Binding: Paperback
Date Published: 01 Jul 2026
“I would highly recommend Nature’s Acre… It resonated with my experience of communities coming together to preserve nature and build connection.”— Brian Gormley, Head of Sustainability Education, TU Dublin.
Nature’s Acre follows a year in a small Irish garden — a place where birds, insects, weather, and wildness shape the days as much as anything human.What began there has since moved outward — into schools, community spaces, and other gardens — carried by the same ideas and observations.
During lockdown, Ciarán De Buitléar was given the key to a Victorian walled garden in the middle of an Irish village. What began as a place to grow vegetables with his sons became a story of family, nature, community and belonging. Nature’s Acre is an Irish nature memoir about what happens when one small place is allowed to come alive — and when the person caring for it begins to change too.
• The true story of a hidden Victorian walled garden in an Irish village
• A memoir of family, place, wildlife, community and belonging
• Practical, real-world wildlife gardening woven through lived experience
• The roots of the Gardeningwell project
• A story about how small places can help restore both nature and people.
“A fascinating journey of renewal and growth… an inspiring memoir.”— Wings Magazine, BirdWatch Ireland (Spring 2026)