London community gardens bring new life to railway wasteland
01 May 2021 |
8:34 am
You might not expect to feel close to nature travelling on a train through London but just a few steps from the platform at Brondesbury Park station an Energy Garden is thriving, creating a microcosm of biodiversity hiding in plain sight.
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