“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 […]
Continue reading...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 […]
Continue reading...18. January 2013
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Waking up to snow this morning in South East England and reading yesterday that Sydney experienced its hottest day on record with temperatures reaching nearly 46C . Surely this proves that our weather is seriously shifting as a result of climate change? http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-21072347 http://metofficenews.wordpress.com/ Read what predictions the Met Office are making about the effect […]
Continue reading...2. January 2013
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Inspiration for our gardens comes from many places – garden designers or books, a TV programme, a neighbour or an idea we might see at RHS Chelsea. Award-winning Chelsea stalwart Roger Platts, who is designing the M&G show garden at the RHS 2013 Show, Windows Through Time, is aiming to capture the design trends and […]
Continue reading...28. December 2012
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A storm brewing in the Atlantic could bring up to two inches (50mm) of rain and 80mph winds in some areas of the UK this weekend. Provisional figures show that 1.8in (46mm) of rain is needed between 27 and 31 December for 2012 to be the wettest year on record for the UK. A new […]
Continue reading...8. November 2012
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Would you be interested in talking about how you are preparing your garden to cope with extreme weather? Over the past few years, UK gardeners have had to deal with drought, flooding, record low winter temperatures as well as unpredictable hours of sunshine which all affect the growth and health of plants. The need to […]
Continue reading...18. October 2012
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Looks as though the UK might yet enjoy some warmer weather just before we put the clocks back an hour on Sunday October 28th and head into the shortest day on 21st December .Fingers crossed the weathermen get it right this time and we reach the heights of 20c the BBC are promising over the […]
Continue reading...1. October 2012
Predictions are in 50 years time that the countryside in parts of Southern England could resemble Tuscany or Provence, as the average mean temperature looks set to rise by 2c and average rainfall to http://www.greenhouse-warming.org.uk/12.php Transformation is already in the air. Climate change crops are a reality in parts of South England: * KENT is […]
Continue reading...30. September 2012
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TIME TO REFLECT ON A SUMMER OF CHALLENGING WEATHER? Remember how your garden suffered and survived the roller coaster conditions in […]
Continue reading...26. July 2012
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The Olympic Park is looking magnificent with the flowers in full bloom just as the Games begin. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/9421087/London-2012-the-Olympic-Park-planting-in-pictures.html#?frame=2285203 Britain basked in temperatures peaking at 31°C today as London witnessed the hottest day of 2012 to date , beating yesterdays high of 30c. After weeks of dismal weather, the heat wave comes as a welcome surprise […]
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18. February 2013
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