More flowers, fewer cars: the rewilders turning parking spaces into parks

Across the UK and Europe, the parklet' movement is gaining pace, transforming dead spaces where cars used to be into pockets of green

As told to Phoebe Weston

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As more towns and cities bring in measures to curb traffic and the number of cars on the streets, the idea of converting parking spaces into parklets" is gaining traction. These tiny green parks are part of a trend in urban rewilding by individuals that is boosting biodiversity across the world.