Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm Flora Desert Mtns

Desert Mtns

Plant Characteristics Family Name Agavaceae Species Name Yucca species Common Name Yucca species Plant Type Cactus/Succulent Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

Summer blooming tree with yellow flowers

Plant Characteristics Family Name Rhamnaceae Species Name Ceanothus 'Skylark' Common Name Skylark Ceanothus Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

July Evergreen/Deciduous Evergreen Height by Width 1ft

Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm Flora Desert MtnsAn 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