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Gardening on the internet?
How do you use the internet for gardening advice/ information? Do you belong to gardening forums? If yes, which ones? Or maybe you just search for the information you need? Where do you learn about what grows well in your climate/ area and what does not? Looking to hear about how you garden on the net [...]
Continue reading...Australian heatwave linked to climate change?
18. January 2013
With temperatures in Sydney currently reaching record highs of almost 46c, a major debate is running about why this is happening and if it is now part of the pattern of extreme weather associated with climate change. Australians are used to extremes but research suggests that the number of extreme weather events and the range [...]
Continue reading...Met Office and weird weather effects on gardens
18. January 2013
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...Is our weather getting worse?
5. January 2013
2012 was the second wettest year on record in the UK and the wettest ever in England according to the Met Office. The downpours that caused more than 8,000 UK homes and businesses to suffer flooding led to a total of 1,330.7mm of rain for the year, just 6.6mm short of the wettest UK year recorded in 2000 (1337.3mm). [...]
Continue reading...Transition time in 2013
1. January 2013
Happy 2013 to all my visitors and visitors to be! My first blog this year is about transition and the power of change. Everyone experiences change at some point in their lives – it can expand and enhance our hopes and ambitions. Change in our gardens is also a never ending cycle .It constantly brings [...]
Continue reading...Extreme weather now normal
19. September 2012
climate change and weather extremes are not about a distant future. Formerly one-off extreme weather episodes seem to be becoming the new normal. Weather extremes are not that extreme any more. Heatwaves, floods, droughts and wildfires are the new reality of an ever warming world. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2012/sep/19/extreme-weather-new-normal-climate-change
Continue reading...A room with a blog view
8. September 2012
Thought I would share the view that greets me every morning and inspires me to write this blog . Looking onto my garden is just one of the places I observe our increasingly unpredictable weather and find inspiration to write about climate change gardening. Our seasons are becoming more undefined and extreme weather is bringing [...]
Continue reading...Plant trees wherever you live
4. August 2012
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 and [...]
Continue reading...Planet under Pressure
15. March 2012
Our Planet is Under Pressure and a major international conference in London from 26-29 March will use this name to focus on solutions to the global sustainability challenge. The Met Office will be attending along with many other impressive international organisations and speakers. The aim is to explore how to work together to manage climate-related [...]
Continue reading...Australian and New Zealand plants
1. March 2012
Gardeners who have visited down under and been inspired by the plants they saw might like to know that there are a remarkable number of plants from Australia and New Zealand which thrive in British gardens. For many years they were treated with some suspicion as ‘borderline’ or ‘tender’ plants not worth the risk. With [...]
Continue reading...Gardening in a Changing Climate Survey
The Royal Horticultural Society and the University of Reading have launched a survey on gardening and climate change and are asking members of the public to share their view on climate change and its impact on their choices and plans in the garden.
Please take the gardening in a changing climate survey
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