A land conservation trust

Buy it back. Let it grow wild.

We buy worn-out land and give it back to nature: rivers unstraightened, woods replanted, and moor and meadow left to do their thing. Then we look after it, forever.

Help protect more
8,400
Hectares protected

Across eleven sites, held in trust and never for sale.

What we do

Protect, restore, and keep.

Three simple things, done patiently and for good.

01

Protect

We buy land outright and place it in a trust, so it can never be developed or drained.

02

Restore

We bring back the rivers, trees and wetlands, then step back and let nature lead.

03

Keep

We look after it in perpetuity, with rangers, volunteers, and open access for all.

Live projects.

Every pound goes to the land
Ash ValleyAppeal open

Ash Valley wetland

Reflooding drained fenland to bring back marsh birds and store carbon.

$360k of $500k72%
Oak RidgeAppeal open

Oak Ridge woodland

Planting 90 hectares of native broadleaf on tired hill farm.

$135k of $300k45%
River WendNearly there

River Wend meanders

Putting the bends back in a straightened river to slow the flood.

$176k of $200k88%
Since 2011

Small trust, stubborn about the long game.

8,400

Hectares protected forever.

1.2M

Native trees planted.

46

Species returned to the land.

100%

Of gifts spent on the land.

Ways to give

Protect an acre, or a lifetime.

Give once, or a little each month. Every gift is spent entirely on the land.

A tree line

$10/month

Plants and protects a row of native trees every month.

Give monthly

An acre

$40/month

Protects and restores an acre of wild land, and keeps it that way.

Give monthly

One-off gift

$100once

Goes straight to the appeal that needs it most today.

Give once
In good company
Wild RiversThe Meadow FundForest LeagueCoast & FenGreen Acre