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Butterflies love #urbangreenspace, too. 🦋 #fortworthbotanicgarden

With the new 1.1-mile boardwalk, the Ann & Royal Butler Hike & Bike Trail around Lady Bird Lake in Central #Austin is a continuous loop & almost all through #urbangreenspace. Views of the constantly changing skyline & mosquito-chomping bats are a bonus. #home

Yet another "best" #urbangreenspace list. The World’s Best Cities for Green Space and Nature in 2026 share.google/YtpSPh8QDqwz...

The trails around Zuanich Point Park in Bellingham offer amazing views of the harbour on your run or walk. There are plenty of benches for peacefully sitting and staring at the islands, too. The #urbangreenspace honours the local fishing industry.

It's impossible not to feel relaxed at Boulevard Park in Bellingham, with calming views across the bay and meandering paths and a boardwalk through the #urbangreenspace.

The 19-acre Gas Works Park in Seattle is built on reclaimed industrial land at a former coal gasification plant. The #urbangreenspace incorporates the plant's structures, incl the exhauster-compressor building. It's integrated into Seattle's trails & offers unrivalled views of the city.

Views in every direction from Lafayette Park. #urbangreenspace

Oh, the irony of spending all day in a windowless, mechanically ventilated conference room discussing research on the benefits of #urbangreenspace. These lift doors were as close to a park as I got today.

Enjoying the California poppies in San Francisco. Not enjoying the heatwave. #urbangreenspace

Hey #AAG2026, tomorrow afternoon's going to be pretty warm so come cool off at our urban green space sessions! Co-organized by the wonderful @jkhawes.bsky.social & @urbanparksgirl.bsky.social. Come for the great research, stay for the post session social 🍻

A spot of multifunctional #urbangreenspace. #suds

wapo.st/4ushl71 #urbangreenspace definitely helps me!

Between the return of winter and it being Friday the 13th, it was tempting to stay home today. Glad I didn't or I might have missed the spring colours in Victoria Embankment Gardens. #urbangreenspace

For years, I have watched the re-sodding dance in #BishopsPark. @hfcouncil fences off this eastern part of the #urbangreenspace, the grass is revived, the fences come down and almost immediately the grass is worn away.

St Thomas' Riverside Garden reminds me how beneficial for wellbeing #urbangreenspace connected to a hospital or other healthcare facility is. A turn around the gardens before and after an appointment always helps calm or de-stress me.

A sign that spring is here: no available bench space in my local #urbangreenspace.

Designed my running route tonight so I'd pass the Peace Pagoda in #BatterseaPark. Next week is gonna be a bear, so trying to bank all the calmness I can from time in #urbangreenspace.

When I think of London landscapes, this is often what comes to mind: fenced out or fenced in. Yesterday I walked from point a to b for a time-sensitive appointment. I passed 4 formal #urbangreenspaces, but did not walk through any of them because of various railings, fences & inconvenient gates.

Spring is around the corner, but I'm not ready to say goodbye to winter, my favourite season. While the sun and the daffodils were out today, I enjoyed walking through the lovely "midwinter fire" shrubs (Cornus sanguinea). #urbangreenspace

Not gonna lie - the #urbangreenspace in the pedestrianised Gordon Square looks better on Google street view than it did today. Hoping Camden's adjacent trial public realm improvements enhance this section too.

There's no minimum width for #urbangreenspace.

Gates, railings, fences, etc., that enclosed #urbangreenspace have long fascinated me. I even wrote about these in my PhD thesis and a book chapter. As I passed through two very different gate styles today, I was reminded of the cultural weight these structures can carry.

Spot the ring-necked parakeets! Originally from India, the parakeets are a common, noisy and invasive species in Richmond Park, with large flocks inhabiting the park's ancient trees.

I was going for a late-season blanket of snow, but a blanket of daffodils is not a bad runner up. #urbangreenspace

This wee #urbangreenspace is off the beaten (Thames) Path in Hammersmith. Tucked into the Queen Caroline estate, it goes unnoticed by many it seems.

Bernie Spain Gardens is a hidden gem hiding in plain sight!. I'm always amazed that this #urbangreenspace is not more crowded given it is in the heart of the Southbank. Owned, managed and maintained by Coin Street Community Builders. @coinstreet.bsky.social

St John's Churchyard is a community #urbangreenspace with a colourful history. Initially a field for grazing horses called Horselydown, the site has also been a fairground, yard for local militia, a burial ground, and a recreational space. It is managed by Potters Field Management Trust.

