Tag: bombsite botany

‘We need to accept the weeds’: the Dutch ‘tile whipping’ contest seeking to restore greenery | Environment | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/04/we-need-to-accept-the-weeds-dutch-towns-compete-to-remove-the-most-garden-paving

This is such an interesting  story. The basis of the bombsite botany is the specialised  plants that grow on piles of rubble or in challenging  environments.  In past times, they would have grown in the aftermath of the ice ages. Calling them weeds is a bit of a misnomer these days. My article in the next Swansea History Journal explains a lot more about what happened  in the aftermath of the Swansea Blitz in 1941.