Re-wilding isn’t new: Britain’s best gardeners were inspired by wilderness 300 years ago, and here’s what we can learn from them

Veda Owens

Gardeners searching for inspiration for natural, low-maintenance havens would do well to look to the late-17th-and early-18th-century wilderness, says Tilly Ware. Modern day gardeners want to work with Nature, not overpower it. Wildflower meadows, no-dig veg patches and borders crammed with winter seedheads are top of their wish lists. Although […]