Haven Magazine

THE ONLY WAY IS UP

n my opinion, we should be surrounded by plants at all times – this means indoors and outdoors, and not just at ground level. We need them. David Attenborough says so too, in his new series . Yes, that’s right, another series. “He looks like an 80-year-old, not a 95-year-old,” my 10-year-old keeps saying, with deep love and admiration. My 12-year-old reckons he’ll definitely outlive the Queen. In the show, which has glorious -esque footage of plants competing with each other in a race to survive, Sir David reminds

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