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Gardening in a changing climate
The original inspiration for my websites about climate change gardening came from an impressive document produced in 2002 by the Royal Horticultural Society,the National Trust, English Heritage, the UK Climate Impacts programme and other environmental /horticultural organisations. Entitled ” Gardening in the Global Greenhouse, the impact of climate change on our gardens”, it clearly […]
Continue reading...Gardeners key to observing climate change
13. June 2019
Did you know that almost 50% of UK adults are engaged in gardening? Or that domestic gardens account for nearly 25% of urban space? Or that garden soils store almost 25% more carbon per unit area than arable soils? All of this means that gardeners are well placed to notice and understand the effects of climate […]
Continue reading...How your garden can help beat climate change
12. June 2019
You may have noticed that our seasons are becoming confused and increasingly unpredictable. If you have a garden you will regularly observe the effects of unseasonal and extreme weather on plants and wildlife. The good news is that your garden can help to combat these changes – particularly if they are in the city as […]
Continue reading...Plant trees to tackle climate change
12. June 2019
Trees are vital to the future of our planet as they soak up carbon dioxide in the atmosphere. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2009/nov/26/trees-to-combat-climate-change Wherever you live in the world please think about where you can plant more trees – they are beautiful and easy to look after as long as you choose the right tree for the right soil […]
Continue reading...Gardening in a changing climate report RHS
11. June 2019
A new report was launched in 2017 by the RHS to help gardeners to adapt to climate change as the seasons shift and UK weather becomes more extreme. The new report has been written in collaboration with researchers from the University of Sheffield and University of Reading. The report presents the results of an extensive […]
Continue reading...Climate Change Gardening 2019 and beyond?
11. June 2019
Climate Gardens is creating interest in adapting to climate change through gardeners personally experiencing the effects of increasingly weird weather in their gardens, right outside their back door. Using the natural elements of sun, wind and water is crucial to gardeners and using these to power our energy for a low carbon future is the […]
Continue reading...Climate change gardening
10. June 2019
Richard Bisgrove is Senior Lecturer in Landscape Management at the University of Reading . He has written an excellent article about climate change gardening which offers an overview of the science behind climate change in relation to gardening. Here he summarises the long term effects of a rising temperature for the UK and its gardens: […]
Continue reading...Weather to garden?
11. March 2019
Weather is certainly the most crucial factor when it comes to growing plants in any garden wherever you live in the world. Most visitors to this blog come from America and the UK where gardeners are finding that well-defined growing seasons are becoming confused. Our gardens are totally reliant on the weather and what it […]
Continue reading...A room with a blog view
1. January 2019
Here are some of the garden views that greet me every morning and provide the inspiration to write this blog – depending on the seasons and the weather of course. My garden is just one of the places I observe our increasingly unpredictable weather and find inspiration to write about climate […]
Continue reading...Less lawn makes greener gardens
1. November 2018
Reducing the size of your lawn is the path to a greener garden.With increasing pressure on water supplies and the need to reduce carbon emissions, reducing our lawns – or maybe getting rid of them completely – is becoming an extremely topical issue. In the USA, 58 million Americans spend £30 billion a year maintaining […]
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Have you noticed how the weather in your garden is becoming more challenging?
Are you changing the plants you choose for your garden and how you look after your plants?
I am inviting you to complete a very simple survey to explain how you garden in a changing climate and what internet services you use.
There are just 10 questions and it will take around 3 minutes.
All information will be used to develop international services on the web to help gardeners prepare for an uncertain horticultural future.
Thanks very much for your interest in gardening in a changing climate.
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- Plant trees to tackle climate change
- Gardening in a changing climate
- Gardening in a changing climate report RHS
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- Climate change gardening
- A room with a blog view
- Less lawn makes greener gardens
- Climate Change Gardening 2019 and beyond?
- Weather to garden?
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- Gardening in a changing climate
- Gardeners key to observing climate change
- How your garden can help beat climate change
- Plant trees to tackle climate change
- Growing season in UK boosted by a month
- Weather to garden?
- Trees for climate change
- Climate change affecting seasons
- A warming planet affects our gardens
- How to create a micro-climate in your garden
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14. June 2019
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