2024 ( UK ) ( Documentary )
Starring: Matthew Collyer, Rhiannon Neads, Isabella Tree
Director: David Allen
At Knepp Castle in Sussex, conservation pioneers Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell abandoned industrial farming practices and allowed nature to rewild their 3,500 acre estate with remarkable results. When they inherited the estate in the 1980s, Tree and Burrell attempted to modernise the farm, but it proved unsustainable. In a leap of faith, they let nature take back the land, surrendering contemporary preconceptions about landscape, agriculture and the husbandry traditional for historic estates. The scheme was the first of its kind in Britain and one of the most significant in Europe.
A beacon of hope for British wildlife, Knepp Castle is now home to thriving flora and fauna of all kinds, whilst Tree and Burrell have evolved into dedicated conservationists.
(1hr 15min)