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GARDEN OF EDEN
CLAPHAM | LONDON | ENGLAND
Some people say our love for green-space is innate and a genetic link to the past.
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Where we once traversed open savannah, listening out for possible threats, we now walk around green-space as a place of calm and solace. With the complexity of modern life, we are gaining a lot more than we realise.
At Eden, we herald the plight of the smaller life forms. The oft-overlooked insects, arachnids, fungi, and galls. We usually have to point them out to people as they are easy to walk past because the mega-fauna of Britain is almost all gone.
The diversity of the garden, given its inner-city location is quite remarkable. Bird-wise, we have Great Spotted Woodpeckers; Jays; an occasional Sparrow-hawk and even a Gold-crest. Insect-wise, we have Spiny Digger wasps; Bee-wolves; Tawny Mining bees; Wool Carder bees...
WORDS: BENNY HAWKSBEE | HEAD GARDENER | EDEN GARDEN PROJECT
IMAGES: BENNY HAWKSBEE
