A man spent his life’s earnings buying a 130-acre abandoned gravel pit, he planted 50,000 trees, and years later, the barren land had become a thriving wildlife oasis

• The natural landscape Edmondson created also became the setting for Log House Holidays.
• (Photos: LHH)Anthony Edmondson spent his life’s earnings buying a 130-acre abandoned gravel pit in the Cotswolds, south central England, in the 1980s.
• He planted 50,000 trees, sowed wildflowers and added reeds to the water which over the years, has transformed the former industrial site into a landscape supporting birds and other wildlife.