Ashley Wright McIntyre Lecture featuring Isabella Tree

All tickets include access to lecture, book signing, and reception.

As part of the Cherokee Garden Library’s Ashley Wright McIntyre Lecture Series, join us on Wednesday, October 21, 2026, for a talk by distinguished British author and conservationist Isabella Tree, who will discuss her award-winning book, The Book of Wilding: A Practical Guide to Rewilding Big and Small (co-authored with Charlie Burrell; Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023).

Feeling overwhelmed by climate change and biodiversity loss? Discover how nature can spectacularly bounce back when given the chance. Author Isabella Tree shares visionary, pragmatic solutions from her pioneering UK rewilding project, proving that individuals can make a real difference. The Book of Wilding serves as an inspiring "handbook of hope," offering actionable advice to restore nature across everything from large farms to urban gardens and window boxes. This Sunday Times bestseller also inspired the hit 2024 UK documentary film Wilding and an award-winning children's edition, showcasing a powerful blueprint for global ecological recovery.

The Ashley Wright McIntyre Lectures are made possible with generous funding from the Ashley Wright McIntyre Education and Programming Fund, part of the Cherokee Garden Library Endowment.

Isabella Tree is an award-winning journalist and author of six non-fiction books. She published her first book, The Bird Man—A Biography of John Gould, when she was 25. Her bestselling book Wilding—The Return of Nature to a British Farm, published by Picador in 2018, charts the story of the pioneering rewilding project in West Sussex, where she lives with her husband Charlie Burrell. It has sold over 300,000 copies worldwide, was one of the Smithsonian’s top ten science books for 2018, and has been translated into eight languages.

Founded in 1975 by the Cherokee Garden Club of Atlanta, the Cherokee Garden Library reveals the fascinating world of horticulture, history, and friendship to gardeners, historians, landscape architects, ecologists, writers, students, and nature lovers. From 1586 to the present, the Cherokee Garden Library contains a growing collection of 40,000 items, including books, periodicals, manuscript collections, and visual arts collections, which tell the fascinating stories of horticulture and botanical history in the Southeastern United States and areas of influence throughout the world.

The Library’s professional staff serves our communities year-round, including supporting thousands of researchers; hosting curatorial tours; supporting and presenting engaging programs; expanding and making available collections of books, manuscripts, and visual arts; preserving invaluable resources; producing two issues of the Garden Citings magazine annually; and engaging with broader communities throughout Atlanta, the state, the Southeast, and beyond. 

We are honored to serve the public, free of charge, and to help connect people with the expansive resources found at the Cherokee Garden Library, as part of the Kenan Research Center of Atlanta History Center.

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For questions about the event and information regarding sponsorship opportunities, please contact, Staci L. Catron, Cherokee Garden Library Senior Director by phone: 404.814.4046 or email: SCatron@atlantahistorycenter.com.