Lockdown has made us see the natural world anew – let's not waste it | Gaby Hinsliff

The pandemic is giving us a lesson in life, hope and death. It’s one we should never forgetBack in the days when we all still hurried oblivious through crowded city streets, the names chalked on the pavement must have been easily missed. But now a long-running campaign by rebel botanists across Europe to highlight overlooked nature in the city, scribbling names and plant details alongside a pretty weed growing through a wall or a tree spreading overhead, has unexpectedly found its niche.Go