There is plenty living and alive on derelict brownfield sites in the Ruhr Area.
Pioneer plants blossom in light yellow and deep blue contrasting the black of the slagheaps. Birch trees follow step by step, in the beginning forming light groves which slowly transform into denser woodlands. Birds feel at home. The young light woodlands seem fragile against the majestic setting of the old industrial architecture. A scenery most people fall for. Right in the middle of the old industrial heart of the Ruhr region wild urban woodlands grow: a new environmet for people, fauna and flora.
