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Its time to give your gardens, yards and land back to nature.
Everything must change.
Come on board the Ark with us and lets heal this planet patch by patch.
Join our hope-filled facebook group 'We are the Ark' one of the fastest growing groups out there!
Learn more at www.wearetheark.org
(video taken by Claire in her Ark and forest garden - follow on instagram for hope, beauty and inspiration @irishforestgarden )
And yes I know ... no dogs or cats will work in any Ark! They do too much damage if allowed roam freely. My dog wouldn’t wait in my car while we made this. She’s glued to me 🤗

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WHAT TO PLANT IN AN ARK? (and why Arking is different from rewilding - see notes here)
(We Are The Ark - Acts of Restorative Kindness to the earth).
To restore a wild, diverse ecosystem, we do not want to plant anything UNLESS the land is damaged and devoid of viable native seeds.
Arking asks that you take your time, scrape away your monoculture grass lawns, then wait and watch what emerges from the earth in your Ark.
Remove any non native invasive plants as these will not share the space, and will not support local native ecosystem development.
If there is a need to help develop the ecosystem we ask that you collect local weed seeds and reboot the ecosystem using these.
Locally sourced native tree seeds are also vital or cuttings from old stock native hedgerows.
But, hopefully, if you are patient, you will see that nature has it all in hand.
Our only job will be to step in and provide ecosystem services missing because we have cut away so many threads from the web of life. So this is how Arking is different from rewilding. In our small patches of restored earth, we have to be the wolf, be the beaver, be the deer. Its up to us to replace the missing creatures and restore health as quickly as possible to support s many of the earths creatures as we can. We are here to be of service to them. We only get to live here if the earth is well enough to support the complex and mysterious circle of life that we have systematically destroyed.
It is time to give our gardens, yards and land back to nature. If you re not growing food, then give it back. They need it.
We do not.

Credits : Video taken by Claire in her Ark and forest garden - follow on instagram for hope, beauty and inspiration @irishforestgarden

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Don’t give up.
We shall prevail.
There is a wonderful new future waiting for us all.
It’s worth fighting for. 🌎❤️

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There is always hope, even in these dark times.

We can change everything.
We have to.
We can return to being guardians of this magical world.
Start with your patch of this earth.
Give it back to nature.

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All photos © Mary Reynolds & Claire Leadbitter unless otherwise credited. All artwork © Ruth Evans. Privacy Policy. Contact hello@wearetheark.org.

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