About Wildland
Wildland Limited is an organisation dedicated to the rehabilitation of some of Scotland’s most precious landscapes. The company is the custodian of three Scottish estates: Wildland North Coast, Wildland Cairngorm, and Wildland West & Ness. Wildland has planted over four million trees in the Scottish Highlands and created the conditions to regenerate countless more – nurturing a landscape where wildlife can thrive, and nature can heal itself. Wildland also operates a number of hospitality venues across the Highlands, with all proceeds going back into our conservation efforts. Through Wildland Ventures, we also invest in businesses like the NC500 that directly contribute to local communities.
Conservation – Protecting our most valuable asset
Where once this land was teeming with life, today it cries out for help. Conservation is just a word; a word that barely encompasses the breadth of work necessary to restore these lands to their former richness, or the scale of our commitment to a more sustainable future.
Our big open spaces are disappearing at an alarming rate. The natural beauty of the Scottish Highlands has long been at risk. At Wildland, we believe in giving nature a chance to fight back.
Land Management
At Wildland we believe in nature’s own capacity to restore itself and appreciate that this is a project extending far beyond our own lifetimes.
The regeneration of this wilderness will demand timescales more likely to be enjoyed in our children’s lifetime than in ours, but we know that we can help create the conditions necessary to allow natural processes to gain a foothold. It’s a simple fact that many estates across the Highlands have populations of deer far beyond that which the ecosystem can support. Deer browse young saplings before they have any chance to establish themselves. On land where our deer management is in hand, the regeneration of habitat and woodland has been nothing short of remarkable. The heart soars when the rebirth of these lands sees wildlife return. Sounds of rivers rushing and a sight of summer swallows swooping all suggest a soul stirring with eager vitality.
Restoration
Wildland’s philosophy, its overriding mission, is very simple: we wish to restore our parts of the Scottish Highlands to their former natural splendour. And not just the land, the whole fabric of these great estates. It is our 200 year vision. Today, we have taken but the first few steps towards making this vision a reality.
Whilst nature answered only to the changing seasons, so too did man coexist in natural balance. However, we also have to accept the harsh reality that people who once worked the land have moved away. Now, though, Wildland’s fervent desire is to see local communities thrive once more and to have those who have left the Highlands come back, bringing with them all-new skills and all-new visions for the way that people can work and live here.
Old-growth forests
Working hard to maintain and develop the character and quality of Scotland’s landscapes.
Whilst, in truth, the great Caledonian Pine Forests have been eroded – by man – over the course of the last 1000 years, it is also the case that not much more than two hundred years ago, considerable parts of the Highlands were still covered with significant expanses of pine, alder, birch and juniper and a whole ecosystem of plants and wildlife that thrived in its shelter. Our goal, today, is to protect and regenerate those few remaining pockets of magnificent old-growth forest and create the conditions necessary for these trees to reassert themselves across the landscape. Since 2014, Wildland has planted five million tree saplings across its holdings within the Cairngorm region. This, in addition to the many millions of natural seedlings regenerating Caledonian Pinewoods within the core 2000 ha area.
Preservation:
Alongside our stated commitment to the preservation of the land and the human infrastructure of the Wildland estates, we increasingly find ourselves the guardians of significant parts of Scotland’s history. We see preservation as protection, restoration and renewal; the past alive for present and future generations to enjoy.
Across Wildland’s northern estates are some of the most striking brochs on the Scottish mainland. These two-thousand-year old archaeological structures demand not just our protection but also our care and attention. There’s more recent history, too. Eriboll Estate still bears the legacy of 18th century lime kilns built by one of the old Dukes of Sutherland, while Loch Eriboll was a scene of sadness a century later when a Highland Clearances ship drove into its sheltered waters to take people from the Sutherland Estates away from the land, never to return.
Stay
“A visit to a Wildland property could easily become something more than a spoiling mini-break in agreeable surroundings. It might change the way you think about the world around you.”
Conde Nast Traveller
Stay somewhere:
beautiful | wild | off-grid |cosy | private
Much is said about the restorative power of nature. For our team at Wildland, this isn’t so much a clever tagline, but a way of life. We have created a collection of small, beautiful places to stay and explore the wild landscape around us – from our art house on the northern coast to cosy cottages nestled among ancient forests. There is something for everyone.
The Large Estates & Exclusive Use:
- Glenfeshie Lodge
At the heart of our conservation estate →
- Kinloch Lodge
An artistic family home in total privacy →
- Aldourie Castle
Old Highland glamour →
- Hope by WildLand
Untamed luxury. Curated escapism. →
In addition to the Large Estates & Exclusive Use properties, we have a beautiful variety of Lodges, Wee Guest Houses and Cosy Cottages to rent separately. You can find more information about each of those properties here.
Wildland Careers
Ready for adventure?
Wildland is a 200 year vision of conservation in the Scottish Highlands, where we strive to let nature heal, grow and thrive. Wildland is also a team of extraordinary people, whose passion, dedication and allyship provides the most significant contribution towards the future success of our vision.
This is your chance to join us and become a Wildlander, playing your own special part in the journey. We offer unrivalled opportunities in exciting professions such as conservation, land management, hospitality, marketing and more.
Our Culture
Every single member of our team, whatever their role and wherever they may be based, is part of one of the largest private conservation efforts in Scottish history. We each take pride in that mission. Above all, we value honesty, simple solutions and excellence in everything we do. We are a young, ambitious company. Come and make a difference with us.
Benefits
As part of the Wildland team, you will receive a range of exciting benefits to help reward you for your contribution to nature. We offer competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, including private medical insurance, group life assurance, group income protection and critical illness cover.
Be part of something bigger
Whatever you are doing with Wildland – however you contribute – you are part of one of the largest single conservation efforts in Scottish history. Anne & I invite you to join this effort.
ANDERS HOLCH POVLSEN
