“In 1546 a band of weevils were tried for damaging church vineyards in St Julien. Such trials were rife in the sixteenth century, and the distinguished French lawyer Bartholomew Chassenée rose to fame as an advocate for animals. His work… — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image
An organism exists for no other reason than that it is able to... The wonderful, almost transcendent thing about life on earth is that… — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image
“In New York, it’s already clear that just a few months of neglect by city maintenance teams would lead to the streets becoming a… — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image
“Instead, the weeds are being read as a parable, a lesson that a monolithic, oil-based urban culture is unsustainable in the twenty-first century, and… — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image
Their [cats] effortless passing between the wild and domestic worlds suggests the kind of grace we need as a species to move between nature… — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image
“In 1546 a band of weevils were tried for damaging church vineyards in St Julien. Such trials were rife in the sixteenth century, and… — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image
“During the Second World War a giant puffball was found under an oak tree in Kent, and was suspected of being a new kind… — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image
Perhaps knowing one place intimately is to have a way of knowing all places. — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image
“Weeds – even many intrusive aliens – give something back. They green over the dereliction we have created. They move in to replace more… — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image
To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots. — Richard Mabey Copy Share Image