Living in the Derbyshire Dales, you feel blessed. One can walk out the door and you are surrounded by beauty, including miles of wildflowers, spotting green finches, space, and fresh air. The best things are really so free.
Occasionally in my little town, situated on the side of the Peak District we often welcome school visits. You watch the hand-in-hand chains of schoolchildren race around, in sheer delight. And you wonder what green spaces they have.
Are they connected to Mother Earth in any way within their environment.?
Rethinking the playground: Spaces, architecture and some green come to mind.
Yes, we all know it takes money to build new facilities for children, but what if we looked at new environments for the younger generation from a different angle. Surely, if we were to provide safe places within cities for parents and schools. We could connect our kinder to nature regularly.
Are Urban children ring-fenced within their environment.?
Of course, there are benefits to urban living. Everything you need is at your fingertips. But the downside is that we have generations of children. Usually, it is those from the poorest areas who are cut off from the nectar of life. Nature is free.
A blackbird is not interested in what brand of shoes little Toby has or if you have the latest mobile phone.
If we provide the environment for wildflowers to grow, then the birds, and butterflies will arrive. It could be a win for children and for not much funding at all, With corporate sponsorship, we could build up a network of nature pockets in the poorest urban areas. Fencing, and monitoring these areas would be appropriate and keep out unwanted drug users. Nature could grow, and develop, under lock and key. At floral opening times, nine until five, the small oasis of calm could welcome young mothers, schools, and so on...Sharing the space and molding the harsh corners of urban living into something more lusciously green.
Could small brownfield sites, and narrow corridors of land be used?
There must be small spaces that are run down that could be used for this purpose. Yes, we are we're talking as small as a twenty-five-foot square.
There is an opportunity to interline our cities and towns and run-down areas with fenced-off safe places. Even the scattering of wildflower seeds would see an almighty bit of cost-effective change and bring nature back to Mother Nature to everyone who decides to take the shortcut to get to the corner shop.
Treasures of floral kind.
Picture picnic tables and easy access, with places to sit. It may sound too simple you could argue, if you are a half-empty kind of person.
Do children in inner-city schools have the chance to get muddy? To sit outside on a summer's day and have an English lesson? Is there a connection between themselves, deep within, plants, the seasons, and so forth? Are there safe places to play outside, where the hard corners of architecture are softened?
S. Lawrence/Vukomanovic 29/07/2024 ©
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