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We have a clear favourite for our April read. We will start on Monday 3rd April continuing into May, if needed.
Thank you for your recommendations and votes. Fewer books made it a much easier choice this time. 😅

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I will post a reading schedule towards the end of the month. Just to give you a teaser, take a look at the Knepp estate. ⬇️⬇️

I read this with my local book group. It‘s interesting and gives food for thought about our environment, about the knock on effects of actions which we consider to be ‘progress‘. I‘m not a big non-fiction fan so a lot of it went over my head, all stats, official bodies etc. However, I particularly enjoyed the chapters about animals and butterflies - there are some quite amusing bits. I would love to visit the Knepp estate and have a guided tour.

This was an incredibly touching and hugely informative book. I learned so much and though of course we have much more space here in South Africa, much of what the author laments is present here. Just on the drive down to my mom, 6 hours from my house, my eyes were open to notice the lack of biodiversity in the landscape we passed 😢 And how many plants, insects or birds can I identify? A great read.

It was all a lie!

Wonderful and full of hope, this follows the author and her husband in West Sussex allowing nature to take over their land.
Beautifully written, I was completely immersed in the project and didn‘t want the book to end
4 ⭐️

This weeks goal is to finish Wilding, Superior and The book of hope, more than halfway through all of them. Already started something wicked then would like to start Carmilla and Laura & witch‘s block
I‘m such a mood reader that it doesn‘t always go to plan and I pick up whatever I feel like at the time.
Are you a mood reader too?

#naturalitsy
What Isabella Tree and Charles Burrell have achieved at Knepp, in just 20 years, is incredible and so inspiring. Imagine the impact if we all embraced their ideology in our gardens. All of that space rewilded as habitat for wildlife and humans to coexist.

https://www.iema.net/articles/interview-isabella-tree-on-some-wild-ideas?t=0hick...

https://marymary.ie/

Thanks @LeeRHarry for the tag 😊
📕I have read the Anne of Green Gables series many times growing up! As an adult I re-read my favourite classics occasionally. They are The Count of Monte Christo, Jane Eyre, and The Moonstone or The Women in White.
📕I don‘t pay much attention to the cover..it‘s a review or recommendation for me.
📕Wilding is a brilliant story of allowing nature to do its own thing and watching the transformation💕
@MoonWitch94

Such a beautiful, optimistic ode to nature and how much can change so quickly when you rewild an area. This is the story of a farm near my grandparents‘ house where they‘ve let nature wonderfully take care of itself and all the results of that, from the thriving beavers to rich soil to birds brought back from the brink of extinction. If you‘re burnt out and miserable about climate change, read this and see how much of a difference one family made!

Marcelo gave this to me. It was fascinating to read about all they‘ve done on their estate in England and the small group of people working on rewilding around the world. Sometimes too sciencey for me but I just skimmed the listing of moth species they have counted. Want to read more about this!

#hiselderliness #bookreport #weeklyforecast

The old one finished Wilding this week 🌟🌟🌟🌟. The story of a huge farm that is turned back to nature. He says “there‘s a lot about worms and moths and nightingales and stuff - a bit sciencey. Not your thing.” 😂 Onto his TBR pile go the bottom three books. The Best of New Zealand Memories is based on a local history magazine where people submit their old photos and stories. Plus - toujours des chats

A must read about a failing estate in southern England where the owners decided to let the acreage go wild. Fantastic inspirational stuff

Knepp in West Surrey England is a 3,500 acre farm where herds of animals roam free and rare species have returned to the restored habitat. An inspirational and thought provoking story.
It would be a wonderful place to visit.
Highly recommended reading for a lover of nature💕
#memoir #Hope #vision

Just arrived! 😊 Really looking forward to this book.

So my new job is working on environmental policy. Obviously I've had to buy some books to help me understand the subject area more! If anyone has any other tips I would be very grateful!