Gardening a Wilder Garden Workshop

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Led by Knepp’s senior gardening team, this in-depth workshop explores the practical aspects of managing a wilder garden over time.

Rewilding doesn’t mean simply setting the scene and then letting the garden go. It takes potentially as much work as a conventional garden, only with a different mindset – putting nature first. We’ll discuss the on-going work and specific interventions needed to keep a garden dynamic and optimise opportunities for wildlife.

Designed as a follow-on workshop to Designing a Wilder Garden, you’ll learn:

• How to sustain a wilder, more dynamic ecosystem in a garden
• How to mimic natural disturbances in a garden
• How a gardener can become a keystone species, thinking like a beaver, a rootling wild boar, a grazing pony or cow, an ant or an earthworm
• How to manage thuggish plants and pioneers
• How to give weeds and wildflowers a benefit ratings score to help decide what can stay and what can go
• Approaches to clearing and cutting back, and when to leave seedheads, dead wood and other material as natural habitat
• Seasonal management
• How to maintain varied soil conditions and topography over time
• Sustainability, both in terms of resources and gardening time