Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm Poetry Plant Characteristics Family Name Malvaceae

Plant Characteristics Family Name Malvaceae Species Name Fremontodendron californicum Common Name California Flannel Bush Plant Type Shrub Sun Exposure Coast-Sun

•Known and suggested places to find the plant

Mexico Natural Habitat Coastal sage scrub

spinosus hybrid

coastal California gnatcatcher

Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm Poetry Plant Characteristics Family Name MalvaceaeAn 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