Where the Wild Things Are: the Untapped Potential of Our Gardens, Parks and Balconies
May 31, 2024 at 02:07AMIn this edited extract from One Garden Against the World: In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate, Kate Bradbury examines the distressing rate at which gardens in the United Kingdon are disappearing. It is an important reminder that our properties can be home to more than just us.
Years later I was living in Brighton and took a trip to Manchester for work. In the morning, before my train left to take me back down south, I went for a walk, to the gay village, to the bars and the clubs, and finally to the estate where I used to live. The flats had had a makeover – the balconies were now sealed with airtight windows that presumably made the flats warmer and more soundproof, but which further separated the residents from the natural world. The gardens of the houses had been paved over and there seemed to be more space for parking. It wasn’t just the people who would be suffering from the loss of green space; I wondered how the hedgehogs were getting on.
from Longreads https://longreads.com/2024/05/30/where-the-wild-things-are-the-untapped-potential-of-our-gardens-parks-and-balconies/
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