Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm Poetry •Known and suggested places to

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coastal California gnatcatcher

spinosus hybrid

Plant Characteristics Family Name Malvaceae Species Name Fremontodendron californicum Common Name California Flannel Bush Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm Poetry •Known and suggested places toAn inspiring story about what happens when 3,500 acres of land, farmed for centuries, is left to return to the wild, and about the wilder, richer future a natural landscape can bring. For years Charlie Burrell and his wife, Isabella Tree, farmed Knepp Castle Estate and struggled to turn a profit. By 2000, with the farm facing bankruptcy, they decided to try something radical. They would restore Knepps 3,500 acres to the wild. Using herds of free