"The human-centric chatter, of course, misses the point – why a mature urban #tree is cut back so severely that it may never regenerate or #spring into joyful blossom as it once did."

The crowds flocking to #Banksy’s latest work are missing the point: the damaged tree at its heart | Gio Iozzi | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/mar/20/crowds-flocking-banksy-tree-mural-missing-the-point-damaged-tree

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The crowds flocking to Banksy’s latest work are missing the point: the damaged tree at its heart

City trees are an incredible green resource but are under serious assault. Banksy’s stark image shows the damage being done, says Gio Iozzi, a writer and tree campaigner

The Guardian