The Resilient Garden
24.07.2023 - 13:07
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The Resilient Garden
Part of Tom Massey's Resilient Garden at RHS Hampton Court
I've been pondering VP Gardens a lot lately. Last year's drought conditions set me off initially, then our harsher than usual winter combined with this summer's flip and flop weather means the thinking continues. It's a huge topic which I freely admit I'm struggling to get my head around.
Tom Massey's Resilient Garden at Hampton Court recently tackled this topic brilliantly and was a timely interlude which gave me much food for thought. There he encapsulated the detailed research which informed both his show garden and book of the same name, which I'm now reading. I think it's one of the most important show gardens I've ever seen.
It's clear the way I garden needs to change so that I have my own resilient garden. I haven't worked out the exact details yet, but Tom's book plus a couple of others (see below), alongside the rainwater management handout from the show garden's sponsors will help me do that. I've also discovered the RHS' Mains to Rains website, which has plenty of guidance at the more practical, gardener level. It's worth taking a look if you haven't done so already.
I have plenty more to say on this topic — far too much to say in this post — so expect lots more to come as I take my first baby steps into my garden's new world. I'll gather these posts under my new Climate Change Gardening label.
Has the recent weather and/or climate change changed the way you garden. What have you done, or are thinking about?
My current reading list
Thanks to Stihl for kindly inviting me to attend RHS Hampton Court as their guest this year. Without them, I wouldn't have embarked on a new series for my blog: Climate Change Gardening
Also thanks to ACO's
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