3/5/2024 0 Comments Bromley ghost town manual![]() But the wild landscape is all around us if you know where and when to look. ![]() These are often seen on the fantastic television programmes that the BBC and others produce for us. When you think of wild landscapes the images of great African Plains, or rainforest canopies spring to mind. Beautifully written, passionate and defiant, Ghost Trees tells the secrets and stories of the urban wildscape, of glorious nature resilient and resurgent on our very doorsteps. He draws from history and natural history, poetry and painting, myth and magic, and a great deal of walking, observing and listening. Beginning from Poplar, the East End area in which he lives, Bob explores, in particular, our relationship with the trees that have helped shape London from the original wildwood through to the street trees of today. He explores the hidden wildlife of the inner city and its edgelands, finding unexpected beauty in the cracks and crannies, and uncovering the deep and essential relationship that exists between people and nature when they are bound together in such close proximity. Birds and mammals, insects, plants and trees-they all manage to thrive in the urban jungle, and Bob Gilbert is their champion and their chronicler. Even in the brick and concrete heart of our cities, nature finds a way. Nominated for two major literary awards, this is an urban nature book telling the story of an historic part of London through its trees, past and present.
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