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Gardening with the RHS

Designing a Resilient Garden

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4654 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Today, we’re looking to the future – exploring how we can create resilient gardens that can flourish in the changing climate while also serving their local ecosystems. Renowned Garden Designer Tom Massey shares his blueprint for designing sustainable gardens that persevere, Peter Jones, the Garden Manager of Hardy Ornamental at Wisley, gives us a tour of the plants that survived through this past winter, and finally, RHS Advisor Esther Wolff chats with us about her tips on what you can do now to build up your garden’s resilience. Links: RHS Resilient Garden: Sustainable Gardening for a Change Climate Plants for wet and dry soils  What can I do about climate change in my garden?

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0:00.0

Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.

0:06.4

Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.

0:13.2

Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.

0:17.4

Race you, let's go.

0:19.5

Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you. Let's go. Catch Springs, finest scenes while you can,

0:22.1

at an RHS garden near you.

0:24.0

Book tickets online for discounts,

0:26.0

plus under fives go free and under 16s of five pounds.

0:30.9

When we step outside our back door into our gardens,

0:33.9

you know, that is our first step into nature.

0:36.3

And in a sense, it's the bridge between, you know, our world and the natural into nature and in a sense it's the bridge between,

0:38.3

you know, our world and natural world. We are all going to be gardening in more extreme environments.

0:43.8

We're going to have to adapt. We're going to have to be very resilient and in some ways more

0:47.7

radical. Also, gardens are all about evolving and they are a constant changing picture.

0:53.2

So while it can be sad when it happens initially, it does create the opportunity for trying

0:58.0

and planting something new or just trying the same thing again.

1:02.0

This past year, I think we all felt the impact of our changing climate.

1:06.0

The temperatures reaching over 40 degrees last summer and then plunging deep into the negatives in December, it's clear our weather is becoming more and more extreme and unpredictable.

1:14.6

And this of course takes a toll on our gardens.

1:18.6

What can and will thrive here is shifting.

1:21.6

Some of our most beloved plants like delphiniums and Himalayan poppies

1:24.6

are struggling to make it through these challenging conditions,

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