As UK summer temperatures stay high in the UK and gardens experience long sunny days with little rain there is much horticultural chat about the effects of this beautiful weather on UK gardens.
Leading garden designers have expressed their thoughts and experiences in this fascinating article about the weather and gardening. I like this quote best from Tom Coward Head gardener, Gravetye, Sussex:
“It’s a case of finding the positives. When it’s hot we worry about watering, but if it was bucketing down I’d be asking for more heat. You can’t change the weather, so there’s no point stressing about it.”
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/gardeningadvice/10229098/How-are-Britains-top-gardeners-coping-with-a-hot-summer.html
This post was written by:
Debbie - who has written 872 posts on My Climate Change Garden.
I am not an experienced gardener - more of an enthusiastic amateur who learns by trial and error and who is keen to "manage" the effects of shifting weather patterns on my garden.
Writing this blog is my passion and it has evolved over 12 years to inspire engagement with climate change outside our back doors, in our personal gardens and green spaces.
My mission is to fertilise and expand this platform to grow a community of global gardeners communicating about the effects of climate change on our plants and exploring how each individual can make small changes in our lives to become more sustainable.
The future of our gardens and #OurPlanet is in our hands - please plant your own seeds for our collective sustainable future.
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Thu, Aug 8, 2013
Climate Change, UK Climate Change