De-paving the way: the Kerb Garden in Clapham, a local volunteer-led scheme
(Picture: 2022 The Edible Bus Stop)Tarmac, concrete, stone: the materials we most commonly experience beneath our feet in London. Sure, it keeps your shoes clean but it also increases surface run-off when it rains, causing flooding and overflowing sewage systems, plus it radiates summer heat back at night, worsening urban warming.
The benefits of de-paving are many. Grey space is dead space. Removing even some of the covered-over ground in your garden encourages biodiveristy — plant up even the greyest corner of London and the birds, bees and bugs will come.
