Roborough Rewilders

We aim to

Plant and encourage natural regeneration


Natural regeneration is much better in the long term than planting. If you already have tree and shrub species popping up on their own, then we will protect them and let them grow.

piles of brash in a grassy corner of a field

Here a Jay has stored an acorn in the turf and forgotten it. We can then protect this seedling oak, with a shelter and stake.

an oak seedling
a grassy bank planted with a variety of trees being protected by spiral guards
Our front field in particular can be very windy, and it is noticeable that flying invertebrates, like dragonflies, prefer still, warm conditions, so we have planted particularly on the up-wind side to create shelter.
a muddy field with recently dug banks, a digger in the background and a man in red coat planting trees

Hedgerow species seem to grow really rapidly in the turned over banks of turf. The heavy soil is fluffed up and perfect for growth. The banks are also perfect habitat for invertebrates and rodents.

before and after images of our field, one shows grass and tidy hedges, the other all sorts of vegetation and very large, bushy hedges
These two before (2020) and after (2023) shots show how our field margins have billowed out with vegetation growth.
comparison photo taken from the bottom of the front field looking up the hedge. In one the grass is short and the hedge small. In the other the grass is covered in various vegetation and the hedge has ballooned out to cover the fence

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Floral Diversity

Increasing Roughness

Pond Creation

Wet Ground