As part of my current commission Handling Futures, October offered an opportunity to explore protective structures in nature in the setting of the Blackwell Parkland in Darlington with Field Botanist Falgunee Sarker from the Darlington and Teesdale Naturalist Field Club. Active members of the community have spent years working towards securing higher levels of protection for this ecologically significant site. From the red pigmented anthocyanins that shield autumn leaves from winter sunlight as the leaves shed their chlorophyll to the poisonous yew berries that protect the tree from natural predators: our guided visit offered the opportunity to consider the nature's own protective systems as the future of the parkland remains precarious.
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