#BookReview ONE GARDEN AGAINST THE WORLD by KATE BRADBURY #nonfiction #nature #gardening #wildlife

ABOUT THE BOOK

Five years after writing her first nature memoir, The Bumblebee Flies Anyway, Kate Bradbury has a new garden.

It’s busy: home to all sorts of wildlife, from red mason bees and bumblebees to house sparrows, hedgehogs and dragonflies. It seems the entire frog population of Brighton and Hove breeds in her small pond each spring, and now there are toads here, too. On summer evenings, Kate watches bats flit above her and for a moment, everything seems alright with the world.

But she knows habitat loss remains a huge issue in gardens, the wider countryside and worldwide, and there’s another, far bigger threat: climate change. Temperature increases are starting to bite, and she worries about what that will mean for our wildlife.

In her uplifting new book, Kate writes passionately about how her climate-change anxiety pushes her to look for positive ways to keep going in a changing world. As in her first memoir, she invites you into her life, sharing stories of her mum’s ongoing recovery and her adventures with her new rescue dog, Tosca.

One Garden Against the World is a call to action for all of us – gardeners, communities and individuals – to do more for wildlife and more for the climate. Climate change and biodiversity loss go hand in hand, but if we work together, it’s never too late to make a difference.

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MY REVIEW

I always enjoy the writing and passion of Kate Bradbury, and this latest book carries on her campaign to get more people engaged with nature and how they can make an impact, no matter how big or small their garden or surrounding area may be.

In this book she shares her own gardening experiences and the impact that it has on the wildlife in her local area, and also shares many tips and hints on how we can do the same in our own garden. It is definitely one of those books where I’ll be making notes and returning to various chapters to try different things.

What I also enjoyed was that it’s written in diary form, taking you through the months from May onwards sharing what jobs are needed, the kinds of wildlife and plants you might expect to see and how to expand on your own plot with just some little tweaks and changes. And the fact that just a little effort really does go a long way for the sake of nature.

I share her sadness that so many people feel disconnected from nature nowadays, and in this book she shares what she has encountered, whether it’s been helping various forms of wildlife to adding different habitats and plants for helping the wildlife. I also adored how she described her garden as being ‘set free’ when she lets it go a bit and doesn’t get too tidy! That’s a form of gardening I can totally get on board with and relate to!

At the end of the book there’s a wonderful list of tips to help you more in your garden as well as a reading list and websites to visit, which helps you find even more information! A must read for everyone wanting to do their bit for wildlife!!

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Rating: 5 out of 5.