NEWS It’s a jungle out there! February 18, 2025 ‘Oh!’ a recent visitor exclaimed, pushing aside ragwort tendrils to get through the gate into the pilot areas. ‘It’s a […] Connections, Ferncliffe-style, and the Tree Man’s legacy November 7, 2024 Today is about story-telling: a circle of surprising links and coincidences, told by trees. The first step: a South African […] And then they were three August 6, 2024 It’s happened. We stand before you somewhat tattered and scratched, with mussed hair and earth under our fingernails, to say […] Bobbing and weaving April 19, 2024 As you tree-loving people know, rewilding – like life – can be a wild ride. So has it been over […] Natural decoration December 13, 2023 We’ve used this joke before, but that’s okay: Ferncliffe trees come pre-decorated! Summer is a wonderful time for feathered critters […] Put two & two together… August 8, 2023 We’re happy to tell you as we celebrate our second birthday: There is no such thing as the terrible twos. […] Social networking, forest-style May 2, 2023 Hello from Ferncliffe, where leaves are turning various shades of 70s gold and brown, before settling into piles of delicious […] Tick tock tick tock December 5, 2022 We sometimes talk about “tree time” here at Ferncliffe (often when shaking our heads at the 2cm growth of a […] A year in the mistbelt August 5, 2022 August is a pretty special month here. Both Connor and I have birthdays, but it’s also 365 days since the […] Home and away March 14, 2022 Hello everyone. Ferncliffe forest wilding is suddenly seven months old. Just like that! Once again, rain is plopping on the […] What’s really irreplaceable October 14, 2021 When we launched on 4 August, it was still enormously dry (and, we’ve since realized, not remotely warm – today […] Hello from the forest August 4, 2021 This is Connor, 52, three days after we arrived back in Ferncliffe, KwaZulu-Natal, after decades in Cape Town. On his […]