meet the team
The Company was set up by Charlie Burrell, Isabella Tree, Lulu Urquhart, Adam Hunt, Charlie Harpur, James Hitchmough and Tom Stuart-Smith. Our mission is simple: to encourage rewilding practices in gardens of all shapes and sizes to help restore wildlife, combat climate change and provide inspiring spaces where people can come together to protect our planet.
The Company is administered by Charlie Burrell, Tom Stuart-Smith and Adam Hunt.
The Wilding Gardens Conference is in partnership with the Planning, Property and Environmental Department at the University of Manchester. The University is a centre of teaching excellence, world-class research, outstanding student experience, and social responsibility. Part of the prestigious Russell Group of universities, it is the only university in the top 10 in the world in both the QS World University Sustainability Rankings and Times Higher Education Impact Rankings.
Wilding Gardens is a not-for-profit Community Interest Company
The Conference is managed by:
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Dudley is an independent theatre and events producer, and a writer. He produces under his own name, is co-founder of Simple8 Theatre Company, and is Producer of the Garden Museum Literary Festival. He has co-run Richard Darbourne Ltd, and has been Creative Producer at Curve Theatre and Festival Manager at the London International Mime Festival. Dudley has also co-written five plays, all performed in London.
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Anna is a Senior Lecturer in Environmental Management and Ecology at the University of Manchester where her research and teaching is focused on how we can implement transformative conservation methods to respond to the biodiversity crisis, particularly rewilding and nature recovery. She is the Co-Programme Director of the MSc in Nature Recovery, Restoration and Rewilding and also has a variety of external roles including Co-Chair of the Manchester Biodiversity Action Group, Vice Chair of the Friends of Lindow Moss and a Trustee for the Beaver Trust.