“During the Second World War a giant puffball was found under an oak tree in Kent, and was suspected of being a new kind of bomb (later it was labelled ‘Hitler’s Secret Weapon’ and put on exhibition to raise funds… — 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
“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
“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
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
“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
“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
Perhaps knowing one place intimately is to have a way of knowing all places. — Richard Mabey Copy Share
“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
To be without trees would, in the most literal way, to be without our roots. — Richard Mabey Copy Share
