Renaturing

Small Ways to Wild the World

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Pub Date 13 Mar 2025 | Archive Date 13 Mar 2025

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Description

Twenty years ago, James Canton moved from London to the English countryside. Behind his farm labourer’s cottage was a small field with a ‘for sale’ sign. At first it was a site for family picnics and cricket matches with friends, but James knew that the two-acre patch of earth held more potential – as a place for nature to return and flourish.

Here is the story of how, over a number of years, he undertook a project to ‘rewild’ the field: digging a pond, forging meadowlands, creating habitats for birds and insects, encouraging flowers and plants that support pollinators and wildlife. Eventually what was once just a grassy space was again buzzing with life.

The process raised some interesting questions. Rewilding is about bringing a large landscape back to a natural, self-sustaining state. But that wasn’t possible on the scale of a field, a garden or a window box. What if we rethought the term? What if we aimed for ‘renaturing’ instead? Even on the smallest of scales we can create habitats to support a greater diversity of nature. A single window box planted with pollinator-friendly flowers can provide a mini-habitat to support honeybees; a tower block with a window box on every balcony becomes an acre of bee-friendly ecosystem.

Renaturing shows how the concept of rewilding can be adopted by us all. We can all make positive change, however large or small. We can all be involved in caring for and restoring the natural world.

Twenty years ago, James Canton moved from London to the English countryside. Behind his farm labourer’s cottage was a small field with a ‘for sale’ sign. At first it was a site for family picnics and...


Advance Praise

“A wry and open-minded interrogation of human interventions in the landscape” -RICHARD MABEY

“A balm for any nature-lover feeling bruised by the state of the world, Renaturing provides a meditative, practical and beautifully-observed account of restoring a small yet significant patch of land. Canton takes us with him on a journey of learning that offers plenty to any reader” -CHANTAL LYONS

“Renaturing presents an important, heartfelt message that there are things that we can all do to improve the current and evermore concerning state of nature. . . Enjoyable start to finish” -MATT COLLINS

“A wry and open-minded interrogation of human interventions in the landscape” -RICHARD MABEY

“A balm for any nature-lover feeling bruised by the state of the world, Renaturing provides a meditative...


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ISBN 9781837260393
PRICE £18.99 (GBP)
PAGES 256

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