Urban homes surrounded by traffic fumes and miles of asphalt may seem like the least auspicious places to cultivate garden to give nature a helping hand.
How will wildlife be able to even find you if you live in the middle of a concrete desert? But would-be town and city centre horticulturalists can take inspiration from research which shows that they have the power to make a much bigger difference to nature than their counterparts in the countryside and in leafy suburbs.
The Sussex University study looked at what happened when gardeners in different areas set out to improve the habitat offered by their gardens, by adding more insect-friendly plants.
What a weirdly divisive article title for such an obvious conclusion to the study. People who have less of something get more value when getting the same amount of people who already have some…
