We Are the ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness

We Are the ARK: Returning Our Gardens to Their True Nature Through Acts of Restorative Kindness

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  • Create Date:2022-09-19 03:19:36
  • Update Date:2025-09-07
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  • Author:Mary Reynolds
  • ISBN:1643261789
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Summary

“Reynolds gives us a much-needed reason for hope。 The gardener, the conservationist, the city planner, and the nature lover will all be inspired for this wonderful book shows how thousands of even small wildlife friendly gardens can provide habitat for embattled wildlife around the world。” —Jane Goodall, Phd, DBE, Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute & UN Messenger of Peace 

Individuals can’t save the world alone。 But if millions of us work together to save our own patch of earth—then we really have a shot。 How do we do it?  With Acts of Restorative Kindness (ARK)。 An ARK is a restored, native ecosystem。 It’s a thriving patch of native plants and creatures that have been allowed and supported to re-establish in the earth's intelligent, successional process of natural restoration。 Over time, this becomes a pantry and a habitat for our pollinators and wild creatures who are in desperate need of support。

These ARKs will become the seeding grounds for our planet’s new story。 They will be sanctuaries for our shared kin—the rooted and unrooted—and safe havens for the magic and abundance of the natural world。 Most importantly, the ARK-building actions are within our control and laid out here in We Are the ARK。 In these inspiring pages, discover how one person’s actions can effect big change in this world。 Even the tiniest postage stamp patch of land matters! Together we are building a patchwork quilt of life that will wrap its way around this planet。

 

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Reviews

Annarella

I think this is an interesting and informative read if you are new to the topic。 I know people who work on searching lost seeds to restore biodiversity but I never thought of doing something similar when it comes to gardens。It made me think and appreciated it。Highly recommended。Many thanks to the publisher for this ARC, all opinions are mine

Misti

This book feels 10 years too late。 I love Mary Reynolds and her work but this is a very basic book with themes that I think most people are already familiar with。 It also was a bit disjointed to be bouncing back and forth between an US/North American centric view and and Irish/UK view in regards to environmental conservation and habitat, which often run a little different than each other。 It would have been a stronger book if she's focused strictly on an Irish/UK sense。 While she touched a bit o This book feels 10 years too late。 I love Mary Reynolds and her work but this is a very basic book with themes that I think most people are already familiar with。 It also was a bit disjointed to be bouncing back and forth between an US/North American centric view and and Irish/UK view in regards to environmental conservation and habitat, which often run a little different than each other。 It would have been a stronger book if she's focused strictly on an Irish/UK sense。 While she touched a bit on some of the work of Doug Tallamy, Reynolds lacks the depth that Tallamy brings to his Homegrown National Park。 Again, if Reynolds had specifically focused on the British Isles I think this would have been much more impactful。Also of note, the illustrations and formatting on the ARC were terrible and I can't give any positive review on what they looked like because I could barely see them。 Very broken up。*I received an ARC via Edelweiss in exchange for my review* 。。。more

Foggygirl

An interesting read and the artwork in the book was beautiful。