In the face of considerable opposition the couple persisted with their experiment and soon witnessed an extraordinary change. But what would the neighbors say, in the manicured countryside of modern England where a blade of grass out of place is considered an affront? Using herds of free-roaming animals to mimic the actions of the megafauna of the past, they hoped to bring nature back to their depleted land. They would restore Knepp’s 3,500 acres to the wild.
By 2000, with the farm facing bankruptcy, they decided to try something radical. For years Isabella Tree and her husband, Charlie Burrell, farmed Knepp Castle Estate and struggled to turn a profit.
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