Have you ever noticed how many buildings, roads, neighbourhoods, subdivisions, etc. have park, green or garden in their name? I'd hoped this development, bordering on Wandsworth Park, would have more green infrastructure, thus being worthy of its name. #urbangreenspace

Spoiler alert: An actual #urbangreenspace is not behind this screen.

At Malet Street Garden today, I thought about one of my favourite #urbangreenspace quotes: "'Green space,’ of course, is not always perfectly green: sometimes it is a frozen grey or muddy brown or wintry white …. But it is ubiquitous even in the biggest city" (Clark & Jauhiainen, 2006: 2).

Woburn Square is the smallest of the Bloomsbury squares. This #urbangreenspace was bigger, but, like so many of London's green spaces, development reduced it. Still, it offers a calm place to relax and collect my thoughts on my way to lecture each Monday, even when nonstop rain leaves it a mud pit.

Along the Thames near Wandsworth Bridge is a Tidal planting project, associated with the Battersea Reach development.The project was designed to reintroduce native plant species and provide habitat for wildlife along the riverbank. #urbangreenspace

Holland Gardens in Merton was established as a public #urbangreenspace in 1929, when Lady Holland donated the site to the then-Wimbledon Council. The garden is on a sloping site, with views from the top over rose beds, lawn, playing fields & tennis courts. @mertoncouncil.bsky.social

Trees in a central London private garden give residents with a view of nature rather than a hectic car park. Sometimes aesthetics are the function of #urbangreenspace.

Grade II* listed Edwardes Square Gardens is a late-Georgian #urbangreenspace in Kensington. When the 3.5-acre space was laid out in 1818, its serpentine paths distinguished it from more formal gardens of the day. Alas, this is a private garden, unless you live in Edwardes Square.

The role of indoor #urbangreenspace is significantly understudied. Yet, we spend ~90% of our time indoors, with the indoor environment greatly affecting health & wellbeing. For years, Vauxhall Tube station staff have maintained indoor plants. Would love to see this scaled up. @greenin.bsky.social

Built in the early 1700s, Queen Square in Bloomsbury originally was developed only on three sides, with the northern edge of this #urbangreenspace left open deliberately so residents had an open view up to the hills of Highgate & Hampstead.

Angry, sad, sickened...lots of emotions upon hearing the Baldock statue was brazenly stolen from Langdon Park, one of the first sites I studied during my PhD fieldwork on #urbangreenspace in Tower Hamlets. If you have info, call the police. @towerhamletsnow.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A green wall on the Christopher Ingold Building is part of @uclnews.bsky.social's Bicentennial Physical Legacy Works. In addition to enhancing the sustainability of the building, this vertical #urbangreenspace brings aesthetic benefits to a rather dreary part of Gordon Street. Win win.

Usually I just see Mr Fox making a late-night dash across the #urbangreenspace at my flat. This time, he lingered.

Across London are a number of surviving cattle troughs. In the mid-1800s, the Metropolitan Drinking Fountain & Cattle Trough Association collaborated with @rspcaoffficial.bsky.social to provide water for horses, cattle & dogs. Today, many are used as planters, providing a spot of #urbangreenspace.

Between the Shard & Guy's Hospital is St Thomas Street Woodland Gardens, an example of @teamlondonbridge.bsky.social's strategy to green the London Bridge area. The low-maintenance #urbangreenspace was designed with its surroundings in mind, incl windy conditions created by nearby tall buildings.

One of these days I'm going to call the number on the sign and get access to this #urbangreenspace in Chelsea.

Despite nearly two decades in London, I'm not used to the sight of a padlocked park gate, like at Cartwright Gardens. It's a complex, divisive issue; context is critical. Some cities don't lock #urbangreenspace & some parks are active at night. I'm fascinated by cultural influences on park timing.

This small #urbangreenspace at St Pancras Church sits at an extremely busy junction in central London. I must have hurried past countless times. Today, I lingered.

The pocket park at the junction of Capper Street and Tottenham Court Road has softened the landscape and provided welcoming seating, which encourages active travel. This #urbangreenspace was part of @camdencouncil.bsky.social's e fforts to green the West End.