My Climate Change Garden

Gardening in a changing climate at RHS Wisley

7. September 2009

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Yesterday I took part in the climate change walk around the RHS Wisley gardens in Surrey which is part of the British Science Festival taking place this week. Climate Change Gardening is a subject close to my heart so I was disappointed to see that I was the only person on the walk ! The […]

Climate Change help from RHS

24. August 2009

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The Royal Horticultural Society as the UK’s leading gardening charity has embraced the issues facing gardeners as a result of climate change. It provides excellent climate change information pages on its web-site with advice about the issues our gardens are facing – both now and in the long term future. http://www.rhs.org.uk/climate/index.asp On 6th September RHS […]

RHS Hampton Court Show highlights Global Gardening

7. July 2009

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Today is the first day of the RHS Hampton Court Flower Show and gardeners all over the country will be heading to the Palace grounds for 6 days of horticultural fever. Good news that temperatures are now a comfortable 20c. Still plenty of sunshine around and most importantly we are having lots of lovely rain […]

RHS green energy at Hampton Court

2. July 2009

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Great to hear that the RHS is creating a major Garden Energy feature, the first of its kind in the UK, to illustrate the impact of climate change on the garden, from 1950 to 2050, and how to ameliorate its effects. The RHS commissioned Sarah Eberle to create the design at the 2009 Hampton Court […]

Chelsea Shows its environmental + social conscience

19. May 2009

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Its that time of year again – the gardening community is buzzing with news and views about : The Greatest Flower Show on Earth – The RHS Chelsea Flower Show http://www.rhs.org.uk/whatson/shows/chelsea2009/ This year Chelsea takes place between 19th -23rd May in a very different climate compared to last year’s extravaganza. Despite the economic cloud that […]

RHS and Climate Change Gardening

5. May 2009

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The Royal Horticultural Society is one of the world’s leading horticultural organisations and the UK’s main gardening charity. Their mission is to demonstrate excellence in horticulture and to promote gardening. They exist to provide advice, knowledge, skills and services to all who possess an interest in gardening and horticulture. The RHS educates gardeners about the effects of climate […]