Growing Pains: How climate change is impacting our gardens


Professor Liz Bentley, Chief Executive of the Royal Meteorological Society, spoke about changes to the UK climate since records began – and future predictions. As well as hotter, drier summers and warmer, wetter winters, Liz also mentioned that 40°C temperatures will become more normal – affecting what we plant in gardens as well as how we garden.

The webinar recording is available below (password required).

Other resources:

  • Climate change: UK could hit 40°C ‘regularly’ by end of this century, BBC News
  • Is Europe heading for a drought? Satellite pictures show ground water running low after warmest winter on record and dry spring, Mail Online
  • State of the UK Climate 2018, read more. Report for 2019 will be available at the end of July 2020.
  • Arctic Circle sees ‘highest-ever’ recorded temperatures, BBC News


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