RHS Resilient Garden: Sustainable Gardening for a Changing Climate

This forward-thinking book provides practical tips on how to create a beautiful, climate-resilient, sustainable garden that will take your outdoor space into the future, while also benefiting wildlife. It offers innovative ideas on how to make small changes to your plot that will benefit biodiversity and reduce the impacts of climate change, and includes case studies of intelligent, sustainable garden designs from around the world.

Format: Hardback
Length: 256 pages
Publication date: 06 April 2023
Publisher: Dorling Kindersley Ltd

Creating a beautiful, climate-resilient, and sustainable garden that will take your outdoor space into the future is a challenging task, but it is also an exciting opportunity to embrace the changing climate and create a thriving ecosystem. As we live with an increasingly changing climate, summer droughts, winter waterlogging, high winds, erratic frosts, and frequent pests are challenges that all gardeners face. This forward-thinking book, grounded in the latest RHS research, shows you how to work with the environment and adapt your outdoor space to give it exactly what it needs to flourish and to give wildlife a helping hand, too.

Award-winning garden designer Tom Massey shares essential tips on how to analyze your garden, looking at everything from soil type to sun exposure, before recommending practical projects and plant choices that will be perfect for your plot. Discover how a hedge can reduce noise and trap pollution, how a patio affects waterlogging, how to harvest your rainwater, and much more.

Inside the pages of this horticultural handbook, you can expect to find:

Many innovative ideas on how readers can make small changes to their plot that will benefit biodiversity and reduce the impacts of climate change in their local area.

Top tips on how to select the right plants for your pitch, from trees and shrubs to grasses and climbers.

Fascinating case studies of intelligent, sustainable garden designs from around the world.

A chapter on sustainable materials and planting mediums.

Diagrams and infographics to illustrate key concepts, and photographs to show beautiful plantings and designs.

This gardening guide enables readers worldwide to analyze the needs of their plot, looking at wind, sun, soil, water, wildlife, air quality, and carbon, and will only become more relevant as gardeners worldwide experience changes in weather and want to adapt their outdoor space so that it will thrive.

By following the tips and techniques outlined in this book, you can create a garden that is not only beautiful but also resilient to the changing climate. You can provide a habitat for wildlife, reduce your carbon footprint, and enjoy your outdoor space for years to come. So, whether you are a seasoned gardener or just starting, this book is a must-read for anyone who wants to create a sustainable and thriving garden.

Weight: 988g
Dimension: 270 x 185 x 25 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780241575833