Make It Wild

Make It Wild originated as a “passion project” for our founders, Christopher and Helen, and their children, who wanted to give nature a boost. The first site was such a success that they realised they could do even more for nature by partnering with businesses, and hence Make It Wild was born.

We have been creating nature reserves here in the UK since 2010 and we are now caring for more than 600 acres over 11 locations in North Yorkshire, and a growing network of partner sites. Our objective is to provide habitat for our native plants and animals and that includes establishing wildflower meadows, digging ponds and restoring wetlands. As well as preserving ancient woodland, we have also planted over 100,000 trees in new woodlands, and it is the carbon that these trees absorb that we can offer to companies looking to offset their greenhouse gas emissions.

All our decisions are biodiversity-led – nature has a seat at our board meetings. Many of our other clients enjoy the fact that they are able to visit our nature reserves, either for team conservation days, or to utilise our spaces in nature (including a conference room above our barn). The revenue that we generate is re-invested back into nature restoration and protection.