Park Life: Our first photo blog series

This is a quick intro to a little photo series I’ve been meaning to start for a while. It is a way to explore the wellbeing benefits of urban green spaces through quick reflections.

This is a primarily a photo blog, because a picture’s worth a thousand words.

It isn’t meant to be a deep dive, analysis, or formal review. I won’t be sharing statistics about health benefits or making the case for more green spaces - though I wholeheartedly support that. Instead, this is a pause. A moment to look more closely at the places I’ve come to love, told through visual storytelling with simple photos taken on my phone.

It’s about the spaces that invite us to slow down. The ones that nurture nature, offer therapeutic connection, and seamlessly weave into the fabric of urban life. It’s an opportunity to observe nature-based solutions and healing design in action. To explore why these spaces work, how they feel, and how they might inspire the environments we’re designing for the future.

I’m not sure how many of these posts I’ll do, but a few spaces are already on the list: Little Island and The High Line in New York, Benjakitti Park in Bangkok, Gasholder Park in London, Mayfield in Manchester, and possibly more as I go.