My Global Garden

Gardening in the Global Greenhouse

1. September 2010

The original inspiration for my websites about climate change gardening came from an impressive document produced in 2002 by the Royal Horticultural Society,the National Trust, English Heritage, the UK Climate Impacts programme and other environmental /horticultural organisations. Entitled ” Gardening in the Global Greenhouse, the impact of climate change on our gardens”, it clearly sets [...]

RHS highlights garden renaissance

5. August 2010

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Increasing numbers of people are joining their local garden and allotment clubs, says the Royal Horticultural Society in the lead up to its annual Dig Together Day on 4th and 5th September.http://www.rhs.org.uk/digtogetherday The gardening ‘renaissance’ was revealed by a recent survey of 100 of the Society’s affiliated gardening clubs - 73% of clubs [...]

Climate change crop garden wins at Hampton Court

7. July 2010

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Hadlow College’s Food 4 Thought display has been named best small garden at the Hampton Court Flower Show.It uses fruit that may be grown in Kent as a result of climate change in the future. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10532841.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/10340866.stm

Hampton Court highlights climate change

3. July 2010

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The world’s largest flower show starts in just 3 days.The Hampton Court Flower Show runs from 6-11 July and is the highlight of my horticultural year. If you have never been it is a fantastic event full of inspirational ideas for the garden. It is much less designer focused than Chelsea and you get the [...]

RHS promotes climate change gardening

30. June 2010

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The RHS is keen to encourage gardeners to take steps to adapt our gardens to climate change wherever possible. They have excellent information on their web-site which explains how our gardens are already being affected by climate change and possible future scenarios. http://www.rhs.org.uk/Gardening/Sustainable-gardening/Gardening-in-a-changing-climate/Current-Situation##

Tropical garden wins gold at Chelsea

28. May 2010

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The first ever full size tropical garden to be built at the Chelsea Flower Show was awarded a gold medal this year. James Wong, best known as the BBC TV presenter of Grow Your Own Drugs, built this incredible Malaysian garden to inspire UK gardeners to step outside their comfort zone. Growing tropical plants in the UK [...]

Chelsea inspiration

26. May 2010

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My quote of the week from Chelsea: “Like the month of May in the course of the year, the garden is meant to be the place where, somehow, the realities, which are too cold or too hot, too busy or not busy enough, too greedy or too slothful, [...]

Daily Telegraph gravel garden “Best” at Chelsea

25. May 2010

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The Daily Telegraph gravel garden has won the coveted Best in Show award at this years Chelsea Flower Show confirming that this method of gardening provides style as well as low maintenance. This contemporary gravel garden brings together flavours of the Southern Cape, the maquis shrubland of the Mediterranean, the chaparral of California and [...]

Chelsea tweets reveal all

24. May 2010

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Reading the BBC and RHS tweets during Chelsea is a great way to catch up on what is happening behind the scenes - apparently Jamie Oliver loves the new RHS iPhone app - bet this canny chap will have his own app very soon. http://www.rhs.org.uk/iphone The word tonight is Best in Show is a surprise - [...]

Missing out on Chelsea Flower Show

16. May 2010

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The horticultural frenzy that surrounds The Chelsea Flower Show is now in full flow - just 10 days to go and the pressure to deliver that “perfect” garden is on for the exhibitors.http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-Chelsea-Flower-Show/2010/Gardens As always with Chelsea, the unseasonal weather seems to be the topical issue with the Times reporting that “worried garden designers have resorted [...]