She describes the history of small holdings, the philanthropic acts that created them, current experiments and she tells her readers how to establish more.

Neither of them could speak the local languages, they were unaware of customs, they wore long skirts and rode side saddle; Wilkins would later publish an account of their journey and the sights they saw.

[9] In February 1916 the Women's Farm and Garden Union sent a deputation to meet Lord Selborne to establish a group in response to the war effort.

[5] She chaired the executive committee, offices were established in Upper Baker Street and the 9th Duke of Marlborough agreed to be president.

[11] The new organisation was tasked with improving recruitment and providing propaganda about the benefits of women of all classes undertaking agricultural work.

With the backing of the Women's Farm and Garden Union, she and Katherine Courtauld established a set of small holdings in 1920 on Wire Mill Lane in Lingfield in Surrey.