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RHS Autumn Show highlights roof gardening
Today is the first day of the annual RHS Autumn Show which showcases the best of autumn gardening and is held in the beautiful RHS Horticultural Halls in Westminster until Wednesday 5 October . http://www.rhs.org.uk/Shows-Events/RHS-London-Flower-Shows/RHS-London-Autumn-Harvest-Show I will be going along to listen to an interesting speaker from London who has caught my attention lately as she is encouraging a [...]
Continue reading...Bright Farms for the future
4. September 2011
Bright Farms is an innovative US company that designs, finances, builds and operates hydroponic greenhouse farms at supermarkets, eliminating time, distance and cost from the food supply chain. Food production is now the largest consumer of land and water resources on our planet and accounts for 20% of the worlds carbon emissions. Watch their clever video [...]
Continue reading...Supermarket rooftop veg garden
10. March 2011
Food from the Sky, is an unusual exercise in the principles of permaculture and sustainable gardening and they have built a roof top garden on a supermarket in North London. http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2011/mar/09/supermarket-rooftop-vegetable-garden
Continue reading...Rooftop gardening helps combat climate change
11. February 2011
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...Food from the Sky
21. January 2011
Food from the Sky is a pioneering food growing and educational project in Crouch End, North London on the roof top of Thornton’s Budgens supermarket ” A new template for the future” They have just launched seed2seed – a year foundation course for individuals wanting to “Grow Life and Food in our most cemented places!” [...]
Continue reading...Green roofs sprout in USA and Canada
2. December 2010
Green roofs are becoming increasingly popular in US cities with major initiatives in Chicago, Portland and Washington.According to Green Roofs for Healthy Cities roughly 10 million square feet of green roofs were built in 2009, compared to a million in 2004. Toronto, Canada has become the first city in the Western Hemisphere to mandate green [...]
Continue reading...Green roofs and gardeners help urban ecology
3. October 2010
“With our climate getting warmer gardeners will be playing an even more important part in helping reduce the effects of climate change.Getting planting right in urban spaces, which as we all know can be very limited, is particularly important and can have a major effect in not only helping reduce urban temperatures but will also [...]
Continue reading...Grow your Own Tomatoes
16. August 2010
This is a great year for tomatoes. I am busy harvesting a bumper crop from my little space in The Village Allotment on the South Coast. Green or red – it doesn’t matter what colour – they all go to making chutneys, salsas, sauce or are eaten in delicious home grown salads. Anyone can grow [...]
Continue reading...Hanging city gardens reduce food imports
25. July 2009
The European Environment Agency is considering Europe-wide building regulations that would encourage developers to include “vertical allotments” in their designs. Walls, balconies and roofs would be used to cultivate fruit and vegetables, reducing the need to bring food from the countryside. With 80% of people living in towns in the UK and 23% of each [...]
Continue reading...Climate Change Gardening Supporters
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- Exotic and Tropical plant advice
- Drought loving plants - Cordyline Australis
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- Euro and Climate Zones change in 2012
- Bank Holiday garden visit
- UK basks in wonderful weekend weather
- Drought official in UK
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- USA basks in winter sunshine
- RHS records weather woes
- Weather, Climate control and Water companies
- Snow hits UK
- New USA Hardiness Zone Map reflects warmer climate
- Capital Growth for Urban Food Growing
- Save the rain
- Olympic Meadows for London
- NASA reports 2011 9th warmest on record
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