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...cont > He added that the gardening landfill.” Other highlights of the Hampton
market was as strong as it had ever Peter has noticed wild flower Court included an opportunity to
been, although he had noticed a meadows and strong annuals plantings see the new Highgrove rose
number of new trends coming through. becoming increasingly popular in developed exclusively for HRH The
“I think people are becoming much Gloucestershire. Prince of Wales.
more environmentally aware,” he said. “I’ve just planted a “marmalade Demand has been such, however,
“There’s a lot more use of recycled mix”, including Californian poppies, that grower Peter Beales Roses will
materials. Calendula and an orange not be able to accept any more
“As a company we chop and shred leucanthemum at a very contemporary orders until summer 2010, for
and compost material coming out of house in the Cotswolds,” he said. delivery the following November.
gardens rather than sending it to “It is very bee and insect friendly.”
R
ISING temperatures
and outbreaks of
torrential rain are set
to be familiar weather
conditions as Great Britain
moves into the future.
That’s the prediction of scientists at
the Met Office who have been looking at
climate change and the way it will affect
gardens.
BBC and met office weather forecaster
Peter Gibbs, a familiar voice on Radio
Four’s Gardener’s Question Time, said
growers in Gloucestershire would face a
range of challenges in the years ahead.
“A n ybody who has been gardening
since the 1970s has already seen an
increase in the growing season by two to
three weeks,” he said.
“This change is likely to accelerate
“Gardeners are at the leading edge of in hotter drier climates.
over the next 20 to 50 years.”
seeing changes and they are very “These may be the types of grasses
On the plus side this means gardeners
environmentally conscious,” he said. that grow in North America and the
are likely to have more success with
“There are lots of things we can do, Med which, while looking lovely, will
tender plants, but long dry spells and
such as reduce emissions and garden not produce the same type of fine
flash storms are set to make growing
more seasonally. leaved lawns typical of English
some species
“Even if we take serious action, the gardens.”
more
temperature will still go up by a degree Mr Gibbs said there were lots of
difficult.
and a half of warming things people in flooding-prone areas
“Rain is going to be more torrential could do to reduce the likelihood of
and flooding is likely to become more of getting water in their homes.
an issue. These included using porous
“Rainfall is likely to reduce over all in materials for hard standings, such as
the summer but it will fall in more car parking areas, so there would be
intense bursts. more chance of rain being absorbed
“In the garden we will have to look at into the earth rather than running off
changing cultivation and causing floods.
techniques: people who go “We just need to think a little bit
in for more Mediterranean differently,” he said.
species will have to make
sure they have plenty of
Above middle: Weather man Peter Gibbs
drainage to stop them rotting
forecasts rising temperatures and
during wet spells.
torrential rain for future summers.
“Lawns will have to be cut Left: The new Highgrove rose, developed
more – including in the winter
by Peter Beales exclusively for HRH
– but in the summer they will
Prince of Wales. The rose, which has
been planted close to the prince’s new
struggle and people may
Oak Pavilion, has large deep red flowers
have to look at alternatives with a citrus perfume.
such as species that do better
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