Environment | The Guardian USAug 28, 2025
‘The tree is trying its best’: why New Yorkers are counting – and rating – every park tree https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/28/new-york-tree-count #Parksandgreenspaces #Treesandforests #Environment #NewYork #USnews
‘The tree is trying its best’: why New Yorkers are counting – and rating – every park tree

Volunteers are tasked with logging about 150,000 park trees by hand – and for some, it’s become a strange obsession

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US news | The GuardianAug 28, 2025
‘The tree is trying its best’: why New Yorkers are counting – and rating – every park tree https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/aug/28/new-york-tree-count #Parksandgreenspaces #Treesandforests #Environment #NewYork #USnews
‘The tree is trying its best’: why New Yorkers are counting – and rating – every park tree

Volunteers are tasked with logging about 150,000 park trees by hand – and for some, it’s become a strange obsession

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Opinion | The Guardian USAug 21, 2025
As William moves to Forest Lodge, an era of pushbike royals beckons. Will that save the monarchy? | Simon Jenkins https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/21/prince-william-forest-lodge-pushbike-royal-family #Parksandgreenspaces #BuckinghamPalace #KingCharlesIII #PrinceWilliam #Monarchy #Cycling #UKnews
As William moves to Forest Lodge, an era of pushbike royals beckons. Will that save the monarchy?

By eschewing living in Buckingham Palace and suggesting ‘the firm’ be heavily scaled back, the prince has a survival plan that might work, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins

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Opinion | The Guardian USJul 9, 2025
Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt | Alexander Hurst https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/09/extreme-heat-european-cities-greenery-swimming-climate-crisis #Parksandgreenspaces #Climatecrisis #Switzerland #Environment #Europe #France #Paris
Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt

Greenery, shade and swimming spots won’t solve the climate crisis, but they’re becoming ever more critical, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

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Climate crisis | The GuardianJul 9, 2025
Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt | Alexander Hurst https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jul/09/extreme-heat-european-cities-greenery-swimming-climate-crisis #Parksandgreenspaces #Climatecrisis #Switzerland #Environment #Europe #France #Paris
Extreme heat is our future – European cities must adapt

Greenery, shade and swimming spots won’t solve the climate crisis, but they’re becoming ever more critical, says Guardian Europe columnist Alexander Hurst

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Climate crisis | The GuardianJun 28, 2025
What’s missing from the perfect child-friendly summer? Generous public spaces | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/28/child-friendly-summer-public-spaces-playgrounds #Parksandgreenspaces #Accesstogreenspace #Children'shealth #Climatecrisis #Environment #Children #Society #UKnews
What’s missing from the perfect child-friendly summer? Generous public spaces

Having a child makes you see cities differently. We deserve better than shuttered playgrounds and locked paddling pools, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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Opinion | The Guardian USJun 28, 2025
What’s missing from the perfect child-friendly summer? Generous public spaces | Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/28/child-friendly-summer-public-spaces-playgrounds #Parksandgreenspaces #Accesstogreenspace #Children'shealth #Climatecrisis #Environment #Children #Society #UKnews
What’s missing from the perfect child-friendly summer? Generous public spaces

Having a child makes you see cities differently. We deserve better than shuttered playgrounds and locked paddling pools, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett

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Environment | The Guardian USMay 26, 2025
California gardeners plant native species in parks to prevent wildfire spread – in pictures https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2025/may/26/california-plants-garden-wildfires #Parksandgreenspaces #Biodiversity #Architecture #Environment #California #LosAngeles #Wildfires #WestCoast #Gardens #Plants #USnews #Design
California gardeners plant native species in parks to prevent wildfire spread – in pictures

Volunteers, organized by landscape architecture firm Terremoto, clear invasive plants and restore native fauna: ‘It’s a years-long relationship with the land’

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USDec 20, 2024
‘You can’t just do a quick wee, you’ll be there for an hour’: Australian readers’ favourite highway pit stops https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/dec/21/you-cant-just-do-a-quick-wee-youll-be-there-for-an-hour-australian-readers-favourite-highway-pit-stops #AustralianCapitalTerritoryholidays #NorthernTerritoryholidays #WesternAustraliaholidays #Australianfoodanddrink #SouthAustraliaholidays #NewSouthWalesholidays #Australianlifestyle #Parksandgreenspaces #Australiaholidays #Victoriaholidays
‘You can’t just do a quick wee, you’ll be there for an hour’: Australian readers’ favourite highway pit stops

From natural springs and lookout points to country bakeries with the ‘best sausage roll of my life’, readers share where they rest and refresh on a long drive

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Lifestyle | The Guardian USMar 29, 2024
‘I strolled among lovely Lent lilies, wild garlic and beautiful bluebells’: readers’ favourite spring walks in the UK https://www.theguardian.com/travel/2024/mar/29/readers-favourite-spring-walks-in-the-uk #UnitedKingdomholidays #Parksandgreenspaces #Walkingholidays #Springbreaks #Lifeandstyle #Daytrips #Walking #Top10s #Travel
‘I strolled among lovely Lent lilies, wild garlic and beautiful bluebells’: readers’ favourite spring walks in the UK

From a hike under huge Suffolk skies to aspen glades in the Cairngorms, our tipsters lead the way on these spring strolls

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