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Selecting Plants for a Global Garden
The wonderful hot weather this summer is a great time for exploring new and unusual plants to introduce to your garden. My advice is to be adventurous – don’t go just for the traditional herbacouse plants. THINK BIG AND BOLD WITH CLIMATE CHANGE PLANTS Many of these plants originate from much warmer countries overseas but […]
Continue reading...Mediterranean Agapanthas
1. July 2009
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Just returned from Portugal to this amazing tropical weather that has brought into flower one of my favourite low maintenance plants – the majestic agapanthas. Agapanthas grow in great big clumps of fabulous showy flowers all over Portugal. If summer temperatures continue to be this high, then the future could see SE England offering similar […]
Continue reading...Roof launched
30. June 2009
We finished the main build last week in time for the launch party, which went splendidly. The roof garden is now up and running. Now the fun begins – we are working on an irrigation system and we have all the materials ready to build a keyhole garden. The sun last week dried our beds […]
Continue reading...Thomas Hobyln embraces climate change
22. June 2009
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Garden designers are well aware of the challenges that climate change is bringing to our plants and gardens. This knowledge is crucial to the success of their vision for creating sustainable designs that will adapt as weather patterns change. Thomas Hoblyn is a designer who reflected this idea in his beautiful Silver Award garden at […]
Continue reading...Monbiot on the Mediterranean
21. June 2009
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I have always admired George Monbiot – his outspoken views on climate change are really worth reading on his blog. Over the past week, he challenged the notion that if climate change means that the UK becomes more like the Mediterranean with hotter summers and less rainfall then, what will the Mediterranean become? http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/georgemonbiot/2009/jun/18/monbiot-climate-impacts “Do […]
Continue reading...The delight of Oriental Poppies
12. June 2009
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One of my favourite plants at this time of year are the wonderful oriental poppies which raise their fabulous heads in all sorts of places – they love poor soil and neglect which means they are ideally suited to drought gardening. The petals are thin and delicate like fine tissue paper, offer a range of […]
Continue reading...Heavenly Hibiscus
11. June 2009
These showy, tropical plants always transport me to the Caribbean where they are a very common site. I normally keep them under glass but they have done well on my south facing terrace in a very sunny spot this year – be careful to bring them in at night or offer some protection if temperatures […]
Continue reading...Eco gardening secrets from Africa
9. June 2009
An excellent charity called Send a Cow, have developed a unique method of growing vegetables in a keyhole garden using knowledge from African Farmers. They won a silver medal at the BBC Gardeners World Exhibition with their display which aims to save water and grow vegetables in a small area such as a patio or […]
Continue reading...US gardeners guide to global warming/ weirding?
8. June 2009
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The effects of climate change on American gardens varies enormously from one State to the next: http://www.nwf.org/gardenersguide/ Garden writer Anne Raver of The New York Times was the first to label the trend as “global weirding”” http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/2008-04-01/Hardiness-Zone-Changes.aspx
Continue reading...World Environment Day highlights Climate Change
5. June 2009
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The theme for WED 2009 is ‘Your Planet Needs You-UNite to Combat Climate Change’. It reflects the urgency for nations to agree on a new deal at the crucial climate convention meeting in Copenhagen some 180 days later in the year, and the links with overcoming poverty and improved management of forests. Visit http://twitter.com/unepandyou to […]
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1. July 2009
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