Illustration by Lydia Thornley
City Scrapes (on walking through Pigeon Park)
Samantha Xia Symonds
Samantha considers Pigeon Park in Birmingham, where “sometimes, the urbangrey blurs into green static”.
Wild words for wild places: 26 Habitats week four
Illustration by Lydia Thornley
Throughout September 26 Writers are rhapsodising about our wonderful wild places, from peat bogs to hedgerows. Here are the latest six of their powerful poems about nature.
Illustration by Lydia Thornley
Nature’s song to the garden
by Sarah Hill
With 24 million across Britain, gardens are incredibly important habitats, as Sarah Hill discovers in today's poem.
Illustration by Lydia Thornley
Going for growth
Lynda Relph-Knight
"They come regardless, spades in hand, to dig for sanity and for beauty. A variegated bunch, the community gardeners toil all year round..." - A poem on our precious community gardens by Lynda Relph-Knight
Illustration by Lydia Thornley
Niver Mersey Estuary
Clare Jennings
Things are changing on the Mersey estuary as Clare shows in today's lovely centena and essay.
Illustration by Lydia Thornley