About The
Sussex Wildling

The Sussex Wildling isn't a company — it's me, Flick. A small, hands-on land-care practice of one, working across East Sussex from Hamsey and Lewes out into the surrounding countryside. I bring practical, wildlife-friendly garden and woodland work to people who want their land to live a little wilder, without losing the structure and safety a tended space needs.

The work covers two strands. In the garden, that means mindful maintenance, seasonal pruning, hedge laying, planting for pollinators, and habitat creation that lets nature do the heavy lifting. In the woodland, it means coppicing, thinning, tree safety work, processing fallen timber on site, and turning windfall into seasoned firewood or mushroom logs. Every visit starts with the land itself — what is already growing, what wants to grow, and what small intervention will let it thrive.

It is built for a particular kind of customer: smallholders, woodland owners, and garden keepers in East Sussex who care about soil, fungi, and native species, and who would rather work with nature than against it. The approach is deliberately measured — a site visit comes first, always, so any quote reflects what the land actually needs rather than a generic price list.

I'm a countryside worker based in Hamsey with chainsaw certification and a growing set of woodland and arboricultural qualifications. It's just me on my own — but for some parts of the work I draw on a small network of trusted specialists, so the right hands are on the right job when a task needs them. The Field Manual — a growing library of notes on trees, fungi, firewood, and wild land — is written from the ground, one season at a time.