Review of the book “It Grows in Your City”

When so many people live so close together, nature has to take a back seat. You might think so. But: Walk with alert eyes through the streets, alleys and squares of our densely populated cities. You will be surprised by all the greens there are. Life flows from every conceivable crack in the sidewalk, climbs high up the walls of homes, spreads through backyards and takes advantage of every little gap in the masonry. In Germany alone there are about 500 species of wild plants that inhabit our concrete deserts. They play an important role in improving our environment, perhaps not always obvious, but nevertheless very subtle and important for the urban microclimate, which they greatly influence.