{"product_id":"natures-acre-an-irish-garden-memoir-of-making-a-place-where-life-grows-9781919392813","title":"Nature's Acre: An Irish Garden Memoir of Making a Place Where Life Grows","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt's spring 2020 in a small Irish town. Ciarán is reading in the greenhouse when the phone rings.\u003cbr\u003eWhat follows will change his life, his family, and the patch of ground he thought he understood. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis isn't a step-by-step gardening manual. It's \u003cb\u003ean Irish garden memoir\u003c\/b\u003e, the story of an ordinary one-acre garden that becomes a refuge, for wildlife, for neighbours, and for a mind that has never quite managed to feel at home in the world. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs lockdown closes in, Ciarán throws himself into the work: leaving corners wild, growing food without chemicals, building habitats instead of tidy borders. Along the way he starts to unpick years of exhaustion, anxiety, and not fitting in, and to ask what it means to live well on a damaged planet. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCaring changes us.\u003cbr\u003eWe find meaning in doing.\u003cbr\u003eCollaboration gives us place.Who it's for\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGardeners curious about wildlife-friendly, chemical-free growing\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eReaders who enjoy nature writing and memoir\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAnyone drawn to Ireland, lockdown-era stories, and community change\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNature's Acre is part wildlife-garden diary, part community story, part attempt to steady a nervous system with soil under the fingernails. It's for anyone who feels overwhelmed by the world, and wonders if there might be another way to live in it.\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eReyes, Cynthia S.:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \"Cynthia is an editor and coach of memoir writers. She has published books for adults about unusual homes, the people who love them, and the life events connected to these places. She has written three such books so far: the bestselling A Good Home, An Honest House, winner of the Diamond Award for Book of the Year (2016), and, released in 2019, Twigs in my Hair - A Gardening Memoir.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ede Buitlear, Ciaran:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ciarán De Buitlear is an Irish writer and wildlife gardener based in County Meath. He founded GardeningWell, an initiative focused on wildlife gardening and climate action, and has helped distribute native trees across Ireland through his work with FreeTrees Ireland. By day he works as a database specialist; outside work he has spent decades developing gardens that prioritise habitat, biodiversity, and chemical-free growing. Nature's Acre is his first book-part wildlife-garden diary, part community story, and part search for steadiness in a changing world.","brand":"Ciaran de Buitlear","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51998130602258,"sku":"9781919392813","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_aaae2b72-666b-4635-8618-0e1ea671bb5f.jpg?v=1773155964","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/natures-acre-an-irish-garden-memoir-of-making-a-place-where-life-grows-9781919392813","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}