Nature shapes and defines cities, but the prevailing model of city-making equates development with construction at the cost of ecology, purely for profit. This has led to a serious rupture in nature and segregation of nature from people. As the climate crisis worsens, making cities more vulnerable to heat stress, sea-level rise, increased floods, cyclonic winds, and forest fires, it is time to break the order and reimagine cities placing nature at the heart of city-making. This calls for open and comprehensive mapping of natural areas, making nature-led planning the norm, inter-connecting the green and blue areas, and drawing neighbourhood communities into nurturing natural areas.