What Will Our Gardens Look Like in 2050?
28.06.2023 - 11:48
/ treehugger.com
There are many reasons to think that our gardens will not look the same in 2050 as they do today.
Gardening trends come and go. But more important are the changes that will come as the global climate continues to warm, and the differences that those changes will bring to the environmental conditions in many gardens and the plants that a specific garden contains.
Models have been developed which show how conditions relating to temperatures, rainfall, and other factors will vary in a given area over the years to come, so scientists have a fairly clear idea of the expected trajectory for specific locations.
We may not yet know exactly where we will end up, but we have a pretty good picture of the road we are on and the direction it is taking us.
What we do not know is how well we, and gardeners in general, will be able to respond to the changes that we know are on their way. Will our gardens increasingly embrace sustainable practices? Or will many gardeners, in the face of hardships, give up on more traditional gardens altogether?
For most of the world, things are heating up. As global temperatures continue to rise, the same changes in temperatures will be seen on a smaller scale, too, in our gardens.
In some areas, the temperature change will be more profound than in others. How challenging the rising temperatures can be will depend on where you live.
Even a small temperature change that does not feel substantial to us can make a big difference in a garden—to the plants we are growing and to the wildlife with which we share our space.
Precipitation is another big thing. Some gardens will get a lot more of it, many a lot less. Of course, this has profound implications for how we garden and what we can grow.
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