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At Knepp, rewilding has taught us that nature thrives when we step back. That if you give it half a chance, nature will heal itself and insects can return in astonishing abundance.
But in a garden, sometimes it needs a little help.
To give the bugs at Knepp's Rewilded Walled Garden the finest experience hospitality can offer, we invited four artists to create the Bug Hotels of their dreams.
Rewilding isn't just for vast grounds. It can begin in a garden, a balcony - or any forgotten corner left to grow a little wild. Knepp created their Rewilded Walled Garden to show how this can be done. You can visit the Walled Garden for yourself, and learn more at the link in Knepp's bio 🦋
And let us know which of these designs is your favourite…
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Transcript
Introducing Rank Bug Hotel designs. This Bug, this Bug, and this Bug are in trouble. One gesture, modest better meaningful, is the Bug Hotel. We asked four designers to come to Netwildland and build the finest insect accommodation a Bug could ask for. First up, Saskia Martindale with the Leaky Hotel. Saskia has made a leak, a one meter best. Striking. Something you'd spot across a meadow and need to investigate. As an opening statement in this competition, it is confident. It is also genuinely a leak. Next, Vas Samuelson and Michael Lai with the spinning suites. Two creatives drawing inspiration from maple seeds. Those lovely winged things that spiral down in the autumn. Their hotel takes that shape. Leaf like wooden forms rising from poles as if the field itself grew them. It is arguably the most architectural entry. And finally, Aidan Robertson with the BugBee and Biome. Aidan has taken a quieter approach, though no less ambitious. Pod like forms built with wattle and daub. It will better. It will moss over. Aidan seems genuinely unbothered by this. In the context of a rewilded garden, that feels feels like the right attitude. Strong contender. Three designs, three very different ideas of what a bug deserves. The insects, as ever, will have the final say. We just have to wait and see who checks in.
