{"id":144559,"date":"2024-05-28T11:00:43","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T04:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/where-the-wild-things-are-the-untapped-potential-of-our-gardens-parks-and-balconies\/"},"modified":"2024-05-28T11:12:49","modified_gmt":"2024-05-28T04:12:49","slug":"where-the-wild-things-are-the-untapped-potential-of-our-gardens-parks-and-balconies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/where-the-wild-things-are-the-untapped-potential-of-our-gardens-parks-and-balconies\/","title":{"rendered":"Where the wild things are: the untapped potential of our gardens, parks and balconies"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nGardens could be part of the solution to the climate and biodiversity crisis. But what are we doing? Disappearing them beneath plastic and pavingIn my 20s I lived in Manchester, on the sixth floor of a block of council flats just off the A57, or Mancunian (Mancy) Way. A short walk from Manchester Piccadilly station and the city centre, it was grey, noisy and built up. I loved every piece of it \u2013 my first stab at adulthood, at living on my own. I painted my bedroom silver and slept on a mattress on the floor, and I grew sweetcorn, tomatoes and courgettes in pots on the balcony. (I was 24 \u2013 of course I grew sweetcorn on the balcony.)I worked and played in the bars and clubs of Manchester\u2019s gay village, and I would walk home in the early hours, keys poking through my clenched fist to protect me from would-be attackers, and I would see hedgehogs. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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