I recently watched David Attenborough's Wild London documentary, and was surprised how emotional it made me. The idea that an abundance of flora and fauna lives in symbiosis with humans in the bustling metropolis was such a magical realization. Of course, David Attenborough has always seen the beauty of the natural world in the UK capital, best embodied by his wild garden in West London.
A photoshoot from 1998 shows David's Richmond garden in all its untamed glory, bursting with greenery. His stone walls are overflowing with dryopteris fern foliage. The presenter poses in front of a small pond in the center of his urban wild garden, bursting with water lilies. The overall effect is an outdoor space defined by perfected imperfection.
