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Is it Time to Rethink Green Roof Planting? Latest research suggests sedums may not be best This is the first Guest Blog from Tijana Blanusa, a researcher at the RHS who specialises in Sustainable Gardening. I recently published the results of my research that sedums may not be the best performers for helping [...]
Continue reading...Climate change crops in Southern England
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...Roof gardens reach new heights
17. September 2012
When space is limited, sometimes a gardener must take to the roof. Around the world resourceful gardeners are turning what would otherwise be an overlooked and underutilized area into a place of beauty and serenity. Plus, you’d be amazed at the amount of fruit and vegetable you can coax out of these small spaces.Making the [...]
Continue reading...Veg Gardening and climate change
24. March 2012
This guest post has been written by Peter Kearney who created and runs the excellent City Food Growers web-site from Brisbane in Australia. Peter uses his horticultural knowledge and practical experience to explain how vegetable gardens can adapt to changing temperatures and unpredictable weather. Being in tune with your local climate is one of most [...]
Continue reading...Food Gardening with Attitude
19. March 2012
Cultivating your food gardening attitude Here are some inspirational words for growing your own produce from Australian Peter Kearney of City Food Growers It is very easy to be consumed by all the tasks and challenges of growing food with organic methods. In fact, for many gardeners, their early excitement fades as the challenges mount. [...]
Continue reading...Rooftop gardening helps combat climate change
11. February 2012
A recent RHS study has shown that rooftop gardening can help combat climate change by lowering surrounding air temperatures. RHS scientist, Tijana Blanusa, who undertook the RHS research, says: ‘With our climate getting warmer, gardeners will be playing an even more important part in helping reduce the effects.’ ‘Getting planting right in urban spaces, which can [...]
Continue reading...Capital Growth for Urban Food Growing
26. January 2012
Capital Growth are on target to have 2012 grow your own spaces in London by the end of this year.They have just announced an impressive number of workshops to help reach this target.Courses include Organis Gardening and Gardening for Schools at four training sites – click on the link for further details: North London -The Regents Park, [...]
Continue reading...Bake your lawn
18. January 2012
Finding ways to engage children in sustainability is a constant challenge but this looks like a brilliant idea to encourage kids to understand that bread can be grown from seed to sandwich. On Monday 23 January, Real Bread Campaign ambassador and star of Channel 4′s The Fabulous Baker Brothers, Tom Herbert sows the Bake Your Lawn challenge [...]
Continue reading...Xmas last minute gift for gardeners
24. December 2011
GrowVeg.com gift certificates are the perfect gift for any gardener with a vegetable patch. Each gift certificate gives a one or two year subscription to our online Garden Planner – the interactive way to plan a vegetable garden, giving access to: Garden Plans: Quickly produce garden plans and change the layout Growing information: Just click [...]
Continue reading...Allotment adventures
30. November 2011
If you have just taken on an allotment you will love this new blog series in the Guardian.It guides new plot holders through the process of taking on a new plot, points out the potential pitfalls, and looks forward to the growing year ahead.http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/gardening-blog/2011/nov/25/new-allotment
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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19. December 2012
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