In the early part of the 20th Century Sherwood Mockett decided to plant a botanical garden in the meadow behind his home in Church Street, St. Peter's Village, Kent, in England. His intention was to create a place where family and visitors could enjoy walking among many varieties of trees and plants, shaded from the hot summer sun, or sheltered from the gusty winds which blew unhindered across the bare Thanet landscape.

Nearly a hundred years later, local people are realising that they have, on their doorsteps, a small area of woodland that has evolved and generated its own eco-system. Within its boundary lies a completely sustainable wild life habitat.