My Climate Change Garden

BBC warns climate change affecting gardens

28. February 2013

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The BBC have this excellent information page highlighting the effects of our changing climate on plants and gardens http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/basics/weather_climatewarming.shtml

Met Office and IPCC report warns UK at risk

19. February 2013

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IPCC confirms that the risks to the UK from global warming remain substantial The UKs reputation as a green and pleasant land may be challenged as climate changes continue to affect the weather patterns that dominate the country in the future. http://www.metoffice.gov.uk/news/releases/archive/2013/ipcc-ar5

Climate Change Gardening in USA

18. February 2013

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“A Moment Too Soon: Gardeners and Climate Change A Science Backgrounder For a .pdf with full citations and links, click here. “Season Creep” and Its Impacts As the planet warms, signs of spring are arriving sooner, while winters are becoming shorter and milder. This phenomenon is informally known as “season creep” in that […]

Gardening in a changing climate

14. February 2013

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The RHS is the leading gardening charity in the UK and is considered by many gardeners to be the fountain of knowledge on all horticultural matters. The organisation is helping gardeners to understand and adapt to the effects of climate change on their gardens. They have an excellent web-site which explains the current situation in UK […]

Hike in water bills = get a water metre

13. February 2013

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Its not just Londoners who face rising water bills as the UKs water supply is likely to worsen with a growing population and changes to the UK’s rainfall as a result of climate change. http://www.homesandproperty.co.uk/property_news/money/londonersfacehikeinwaterbills.html Switching to a water meter saves the average family about £50 a year – and double that most for single people. […]

Waterlogged and flooded gardens

12. February 2013

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Rain and wet weather have always been part of the UKs weather patterns but in recent years, changes in our seasons and an unpredictable climate mean that torrential downpours and weeks of rain have become more frequent. Last year was the second wettest recorded in the past hundred years. This winter, as in spring and […]

RHS updates hardiness rating system

10. February 2013

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The RHS is helping gardeners to adapt to our weird weather and the lower temperatures now experienced each winter. The Society has introduced a new, improved hardiness rating system to give gardeners a clearer idea of the temperatures specific plants can tolerate. The seven-rating system will replace the current four-step scale, which was developed in the 1960s, […]

Snow in a warming world?

10. February 2013

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As the UK and USA experience more winter snow its important to understand that this is linked to our changing climate. http://wwwp.dailyclimate.org/tdc-newsroom/2013/02/blizzard-climate-connection This has serious consequences for our planet, especially the hardiness of many plants which are increasingly being challenged http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardiness_zone

Climate change adds garden challenges

4. February 2013

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Gardening in the UK has always been challenging due to variable weather, but further changes in our climate are not making thing easier according to the Met Office’s Chief Scientist. http://www.rhs.org.uk/News/Gardening-and-UK-weather

UK Weather

1. February 2013

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One month into 2013 and UK weather has kicked off with another very mixed bag of extreme weather. Unpredictable weather patterns appear to be the norm when you look back over the past 5 years weather records for UK. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-20898656 Gardeners are increasingly confused by our shifting seasons which no longer follow the patterns by […]