brilliant - will go and take a look, it's just down the road from me dave
On 10 September 2011 14:20, marc garrett <[email protected]> wrote: > Welcome to the Elephant and Castle Urban Forest. > > Yes it’s true, there really is one! Come and see for yourself at our > forthcoming events: > http://elephantandcastleurbanforest.com/ > > Elephant and Castle Urban Forest is London’s secret woodland. At its > heart are 450 majestic trees, mostly London Plane, which for decades > have been thriving hidden behind the towering slabs of the Heygate > Estate in a part of London best known for concrete, cars and a big pink > shopping centre. Glimpses of the woodland can be seen by outsiders along > the bustling New Kent Road and on the northern corner of Walworth Road. > But today most of this mature forest is a sheltered and verdant > semi-wilderness thriving in between the remains of the almost empty > social housing estate. A few people know the secret and are having fun > in there. Some residents remain and the evicted return to enjoy the > green space. In clearings guerrilla gardeners have established new > allotments and in the old playgrounds people still congregate. This > forest has entered an exciting new phase of its life... > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
