Melbourne Leads the Way in Global ‘Rewilding’ Push

Melbourne Leads the Way in Global ‘Rewilding’ Push
People enjoy a picnic in Carlton Gardens in Melbourne, Australia, on Oct. 9, 2021. Darrian Traynor/Getty Images
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Standing under the sweeping curves of Melbourne’s Forward Surge sculpture, Jon Hazelwood points a tablet at the ground and a wild garden springs to life underfoot.

Barren grass is replaced by layers of plants and colourful flowers on the screen—a visualisation of what will be a mammoth urban garden, home to everything from the blue banded bee to the eastern spinebill.

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