Archive - Climate Change Garden

Heatwaves, water, shade and Dan Pearson's garden

This week there's a garden update on water and my clover lawn but most of the post to devoted to my visit to Hillside, Dan Pearson’s remarkable garden…

Jun 27 •

Water, heatwaves, and updates on some experiments

This week, the hot weather and watering features, along with some updates on my brassica / living mulch bed, my perennial runner beans plus a taster of…

Jun 19 •

Early summer in the kitchen garden, weeds, bees and strawberries

My kitchen garden is a riot of colour at the moment, so its time for an explore, plus some research on bees, strawberries and grey mould

Jun 12 •

Puglia’s rich traditions & fragile future: Culture, cuisine, and olives under threat

Last month, I visited Puglia to look at olives and learn how they are being affected by disease and climate change

Jun 5 •

May 2025

Some climate-resilient edibles from the coast

As climate change increases the risk of coastal flooding, interest is growing in salt tolerant crops. I look at some of the salt tolerant edibles you…

May 30 •

RHS Chelsea 2025 - my favourite bits

I spent the day at RHS Chelsea wandering round, taking photos and generally looking for ideas to take away, of which there were plenty. And one garden…

May 21 •

Walls as climate tools

A look at the different types of walls, how they help in climate resilience and the role of walls in growing fruit

May 12 •

Allotments, a garden show, bird feeders and teasels

There are lots of photos this week, with ideas from my visit to a garden show and an allotment site, growing veg in small spaces, bird feeders and…

May 7 •

April 2025

Sow now to feed the birds in winter

Sowing annual plants that produce lots of seed is an easy way to provide winter food for seed eating birds, avoiding the need to use bird feeders.

Apr 30 •

Sounds of spring, blossom, and sowing flowers for bees

Spring in the garden, attracting pollinators, creating an easy flowerbed for bees and my sand experiment

Apr 25 •

A nature inspired garden, making compost and coping with ground elder

This week I’m writing about a wonderful garden nestled by a river in the Brecon Beacons in Wales. If I mention its a RHS Partner garden, you will…

Apr 18 •

Make your own potting composts and a seed sowing experiment

Do you buy bags of potting compost / mixes? Why not make your own from readily available ingredients? And do you use a commercial seed sowing compost…

Apr 9 •

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