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How your garden can help beat climate change
Our seasons are confused and becoming increasingly unpredictable. If you have a garden you will have noticed the effects of this weird weather on plants and wildlife but the good news is that your garden is helping to combat climate change – particularly if it is in the city as gardens now account for almost [...]
Continue reading...Climate Change transforming British wine
8. May 2013
The average temperature in Sussex is a degree warmer than it was for most of the 20th century, with practical implications for the region’s vineyards. However, anyone who thinks that climate change will provide a simple good news story for English wine-lovers may be deluding themselves. In England, depending on what happens to the gulf [...]
Continue reading...Weather to garden
5. May 2013
May has arrived with some lovely high temperatures in the garden which is really helping many plants to catch up after the very cold start to spring. South East England is predicted to enjoy 21c on Bank Holiday Monday which is wonderful news but night frosts can still be a problem well into May - [...]
Continue reading...Climate changes and chimera
3. May 2013
Weird weather and fluctuating temperatures can have interesting affects on plants which is shown here by this stunning camellia currently flowering in a UK garden as the spring weather finally warms. This appears almost unreal but is the result of a natural genetic mutation – known as a chimera – that can change the appearance [...]
Continue reading...May flowers follow chilly April
1. May 2013
The UK is basking in some glorious sunshine at the moment – at last! Forecasters also suggest that the sun will stick around for a blazing Bank Holiday weekend.By Monday the mercury will hit a balmy and pleasant 19C. Good news for gardeners who are busy everywhere planting seeds like mad and getting plots ready [...]
Continue reading...Bees at crisis point
19. April 2013
Bee populations in Britain are at ‘crisis point’ as numbers are hit by the freezing and wet weather. Beekeepers across the country have reported a drop in colonies as a wet summer last year gave way to an extended winter. Flowers are not yet blooming and hives which survived the winter are weeks behind [...]
Continue reading...Why was March 2013 so cold?
18. April 2013
It is really wonderful to feel the warmth of the sun again even if it is now very windy. Magnolias, daffodils, tulips and other beautiful spring delights are sprouting all over the country bringing some much needed colour into our gardens after months of cold and grey days. UK gardeners are used to every type [...]
Continue reading...Gardening in a changing climate survey
15. April 2013
It is now three weeks since the RHS and the University of Reading launched an online survey about gardening and climate change. They are asking members of the public to share their view on climate change and its impact on their choices and plans [...]
Continue reading...National Gardening Week 15th to 21st April
13. April 2013
The weather has warmed up just in time for National Gardening Week from 15th to 21st April .The RHS have given by giving away 10,000 packets of wildflower seeds – they want to get Britain sowing! The RHS and Mr Fothergill’s have donated 10,000 packets of annual wildflower seeds for people to sow acres of [...]
Continue reading...Chelsea Flower Show hit by cold snap
8. April 2013
Next month’s Chelsea Flower Show, which marks its 100th anniversary and as usual sold out months ago, is only six weeks away. Hard to imagine that May is also just 22 days away when you look out the window and see the state of most gardens and the temperatures on the weather forecast every night. [...]
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.
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