{"product_id":"natures-acre-ciaran-de-buitlear-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\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ciaran de Buitlear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1919392815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781919392813\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ciaran de Buitlear\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/10\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.34lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.22d","brand":"Ciaran de Buitlear","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48454302400767,"sku":"9781919392813","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6d5f4210-ba03-4ebe-ada0-36ea3a3d4d26.jpg?v=1777305382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/natures-acre-ciaran-de-buitlear-9781919392813","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}