Nature – Hackney Citizen

Short film celebrates tree lovers on mission to ‘green Hackney’

By Gabriel Stewart | Tuesday 9 December 2025 at 16:02

Everyone’s Garden explores the work of the Tree Musketeers, a volunteer-run charity bringing together local communities to transform Hackney’s parks into diverse tree-filled spaces

Hackney cycling group helps bikers discover ‘miracle’ of the natural world on wheels

By Gabriel Stewart | Tuesday 18 November 2025 at 10:06

Nature Riders runs every few weeks is open to cyclists of all ages and abilities looking to explore Hackney’s green spaces from their saddle

Fashion’s obsession with decay spearheads major exhibition at the Barbican

By Hackney Citizen | Monday 7 July 2025 at 12:53

Dirty Looks, which features more than 100 garments from the past 50 years, chronicles the industry’s infatuation with grime

Joy as rewilders return small mammals to Hackney Marshes

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Wednesday 19 February 2025 at 17:58

Council praised for support in bringing local wildlife back from ‘absolute crunch point’

Tree vandals strike again in ‘relentless onslaught’ across borough

By Josef Steen, Local Democracy Reporter | Friday 31 January 2025 at 19:02

Council supporting police to patrol criminal damage hotspots after more ‘shocking’ attacks on street trees

Woodberry Down’s residents and natural history celebrated in project by Royal College of Art graduate

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 19 August 2022 at 13:48

Xinqi Chen’s stunning illustrations were inspired by local stories and the campaign to save the Happy Man tree

Art and conservation shop owner has two days to raise £10k for new premises in Clapton – or faces closing it for good

By Hackney Citizen | Tuesday 2 August 2022 at 10:43

Illustrator Ben Rothery needs help if Hidden Planet is to survive and thrive

The Citizen Gardener: Worms are a sign of a healthy environment

By Kate Poland | Monday 8 November 2021 at 11:07

Kate Poland on the crucial role earthworms play in our ecosystem

The Citizen Gardener: No Mow May

By Kate Poland | Tuesday 4 May 2021 at 13:47

Kate Poland on lawns, and why a little bit of chaos is not always a bad thing

The Citizen Gardener: Green corridors

By Kate Poland | Thursday 8 April 2021 at 11:10

Kate Poland on the importance of travel for plants, insects and animals – and how we can all protect them with a little helping hand

Nature volunteers ‘angry and distressed’ after Network Rail cuts down stretch of trees in Stamford Hill

By Ed Sheridan, Local Democracy Reporter | Thursday 25 March 2021 at 11:32

Company defends move on safety grounds as locals warn of impact on reserve that is home to numerous birds

Josh Loeb: Is nature healing?

By Hackney Citizen | Wednesday 27 May 2020 at 11:43

The local journalist and animal lover on critter-spotting during lockdown, pubic lice (not from experience), the R rate for nits, and why rewilding shouldn’t be limited to the remotest parts of the UK

We Swim to the Shark, Georgie Codd, book review: ‘Subtle insight into the inner psyche and the natural world’

By Sarah Birch | Thursday 27 February 2020 at 17:37

Part autobiography, part travelogue, this debut by the Hackney-based author sees her attempt to conquer her phobia of fish by swimming with the biggest one of all

Get outdoors in Daubeney Fields with Heritage Lottery Funded project

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 4 May 2018 at 11:34

Whether you call it Clapton Park or Daubeney Green, charity EcoACTIVE Education have a jam-packed schedule of free activities for everyone to enjoy

Swift exit: is Hackney Council missing a big opportunity by exiling this most high-flying of birds?

By Hackney Citizen | Friday 30 June 2017 at 13:31

Hamish Burnett (far-right) and supporters gathered outside e Star by Hackney Downs pub - which has swift boxes in situ. Photograph: Andrew Barnes

Their aerial displays above Hackney’s skies thrill many, but campaigners such as Hamish Burnett are concerned that they will find nowhere to nest in the borough’s increasingly renovated old and new buildings, as he explains in this comment piece