We gardeners all love the challenge of making our plots beautiful wildlife havens. But can you imagine doing this across thousands of sites all over the world, in all sorts of climates?
That’s the inspiring job of today’s guest on the BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine podcast, as we mark the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings with this special edition speaking with David Richardson, Director of Horticulture at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission about how he’s future-proofing our war graves for wildlife, pollinators – and above all future generations the world over.
Just scroll below for a few edited and abridged highlights representing what David had to say – and to hear the man himself in his own words, just listen to the podcast above, or on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
So David, I guess maybe this is the world’s biggest horticultural environment in terms of overall space?
I think we describe ourselves as one of the world’s largest gardening organisations. We have 850 people working in every continent except Antarctica. We manage about 650 hectares of gardens and grounds, with 490 of those being fairly intensively gardened. Our work spans 150 countries and territories, but we focus on around 2,500 plots with significant horticulture, so it’s big, it’s scale, and it’s very spread out.
Today we’re marking the 80th anniversary of the D Day landings. I expect you’ve had quite a lot of challenges on your hands getting ready for this moment in time?
We plan years in advance. For D-Day 80, we started preparing three years ago. We looked at grass, tree planting and necessary renovations well ahead of time. This way, we can
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