and important book . . . Isabella Tree imagines the last migrating turtledove departing Knepp and flying over a Europe that is being recolonized by beavers, wolves, wolverines, jackals and bears. And it is in that changing landscape that hope resides * New York Review of Books *