Catalysing the restoration of nature in the Wye Valley and surrounds through rewilding.

The Wye Valley and its river is one of Britain’s most special environments. Wilding can help restore some of its natural beauty through increasing the number and connectivity of wildlife filled places along it.

 

Wilding aims to restore natural systems, the benefits include multiple environmental and public goods:

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The Meadowlands
Rowlestone Mill
Rowlestone Mill

Rowlestone Mill is the beautiful and much-loved home of the Maslins who have rewilded their land with great care and thought with an emphasis on providing opportunities for nature.

Wood pasture and Woodland Meadows with Dan Carne
Wood pasture and Woodland Meadows with Dan Carne

Dan Carne talked to a pack house at the Parish Hall Hay on Wye about woodmeadows and wood pasture, drawing upon his travels across Eastern and Northern Europe.

Evening with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust
Evening with Herefordshire Wildlife Trust

The Wye Valley Wilders were delighted to welcome Toby Fountain and Rebecca Meredith from Herefordshire Wildlife Trust for a discussion of Local Wildlife Sites (LWS) and HWT’s Farm Advisory service.

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Project in focus: Court Farm, Craswall, Herefordshire

Victoria and Tim Heffer are a decade into a wonderful agroecology project, to which they have recently added 100 acres of land for rewilding.

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Ready to be wilder?

If you are in the Wye Valley area and are keen to start rewilding (or have already started) or want to learn how you can help these efforts, please get in touch.

 

“The time for playing God is over.”

— Oliver Rackham

Join us on this journey into the wilderness.

 

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