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A tree can make or break a garden.

The right tree in the right spot can add structure, year-round interest, shelter and food for wildlife.

But the wrong tree in the wrong place can be a headache.

And yet trees do a lot of good in a garden, particularly in urban areas,

providing shade and helping to reduce local heat,

as well as mitigating against the effects of climate change, such as flooding.

So we should all be planting trees in our gardens, especially so in cities and other urban areas.

But which trees should we plant?

Hello, I'm Cape Radbury, and today I'm in conversation with Dr Elizabeth

Karlstad Larson, Ecosystem Services Fellow at the RHS, who investigates ecosystem services

provided by garden trees, such as flood mitigation, cooling and pollution capture. I started by

asking Dr Elizabeth what trees for future is all about.

Trees for Future is about having trees that can not just survive but thrive in a climate that

is rapidly changing and changing in a pace that is faster than trees have evolved, which means that a lot of trees are threatened.

A lot of our forest woodland is kind of struggling with the sudden change in water availability,

the sudden changes in heat, and trees for the future is to look at what trees we can plant that will also thrive

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