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Hannah Dale | |
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| Born | Lincolnshire, England |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Occupation(s) | Illustrator, author, conservationist |
| Known for | Wrendale Designs |
| Notable work | A Wilding Year |
| Spouse | Jack Dale |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Queen’s Award for Enterprise (2019), King’s Award for Enterprise (2024), The Greats Outstanding Achievement Award (2024), NatWest Everywoman Athena Award (2021) |
| Website | wrendaledesigns.co.uk |
Hannah Dale is a British illustrator, author and conservationist. She is the founder of Wrendale Designs, a stationery and giftware company, and co-director of a rewilding project based on a former unproductive arable farm in Lincolnshire. Dale is the author of A Wilding Year, a non-fiction work documenting the rewilding of the site.
Early life and education
[edit]Dale grew up in Lincolnshire, England. She studied zoology at the University of Cambridge.[1]
Career
[edit]After working in finance, Dale began selling watercolour paintings of British wildlife locally. In 2012, she and her husband founded Wrendale Designs, initially producing greeting cards before expanding into stationery, homeware, and textiles.[2][3]
Wrendale Designs became a licensed partner of Royal Worcester, producing china and kitchenware featuring Dale’s animal illustrations.[4] The company received the Queen’s Award for Enterprise in 2019 and the King’s Award for Enterprise in 2024, both for international trade.[5] In 2024, Wrendale Designs was certified as a B Corporation.[6] Dale received the "NatWest Everywoman Athena Award (2021)" [7]
In 2022, Dale’s work was referenced in media coverage of a Christmas card painted by Prince George, which resembled one of her published designs.[8]
Dale has written and illustrated several books.[9][10]
Wild Wrendale and rewilding project
[edit]In 2019, Dale and her husband began a rewilding project on a 300-acre, unproductive arable farm in North Lincolnshire. [11] The farm, which had previously been under intensive agricultural use, was gradually converted to a conservation site known as Wild Wrendale. The project included the restoration of wetland areas, reversion of fields to grassland, and encouragement of natural regeneration. As of 2024, increases in biodiversity had been recorded on the site, including the return of species such as snipe and skylark. Beavers were introduced to a 70 acre enclosure on the site in 2023. [12] In June 2025 the beavers bred, the kit becoming the first beaver to be born in Lincolnshire for 400 years. [13]
- ^ "From Kitchen Table to Royal Favourite: Meet the Artist Behind Wrendale Designs". Love Business East Midlands. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Stockbroker's artistic hobby becomes Queen's Award-winning giftware empire". Business Live. 20 November 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "How a kitchen table business became a global success". The Times. 6 January 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Wrendale Designs at Portmeirion". Portmeirion. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Wrendale Designs Honoured To Receive A King's Award for Enterprise". Gifts and Home. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Wrendale Designs - Certified B Corporation". B Lab Global. Retrieved 2025-04-28.
- ^ "Wrendale's Hannah Wins NatWest Everywoman Award". Housewares News. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Prince George shows artistic talent with Christmas card painting". Hello!. 29 December 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Kellaway, Kate (13 December 2015). "Children's Picture Books Reviews". The Guardian. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ Bird, Henry (11 April 2025). "A Wilding Year review: A detailed journal of ecological transformation on a Lincolnshire farm". The Times. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "From crops to creatures: Wildlife takes over Lincolnshire farm". BBC News. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 27 April 2025.
- ^ "Wild Wrendale: How a rewilding project transformed a Lincolnshire farm". BBC News. 11 December 2023. Retrieved 19 May 2025.
- ^ "Wild Wrendale: First beaver born in Lincolnshire in 400 years". BBC News. 13 June 2025. Retrieved 23 June 2025.