In this very special episode Penny Green officially hands the host’s mic to Isabella Tree.Penny has been behind the Knepp podcast since it launched in 2020 and has been Knepp’s ecologist for a decade. She's moving on for pastures new (in fact, just down the road to the Wiston Estate). In this warm and poignant episode, Isabella asks Penny to take her to the corners of Knepp’s Wildland which meant the most to her over the years. Together they recall the peaks and troughs of her time at Knepp, including capturing fugitive beavers and how nightingale song in lockdown – ringing out without anyone to hear it - inspired the very first episode of the podcast.Isabella Tree co-founded the Knepp rewilding project with her husband, Charlie Burrell. She is an award-winning author, including of the best-selling book, Wilding: the return of nature to a British farm, which was made into a major motion picture in 2024.This podcast is produced by The Podcast Coach.Send us a message or leave a commentThe Knepp Wilding Podcast is kindly sponsored by Ecosia, a green search engine that gives 100% of it's profits to the planet. Ecosia has planted 225 million trees to date. Find out more about Knepp on our website and why not follow us on Instagram?

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