Britain's Park Story & the value of nature

Described as 'the lungs of the city - historian Dan Cruickshank reveals the history of our public parks in the BBC programme 'Britain's Park Story'. Did anyone watch it last Sunday? If not here's a link to BBC iplayer.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00t9qv8/Britains_Park_Story/

Cruickshank travels the country to discover the evolution of the nation's urban public parks, a story of class, civic pride, changing fashions in sport and recreation which helps re-evaluate the amazing assets they are.

Talking about the importance of our parks and open spaces, there have recently been two interesting features in The Guardian - Managing parks and green spaces despite budget cuts and The true value of nature is not a number with a pound sign in front a live debate in response to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs National Ecosystem Assessment. Both are certainly worth a read.

Many thanks to the Bristol Parks Forum for forwarding these links and GreenSpace UK