Accidental Wilderness is a stunning new book about the history of Toronto's Tommy Thompson Park, an urban landscape where forests, grasslands, and wildlife thrive – all within a stone's throw of North America’s fourth-largest city. In this post, local artist and photographer Robert Burley, whose stunning collection of photos feature prominently in the book, tells us more about the park and why this fortuitous urban miracle offers a hopeful narrative about how nature can flourish in a modern-day city.