This show garden in support of Rewilding Britian focuses on the harmonious coexistence of people and nature that the concept of rewilding can acheive. Designed to highlight the benficial impact of keystone species such as beavers and the habit that they create, it features a timber track, a wildlife veiwing hide, native plants and a beaver dam and lodge. A large pool 'created' by the beaver dam and streams running from it also highlight further benefits to water management and flood protection.
Beavers became extinct in the UK 400 years ago, and only in recent years have they been reintroduced back into parts of the country, notably in Exmoor National Park, Dartmoor National Park and east Devon. The inspiration for the garden comes from seeing the incredible abundance, diversity and beauty that comes from the presence of beavers, a mammal once lost to the British landscape and now reintroduced.
