Long TextExercise 70 of 83

In the heart of central London, a short walk from the Houses of Parliament, there is a small patch of land that has been deliberately left to grow wild. Where once there was a neatly maintained lawn with trimmed hedges and orderly flower beds, there are now tall grasses, wildflowers, brambles, and a scattering of…

• Why might the rewilded patch of land near Parliament look surprising to visitors?
• According to ecologists, what typically happens when urban land is left to grow wild?